Knit Night

My girlfriend, Connie, and I have started getting together every other Friday night for "Knit Night". We are getting together this Friday at my house. Its just the two of us, but we have a nice relaxing evening with lots of chatter and knitting.

Last time, I worked on my Charade socks. I got a lot of the leg done on the first sock. Here's a current pic of my progress.


The yarn is Lisa Souza Sock! in What a Melon. I love how they are turning out!!

This week, though, I'm thinking about working on something new.


This is Yarn Pirate Superwash Merino in Rum Runner. This is my first time working with this yarn and so far I'm very happy with it. I'm planning to use the Stansfield 14 pattern from the More Sensational Knitted Socks book.

Finished Objects

Two finished objects to share today!!

Another baby afghan.



I used Bernat Softee Baby yarn, color Chiffon print. You can't tell from the picture but there are little specs of blue, green, yellow and purple in there. The pattern is "Dainty Keepsake" from the Leisure Arts leaflet Keepsake Baby Afghans.

And socks.



I used my own handspun yarn. The roving is from Hello Yarn. It's superwash merino and the color is Blue Raspberry.

Sock Knitting

I'm working on 2 sock projects at the moment.

The furthest along (probably because they've been on the needles longer) are my handspun Blue Raspberry socks. Here's a pic of sock #1. Sock #2 is on the needles and is rapidly approaching the heel.



Next up is a new one.


This is Lisa Souza Sock! in the What a Melon colorway. The pattern is Charade.

Evidence of Spinning

I've fallen off the blog wagon again. I had this ready to share this time last week and never blogged it.

A new 2-ply handspun yarn!

This was spun from Yarn Pirate Bluefaced Leicester roving. The colorway is Bloom.

I have a couple other spinning projects in the works. One is Hello Yarn roving and the other is from Twisted. I've made a mini-goal for myself to spend at least an hour every day over the next two weeks with my spinning wheel. My fiber acquisition has far outpaced my spinning lately, so I thought I should try to make a dent (even if it's a small one).

I received an order from Funky Carolina with 1 braid of Falkland wool in her Grape Nehi colorway.



And I'm still anticipating this month's fiber clubs from Funky Carolina and Hello Yarn, too.

Hedera Socks

I completed my Hedera socks yesterday!


Pattern - Hedera from Knitty
Yarn - Socks That Rock lightweight in Tanzanite
Needles & Gauge - Size 1 DPNs, 8 st/in

New Yarns

More new yarns have arrived. This time from The Loopy Ewe.



From left to right: All Things Heather, superwash merino, Festival; Fleece Artist, 100% merino, Rainforest; The Knittery, Merino Cashmere Sock (yummy), Orchid; and Fiesta Boomerang, Amazon