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News From Virginia and Our Home Upgrades

In my previous post I promised to share some of our home upgrades we did. I also bring news from my Virginia trip.

Virginia

I left Nashville on Wednesday. I drove to about the halfway point, which is Abington, VA, and stopped for the night. I drove through torrential rain for about the last 100 miles in East Tennessee. It rained all night in Abington and through the first 100 miles on Thursday in southwest Virginia. By the time I got north of Roanoke it was behind me. I arrived at my hotel in Winchester and got settled in for the week. I went to do some grocery shopping.

Friday was set up day at the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival. too. It was lightly raining here by then but nothing too bad. I got a few pictures that show my new booth fixtures better than the tent ones from last weekend.

The weather on Saturday was quite nice, surprisingly, especially considering what was going on in the rest of the southeast. Nashville got about 5″ of rain but our home and family had no problems. I am grateful for that but my heart does break for the devastation to so much of the region . :-( Sunday was a little wet again but nothing problematic. The festival turnout was good and I believe the vendors mostly had good sales.

I have four days as a break here while I await traveling the short distance to Orange, Virginia on Friday for the Fall Fiber Festival. I am mostly hanging out at the hotel. I have sent out a few orders, done some knitting and reading, and a bit of book shopping on Monday.

Knitting

I know I said I was going to work on the Veritas Shawl, but that hasn’t happened yet. I was more in the mood to knit something simple, so I cast on a new pair of Hedgerow Socks. I made these before in 2009. Those were gifted, so these will be for me. I have picked out some yarn for new samples but since I haven’t wound or cast on for those yet, I’ll report when I do.

Home Upgrades

Finally, I want to share some of the lovely home improvements that we (mostly Jerry, to be fair) have done.

It started with this HVAC vent that Jerry installed in our main bathroom. We should have done this decades ago. When we bought this house in 1998, there was a crappy attempt to vent the heat and air to the bathroom under the vanity. It was a terrible idea. It wreaked havoc on the contents in the drawers. Jerry removed it and blocked off the hose. The bathroom was poorly ventilated though and would retain moisture. Finally he decided to try installing a proper vent in the floor. It has made a big improvement!

The next thing we did was to install a ceiling fan in our bedroom. Oh my! I love that thing! I no longer have to run my noisy little bedside fan. The next day we went out and bought four more fans to install in the den, second bedroom, my office and the kitchen. It is so nice to have air circulating throughout the house. We run them 24/7 on low and I turn the one over my bed up to medium or high at night.

While I was in Wisconsin, Jerry decided to tackle installing one in the living room. The only reason we weren’t initially planning to that is because it required installing a new box. The overhead in our living room is on the side of the room, over the dining area and we wanted the ceiling fan in the center where we sit. He did a wonderful job and now it looks like it was always there!

The final upgrade was in the kitchen. We built an island/work table and a small shelf near the stove. I had always been leery of this idea because, while I like the idea of more workspace, I feared it would clutter our somewhat small kitchen. This is the lovely thing that he came up with and I do love it! I am probably going to get some nice canisters and store my baking supplies on the bottom shelf. I am off to do some looking around to that end. See you again soon!

Posted on October 1, 2024October 1, 2024 by yarnmama — 6 Comments

A Finished Knitting Project and Booth Upgrades

I have a finished knitting project and a few booth upgrades to show you today. We have done some home upgrades too but I will save that for another post.

Knitting

I will get straight to the knitting content first. I finished the Summershine Top in Organic Cotton Sport yarn.

I am very happy with the look and feel of this top. I am less pleased with the fit on myself. That is my fault, though, due to the gauge being a bit tighter than it should have been for the size I made. I knit a sleeve first as a swatch on size US 4 needles and it seemed fine at 5.5 stitches per inch. In the final garment, however, the overall gauge is closer to 6 stitches per inch. The finished garment size is around 39.5″ rather than the 41″ I wanted. I can fit into it but it doesn’t have the positive ease I was going for. It is fine as it is as a booth sample but I may go up a size when I make another for myself out of the Patons Linen.

The only knitting that I have on my needles now is the Veritas Shawl. It hasn’t changed from my last post about it since I devoted all my knitting energy to the sweater. I will probably get back to the shawl. I would like to get it finished before the Westknits MKAL next month. I’m not 100% sure I am participating but I have purchased the pattern.

Booth Upgrades

Since my previous blog post, I have been to the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool. It was absolutely fabulous as always. The crafters turned out in droves and the weather was cool and fall like.

