I’m still crafting
I was still crafting throughout the long dry spell, and I have had had other things to blog about since I started posting again, so this seemed like a good time to join in Paula’s WiP Wednesday push (as started on the Tangled Mess blog). Depending on how this goes I might join in FO Fridays as well.
Mont Royal Socks
I always have a pair of socks on my needles. In particular, it seems that I always have this pair of socks on my needles. I started them in July of last year, they’re toe up and I haven’t reached the heel turn yet. I’m generally a slow sock knitter for whatever reason, and this pair is not ‘mindless knitting’, so it’s been a row now and again.
Slow going or not, I do like these.
Charming Crawling Eyeball
One of the things I did during my posting hiatus was to join in the Charm City Yarn Crawl. I didn’t hit six shops (so I didn’t join the drawing), but I did pick up a skein at each shop I visited. It did kind of break my heart not to get more, but reality intervened. Here was my tour:
Clover Hill Yarn Shop: I picked up a skein of Hikoo by Skacel Abracadabra. This is a photosensitive yarn. Mine turns pink in sunlight and, as soon as I had it, I had the idea of the theme project for my crawl.
All About Yarn: This is my LYS. I grabbed a skein of Berroco Linus (which is a ribbon yarn) in a color very similar to the Abracadabra when it’s not in sunlight. The texture is very different.
Lovelyarns: I got a skein of JoJoland Tonic in an amazing blue.
The Knitting Boutique: One skein of Kraemer Yarns Perfection in the sand colorway.
Have you guessed the project?
Captain graciously modeling the (Yarn) Crawling Eyeball Hat
Guinan Hat
This pattern has been one of my Ravelry favorites for a long time, so when my friend Kay asked if I had any suggestions for a Guinan costume it came to mind immediately. It turns out that Kay didn’t think she had time to finish it before the event, so I told her I’d gladly do the work in exchange for the pattern, so it’s a win-win. It’s also my 200th Ravelry project.
The construction on this one is interesting. I used split ring stitch markers to keep four strands of yarn ‘live’ at a time.
I expect to finish it up today
Millers Fire
My one spinning WiP is using the Millers Fire colorway from Alpaca Joy on a mini destiny spindle from Snyders Spindles.
Blog Contests and Giveaways
I didn’t win the Slipped Stitch Studios giveaway. PhatFiber is hosting a number of giveaways for 20 August. I entered the “shiny briny” giveaway, the “Golden threads breed study” giveaway
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