I haven’t been sleeping much lately, which isn’t great. Not sleeping means I have lots of time at night to be knitting, so at least it’s been productive. I did manage to actually finish a project, and of course I started another!
Please excuse the quality of the photos. My camera broke. I am currently borrowing my fathers, but I haven’t quite got the hang of it yet. All of the photos look really washed out and a bit blurry.
Finished: February 28th
Pattern: Two toned socks by Debbie Bliss, from “Simply Baby”
Yarn: Foxfibre’s color-grown organic cotton in cream and sage. I love this yarn. I know that most knitters would probably find it very plain jane/vanilla, but I think it has this lovely, understated, natural beauty to it. It’s so pure. I feel really good about using it for my little ones. Plus, it has this wonderful sheen that I’ve never seen before on a dyed yarn.
Alterations: I used a different weight yarn and different needles from what the pattern called for and needed to adjust accordingly. I made the foot longer. I made the contrast toe area bigger because I was afraid of running out of the green yarn.
I came across these:
This is a pair of longies that I made for Elijah a couple of years ago. They were made from Full Belly Farm’s gray yarn with a gray/brown tweed for the trim. I used the Tiny Birds pattern. This was actually my first set of longies! They are very thick and warm.
They are still a bit big on Galen, but they work just fine with the cuffs rolled up. The only problem was that the last time he wore them Elijah cut the cord into about fifty pieces (don’t ask me why…). So I checked my handy stash and as it turns out I had exactly enough of the contrast yarn left to make a new tie. How’s that for convenient? And I now have one less little ball in my box.
Elijah wants me to make him some new longies. Maybe for next winter. I would have to find some super soft yarn for them though as he won’t put up with a bit of itch.
And here is Quinn! I finished the top band (11 repeats for a total of 132 rows). The color of the yarn is very different from how it appears in the picture. I’m having fun with this one.
Iain keeps commenting on how much he likes the cables. We have a date to sit and look through some books to pick out a pattern for a cabled sweater for him for next fall.
I cast on for E’s Slippers last night. So far I have finished both soles. I’m hoping to get some more work in on them tonight. I would like to felt them by the end of the week.