After returning from Wisconsin. I had another ten day break. I needed to do a bit of restock dyeing since this was the last opportunity to do so and we were getting low on some colors. mostly in DK. The rest of the fall is pretty much back to back festivals until the first of November. So, I took a couple of days to get that taken care of.

After that was done, we still had most of the week left. We knew some of the booth fixtures were looking rather road weary. It seemed like a good time to do something about that. All of these were made in 2007/2008 and have seen A LOT of use/abuse.

We started with the checkout stand. It was in the worst shape. We decided it needed completely scrapped and rebuilt. It had already been repaired and painter multiple times and it was tired, LOL. I am so excited and pleased with the new one. We kept the top size the same but we expanded the base and added extra storage space for my bags and other stuff I like to keep in there. I love the color I picked to compliment the logo. It also contrasts the cherry table top nicely!

Next we got to work on the Yarn Swift display table. It was in need of repairs to the support legs and the top needed sanding and a re-fresh of linseed oil and wax. We decided to paint the support legs to match the check out stand. The table top looks almost like new!

The last item we gave a new life was the shelf unit where I display lots of different tools and accessories. The large dowel type shelf supports needed some of the threads repaired but they were otherwise still okay. Jerry made these from Mahogany and would have taken awhile to re-make. We got them back in working order with a few minor repairs. The shelf boards really needed completely replaced. We opted to try using some solid pine to replace the oak plywood in the old ones. These new ones may not make it 17 years but they are lighter. We painted them in the Sea Turtle green too. I look how they look!

Festival

I am in Yellow Springs, Ohio this weekend for the Wool Gathering Festival at Young’s Jersey Dairy. The weather for the weekend looks like it will be on the warm side but since we are in tents I guess that’s better than wet. Hopefully, no rain until after the load up on Sunday.

booth pictures Wool Gathering — Sorry for the back light.

I am only going to be home for a day and a half. I will fill you in on the house upgrades while I am there next week. See you soon!

Posted on September 20, 2024 by yarnmama — 6 Comments

Back Home and Time for a Knitting Update

I arrived safely back home yesterday and it’s time for a knitting update. I include a bit about my festival travel and books I am reading also. So let’s get started.

Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival

Before I get to my knitting update, I will fill you in a little on the Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival. I have a long history attending at this festival. My first year here was in 2008 when it was at the Crown Plaza south of Pittsburgh. I only missed one year, due to Covid shutdowns. I have many knitting acquaintances and customers in the area and it’s so nice to see them every year.

The turnout at the festival this year was good. There have been a few rocky years due to venue and date shifts, but I am pleased to see that it has weathered the storms. Laura is doing a fabulous job organizing it and I am happy to still be a part of this festival each year.

Home

I drove home yesterday, after almost two weeks away, and it is good to be home. I will have the upcoming week and weekend here and after three shows in a row, I am looking forward to the break.

At the moment, I am at the Ford dealership getting my truck a slightly overdue oil change and tire rotation. I will need to do some grocery shopping tomorrow. I plan to do my shopping early in the day since it is hot as the hinges of hell this week. After some nice cool weather while I was up north in Michigan and Pittsburgh, the 100 degree days feel especially grueling. I hope this will be the last super hot spell we have this summer.

Knitting

Let’s get to the knitting update, shall we?

It’s not as much progress as thought I would have done on my Organic Cotton Sport Summershine Top. I envisioned possibly finishing this and maybe getting back my shawl or the Linen Summershine Top. That was overly ambitious I guess. To be fair, I spent more of my down time reading, so I am okay with that.

Summershine Top Front Organiic Cotton Sport yarn

I got the back piece completed but it needs blocking. I also have a good start on the front piece. It is about 3 inches maybe, and it needs to 15.25 inches to the neck and arm hole decreases. I brought it with me to work on while I wait for my truck service.

Reading

I’m enjoying some of my new books that I bought while I was in Pittsburgh. I am also listening/reading (Kindle version) to The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch. This is my first book by her. I don’t like the main character, Charles Arrowby, but I am enjoying her writing style very much. The prose is descriptive and proportionate to the dialogue. I love that there is much reference to the sea. That was what attracted me to pick it up.

The narrative starts out describing his move to this little sea cottage. I was drawn into it easily. As the narrative moves along you start to realize that Charles is a narcissist. It becomes very apparent as soon as other people from his life and past begin to turn up. I am enthralled by the story while simultaneously despising quite a few of the characters.

I am also a few chapters into Wild and Distant Seas, which I told you about in my last post. This is very good so far. The protagonist is the Inn Keeper where Ishmael and Queequeg stay before boarding the Pequod.

I will close for now since my truck is ready. Talk soon!

Posted on August 27, 2024 by yarnmama — 1 Comment

A Completed Sweater and New Knitting

My Miss BB Sweater is all finished! I also started a couple of new knitting projects.

Sweater

The seaming was problem free. All the pieces fit together as they should. I got it all done in a couple of sessions.

I went to Joann’s and got some buttons and grosgrain ribbon. I hand sewed in the ribbon to the inside of the button bands to stabilize them. It also adds more fabric for attaching the buttons. I am very fastidious when I sew in buttons, but they still fall off frequently. I hope this will help with that.

I am very happy with the finished sweater. The fit is roomy but not too oversized. This is going to be a nice outerwear garment for chilly days.

New Knitting

Now that my sweater is finished, I have cast on a new shawl/scarf. I showed you the yarn for the Veritas Shawl in May. It is Monologue by LMFA.

Now, you have probably noticed if you have been reading my blog for awhile, that I am a pretty experienced lace knitter, right? This pattern is intense. The set up and first chart (about 28-30 rows) took my most of last Sunday afternoon.

I spent a good deal of this Saturday and Sunday working on the set up for the next section. I am now at the point where all the elements are on the go. There are five parts to each row. There are edge stitches at the beginning and end of the rows. In between are three different stitch patterns. I feel like I have a handle on them now. When I was just starting them, it was constant chart checking.

You can see here how I had to print out the pattern so I could easily have everything visible. This is my one complaint about the pattern. The formatting of the charts and row directions are all over the place. The information is there and correct but it isn’t very user friendly.

I am really happy with how it looks now that is starting to look like something. While I was on the first chart, it was hard to tell what I was knitting.

Another New Project

While I was in Joann’s getting the stuff for the sweater, I picked up some yarn I saw on sale. I never do this but I had just been thinking how I haven’t made a summer sweater in ages. I also have not knit with linen and would like to try some. I saw this cotton/linen blend and couldn’t resist.

I went looking for some pattern ideas. I love Anne Hanson’s designs and looked there first. I found a few options but decided on Summershine Top. I did some swatching since this yarn is new to me. I used US 6 and then again on US 4. The gauge and fabric were better on the US 4’s.

Since I was unsure how gauge might change on the project, I decided to start with a sleeve and after washing it I will check gauge again.

I am also thinking that I will make a second garment using my Organic Cotton Sport for a booth sample. I will probably cast on a sleeve in that yarn as soon as I complete the cotton/linen one. I can knit them concurrently. I should have two sleeves completed by next time. I will also be sharing a new product on the website!

Posted on July 29, 2024July 29, 2024 by yarnmama — 4 Comments

New Hand-knit Socks and New Yarn

There are new hand-knit socks and some new yarn to show you, so let’s get into it. Since my last post, my knitting time is limited so I only have one item to show you today.

Knitting

I finished my Classic Merino Bamboo socks on Sunday. I used 67g/324 yards of yarn. I enjoyed making up the pattern by using various stitch patterns. I can see this pair being one of my favorites. They are comfy and soft, but the bamboo should make them pretty durable.

Yarn dyeing

The main reason that my knitting time has been limited is that it is yarn dyeing time again.

After I returned from Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival, my yarn arrived from the mill. I planned to do 2-3 new colors and restock the other colors.

I wound some mini skeins of 10g each to do some color samples. The three mini skeins in the right picture are the ones that made the final cut.

I spent the next couple days getting all the dyes mixed and doing other preparations. We divided the work into four dye days.

The week after this, I got all the labels printed and attached. Next, I packed the yarn in the trailer or in the back up inventory boxes in the workroom. Yesterday, I got all the new inventory logged into the system. That included taking pictures of the new colors and marking the discontinued colors on sale.

new yarn colors 2024 — New 2024 Colors Iris, Oregano, and Rose

discontinued yarn colors 2024 — New 2024 Colors Iris, Oregano, and Rose

I am excited about the new colors. They work well with the rest of the palette. I can’t wait to see them on the displays at the next show. I don’t know when I will get a chance to knit any fresh samples using them but hopefully by the fall. I don’t have a way to link to particular colors on the website. The new color names are Iris, Oregano, and Rose. If you select any of the hand dyed yarn bases, you can select those names to view them there.

The colors that are discontinued are also available for 50% off which is $14.50 a skein. The colors on SALE are Cerise, Pewter, and Winter Sky. I love all these colors. It is hard to decide which ones to switch out, but you have to do it periodically to keep everything fresh.

I will close with this and hope to back to work on my sweater or a new shawl in my next post.

Posted on June 26, 2024June 25, 2024 by yarnmama — 5 Comments

One More Festival and Then Home

Festival Travels

May has been quite a busy travel month. This weekend is the Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival in Franklin, IN. We have a long history with this show beginning in 2008, which was the year of the Flood. If you were there, you know what I mean. That year, Friday was epically rainy but the turn out was pretty good, considering the weather. Saturday morning it was STILL raining and things were looking dire. Roads were closing due to ponding and about midday we were told we would need to start loading up because a nearby dam broke. It sounds scary, but really the biggest problem was finding a route out of the area when roads and even Interstate 65S was closed for a time. We made it out fine. We did, however, have to take the long way home via I74 East through Cincinnati to Louisville.

But, I digress. Hoosier Hills is the last festival on our schedule from the first half of 2024. I am setting up the booth in a few hours from now. The market hours are 10:30-5:30 on Friday and 9-4 on Saturday. When I get home on Sunday I have a break from traveling. I have got more yarn ordered to dye over the summer break. It is arriving in a week or two.

Here are a couple pictures from The Great Lakes Fiber Show last weekend. We had a really wonderful turn out this year. The weather was nice for the most part, except for Friday, which was set up day for vendors.

Knitting

So, as I mentioned above, I have been busy. I am working on my two projects but not as much as I would like.

Sample Sock Merino Bamboo — Miss BB Left front

Miss BB is coming along. I completed the left front piece but I didn’t have time to block it yet.

My other knitting project is my sock in Classic Merino Bamboo. As you may recall, this was originally Stephen West’s Mingling Daisies Socks. That is no longer the plan and let me explain why that happened.

I began the pattern stitch section after the ribbing, which started with the Daisy Stitch. I remember that when working this on the shawl it was a bit fiddly until the fabric grew. The fiddly bit is worked on the wrong side and is done by working P3tog, leave those on the left needle, YO, P3tog again into those same three stitches. It got easier as the fabric grew.

The problem, for me, was that with the socks it is done on the right side. So, that means that you are working in the round (for me on DPN’s) on 2.25mm needles and doing the stitch pattern as K3tog, YO K3tog. Oh. My. Goodness. That was so slow and aggravating to me. AND, you have to shift the beginning of row every other row. UGH. I worked a few repeats and I hated it. I also promptly trashed any plans for making the companion sock pattern that was ALL Daisy stitch.

So, the 2.5″ ribbing was knit. I ripped back to that and got out my stitch pattern books. I decided to pick 2-3 out and make up a sample sock pattern. I looked for ones that were multiples of 4 or 8 since I have 64 stitches. I am using one called Swedish Check, the Broken Rib that was in Mingling Daisies, and a lacy pattern called Little Frogs. I just finished the gusset decreases last night.

I think that’s enough for today’s post since it is getting close to time to go set up the booth. See you again soon!

Posted on May 30, 2024May 30, 2024 by yarnmama — 4 Comments

New Booth Sample Knitting is Done

I have a new booth sample finished. There is a bit of sock knitting going on when I am able.

Dora Cardigan and Other Knitting

I am so pleased with the new booth sample for my Dora Cardigan pattern. I made the updates to the pattern for all three sizes. I will be altering the other two samples to match the changes soon.

As you can see, I have been knitting the second Glittering Snowscape Sock. I am almost to the heel flap and turn. As I am knitting this, I find myself with the idea of reviving this discontinued color.

I am considering using it as a replacement in my palette for Cerise. The Cerise is a much less muted cool red. The above color is a deep rose pink. The dark rose might fit more into my palette. If I do that it will be this summer. I will probably tweak the color mix a bit, so it may be a different version of this color. Here’s a picture that compares the two:

back to business as usual — The Dark Rose is on the far right

Shop Restocking

Speaking of dyeing, I spent about five days this past week getting all the fresh dyed yarn labeled and stored. The website inventories are all updated also.

On the heels of that task, came the new Darning Eggs. Jerry has spent the past several weeks working on more Darning Eggs. On Thursday, we applied the first layer of linseed oil. Yesterday, after that had time to cure, I applied the wax coat. Then got them all labeled and added to the inventory.

We have more Cherry, but we replaced some other woods that have been out of stock for a bit. These include, Mahogany, Maple, Oak, and Walnut. I love them all, but my particular favorite is the Mahogany ones. I love the rich color and the interesting grain. They feel as satiny as they look.

I will have a full selection of these in my booth at Greencastle Wool Show next weekend. I will be in the Community Building in booths 135-136.

Posted on April 6, 2024April 6, 2024 by yarnmama — 1 Comment

Some Finishing, Frogging, and New Beginnings

Let’s get started with some finishing, then move on to some frogging and some new beginnings in my knitting.

Sorrel (Finishing)

I mentioned in my last post that Sorrel would be done very soon and here she is! This is the smallest of the three sizes in the pattern. All three of the sizes can be knit from one skein of Classic Merino Bamboo. I used 65g, which is about 320 yards, to make this size.

sorrel back — Sorrel front (color more accurate here)

It is quick to knit and fairly simple for even newer knitters. You need to be comfortable with knitting in the round. The shaping is simple and the stitch pattern is only knit and purl. What I think the most special attribute of this design is that the range for wearing is flexible. It can be made a bit larger and be worn as a dress, but later as the baby grows it can still fit as a top.

Spiral Splash Socks (Frogging)

There is a story here.

When I began the Spiral Splash Socks in late January, I had a hard time choosing the size to make. My foot size was in between sizes 2 and 3. Size 2 began with 60 stitches and size 3 with 72 stitches. I know that socks that fit me best are 66-68 stitches but 64 can work too. It was with trepidation that I went for size 3.

Here’s the next problem I was worried about: the leg stitches increase after the cuff to 80/88 respectively for sizes 2/3. This is to account for the slipped stitches, I assume, to prevent them being to tight. This was feeling very wrong to me all the time I was knitting them. You know how it is though. You’ve already invested the hours and you hope if you keep going it will work out. Hint, it usually doesn’t. Trust your knitter instincts.

After I knit the heel flap and turned the heel, I tried them on. You can see how huge that leg is. My ankle was swimming in there. It was a little painful to do it, but I frogged them. I considered casting on the size 2, but I really don’t see how 8 stitches less was gonna help that leg section fit. They were way more than 1 inch too large. So, that brings me to the new beginnings part of my post.

Knitting Glittering Snowscape Socks and Dora (Beginnings)

I am using that same Dark Rose Classic Merino Superwash Sock yarn to make the Glittering Snowscape Socks by Stephen West. I am making the size 2 this time which begins with 64 stitches. I thought about going with a three color gradient, but then changed my mind. I am not in the mood for the extra fuss of color changing so I am just using the one color throughout.

dora cardigan sleeves — Glittering Snowscape Sock

My other cast on project is the Dora Cardigan in the large size. I showed you the yarn in my last post. I like to begin this sweater by knitting the sleeves. These are small and quick and work as a swatch too. I am spot on for the gauge on size 3 US (3.25mm) needles.

The sleeves are knit flat and then joined to the body stitches after that piece is knit to the underarm length. The raglan shaping forms the top section. The button bands are knit along with the body. When the knitting is complete, the sleeves are quick to seam and you stitch closed the underarm stitches at the same time.

I knit about 1-2 inches of the sweater body but I didn’t take a picture yet. I’ll show you next time. It will be big enough by then to see that lace better. I hope I will get some time to finish it while I am in Raleigh, NC this weekend.

I am leaving on Wednesday for the Carolina Fiber Fest. I am setting up the booth bright and early at 6am on Thursday. I received by booth number today, so if you are planning to come, look for me in booth 21.

Posted on March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 by yarnmama — 7 Comments

Just a Few More Rows to Take the Edge Off

As I was having my coffee this morning, some strong storms were rolling through, bringing cooler weather in its wake. It was good to have my knitting to calm my slight anxiety that storms can bring to me now. I used to enjoy stormy weather, as long as it wasn’t too scary. They all make me a bit edgy since the tornado in December.

Knitting

I am just a few rows from finishing my Sorrel. Okay, there is also grafting the underarm stitches and then applying the button loop and button. But that is probably, altogether, about an hour’s worth of effort.

I am going to try to get back to my Spiral Splash Sock, but there is also another booth sample I want to start.

I designed Dora about 7 or 8 years ago. I want to make a large size, which I have not knit before. When I do that, I think I am going to revise the neck shaping a bit. I am planning to use Classic Merino Superwash Sport in Damson Plum to make it. I like the idea of having both a light and dark color example of this in the booth. I have the small size in the same yarn in Lichen. I have the medium-sized sample in the natural color Organic Cotton Sport.

Dora Small Classic Merino Superwash Sport Lichen

Dora Cardigan Organic Cotton Sport — Dora Small Classic Merino Superwash Sport Lichen

Festival Season

It is almost time for our first festival of 2024. I will be in Raleigh, NC, March 6-10, for the Carolina FiberFest. We have gotten a lot of the preparations done. I have been packaging new Shawl/Hair Sticks this week. They are on the website, and I added the singles, which is new. We used to only have those at shows. Since we have over a hundred now, I decided to go ahead and list them online as well.

As I am writing this post, the storms have passed. I should probably get my day’s work started. I should have a finished project and a new one cast on soon.

Posted on February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 by yarnmama — 4 Comments

Back to Business as Usual

We are finally getting back to business as usual here. Most of the property repairs have been completed. The only exception to this is some painting. We need to repaint the work shop and storage shed. They have had the roofing replaced and we are waiting for a few warm, dry days to repaint. In January that can be tricky, so we will see when that happens. It may have to wait until spring.

Preparing for the New Year

During the last week of 2023 and the first week of 2024, I have been busy with tasks to close out the old year and get ready for the new one. I spent three days doing inventory. Everything was pretty accurate, with only a few discrepancies.

The next task was doing the end of the year bookkeeping to get ready for income taxes later this month, and also 4th Quarter income and Sales Tax reports. Those tasks took a couple afternoons. I still need to set up new folders for 2024 bookkeeping soon.

My next priority was to use the information gained from my inventory count to determine how much of what needs to be dyed for the spring festival season which begins in early March. So, I spent part of another day organizing that data, making plans, and ordering base yarn. Dyeing will most likely happen in February. The days are getting longer by then and we usually have a mix of warm and cold weather to work with.

Production in the wood shop is at the moment still focused on Shawl and Hair Sticks, but I don’t have any new pictures to show. I do have some picture of the other job I am working my way through, which is washing the booth samples. I try to do this once a year or maybe every other year.

I am not even halfway through them yet. I have an obscene amount of booth samples. (grin) Oh, and speaking of blocking, which I sort of am above, minus the pins, I am finished with Mingling Daisies! I knew that I-cord bond off was going to take awhile with 601 stitches, and it did! It took several sittings to complete it and I think I clocked about 6-7 hours doing it. I haven’t blocked the shawl yet because of all the samples to get done. I can only get so many blocking at at time due to horizontal surface limitations. Here is a picture I took fresh off of the needles to hold you over.

Knitting

Since we are heading into knitting territory at this point in the post, let me show you what I have on the needles now.

As you probably can tell, I spend most of my knitting time, making booth samples. I enjoy that knitting and I am not complaining about that. Sometimes it is good to do some stuff that is just for fun too. This year I decided to splurge on my knitting time by joining WestKnits Year of Socks 2024. I guess I am on a bit of a Stephen West knitting binge.

So, the sock pictured above is the December 2023 bonus sock called Billowing Braid Socks. I am making them from some personal stash yarn from Webs that I bought in 2010 to make baby stuff for Elijah. I did make an Owl Vest from it, but had 5 skeins left. It is Webs Valley Yarn Superwash Merino DK. I am using US 3 dpns. I started this sock yesterday afternoon and have already completed the first cuff. You gotta love a DK sock for quickness. These will be “around the house” socks for me.

The January pattern in Socks of 2024 released a few days ago. It’s called Spiral Stash Socks. I can see casting on for these soon, since the cabled DK socks are going so fast.

The yarns above are discontinued colors of Classic Merino Superwash Sock. They are skeins from my personal stash. The design calls for one solid and one self-striping or marled yarn. I am using my hand painted variegated skein in place of the self striping, but I am still undecided about which solid I want to use to go with it. I am leaning towards the purple, because why not? What do you think?

Posted on January 8, 2024January 8, 2024 by yarnmama — 5 Comments

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Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival

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Dora Cardigan and Other Knitting

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Sorrel (Finishing)

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