Time For the Washing of the Samples

It is time for the washing of the shop samples. You may recall, in a previous post, that I had already begun this process.

Washing Hand-knits

I like to hand wash my hand knitted garments. I put them in lukewarm water with shampoo. Sometimes I use the kitchen sink, but if there are a lot of them, I use the bathtub. After a good soak of at least 30 minutes, I drain the water and gently squeeze them out a bit. Then I refill with more cool fresh water and swish them to rinse for a few minutes. Then I drain the rinse water and squeeze them out somewhat. Don’t wring them, which can stretch and distort the garments.

At this point, you can roll them in towels until damp dry, or put them in the washing machine and set it on the spin only cycle if you have one. I am fortunate to have that option, so that is usually what I do.

Blocking Hand Knits

These are only a few examples of how I block hand knits. Lace shawls need the most attention when it comes to blocking. All lace garments need blocking on their first wash after knitting, but some won’t need a full pinned out blocking after every wash. Shawls will look their best if you go to the trouble to pin them out after each wash. Fortunately, they don’t need it too often.

I didn’t take pictures of all the samples as I went through the process of washing and blocking. I think I have around 50 samples in the booth, but I didn’t count. It is a lot though. Trust me. I spent about 2 weeks doing all of them. I even ordered more Knit Blockers and Blocking Mats. Sometimes, depending on what I was blocking, I used all I had and could have used more. I highly recommend these tools to make a tedious job a bit easier. (no affiliation, just like them)

Ready for New Tags

After I finished washing and blocking everything I decided they really needed some new sample tags. The old ones were looking ratty. I also wanted to change some of the information to be more relevant to the questions I frequently get in the booth. I spent a few hours one afternoon making all new tags and I like them much better. I hope they will be more helpful for customers too. Many people like to take a picture of the card and I think these will be more readable for that.

Today, I got all the tags put back on to the proper samples. There are also some patterns that I am knitting new samples for. The reason I am doing that is to refresh them with current colors in my inventory. I have yarn picked out for five patterns. So far I have finished one and I am close to completing a second one.

New Knitting Projects

The pink baby sweater is done except for some buttons. This is my Classic Baby Cardigan in my Superwash Sport yarn in the Tea Rose color. I knit the smallest size here from one skein of yarn. I knit the sweater in just one week even though the gauge is 6.5 stitches per inch on US 3 and US 1 needles.

The purple cowl is my Maize Cowl pattern in Classic Merino Superwash DK yarn in my new color from last year, Wisteria. This is one of my favorite cowls to wear. It is also a really fast knit. I can complete one on 3-5 sittings.

I will show you the other things I have in the queue when I get them on the needles, which should be soon.

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Snow Days are for Knitting

Snow Days are for Knitting

We don’t get much snow around here, and if you ask me that is a good thing. But, when we do, snow days are for knitting.

Snow Days are for Knitting
Snow Days are for Knitting
Snow Days are for Knitting

Snow and Knitting

I took these pictures this morning and as you can see we have about 5-6 inches. It began snowing yesterday afternoon around sunset and it has snowed all night. As I am writing this post around 11:00 am on Monday, it is just starting to taper off. The temperature outside is around 13 degrees with a “feels like” temperature of 2 degrees.

Now, I know that many of you are getting more snow than this and much colder temperatures, but here in heat pump land this is mighty chilly. We have had to turn on the back up coil heat. We aren’t expected to see any temperatures above freezing for the next week. It is supposed to snow again on Thursday too. My hope is that we are getting our full complement of winter weather this week and then we are done, right?

So, what do I do when it’s blustery outside? Knit of course! I cast on for quite a few new booth samples, which I will tell more about in another post. You may also notice that swatch in the picture? That is for a sweater, for myself. I am planning to make it sometime in the near future from some Araucania Nature Wool that has been in my stash for ages. The pattern is another of Stephen West’s latest releases, Woolly Waffles Cardigan.

Finished Projects

Snow Days are for Knitting
Snow Days are for Knitting

I have finished two things this past week. These are the Billowing Braids Socks, which I knit in one week! I can’t remember ever finishing a pair of socks this quickly before. I like them a lot except for one thing. I can’t believe I didn’t see this until I washed them and was laying them out to dry. Do you see the cables done wrong on one of the feet? Doh! Oh well, I am not fixing it. They still work.

Snow Days are for Knitting
Snow Days are for Knitting
Snow Days are for Knitting

Here’s the post blocking pictures of my Mingling Daisies shawl. I really like it! The pictures don’t do it proper justice due to the weather. I had to take inside pictures for now. I had hope that I would be able to use only two skeins of Classic Merino Bamboo, but that didn’t happen. I ended up using a total of 235 g, which is about 1152 yards.

If you are in the deep freeze this week too, I hope you are able to stay warm and cozy with some knitting too!

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Back to Business as Usual

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.

Knitted Garments
Knitted Garments
Knitted Garments

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.

knitted shawl Mingling Daisies

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.

Sock Knitting

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.

hand dyed yarn

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?

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December was Quite a Whirlwind..Literally

December was quite a whirlwind of activity, but not in the way you would expect.

The Whirlwind

On December 9th we spent the day working on product. Jerry was in the work shop sanding Shawl and Hair Sticks and I was applying the final coat of wax finish on some Yarn Boxes. Around 4:20 pm my phone sounded a weather alert. There was a tornado on the ground about 30 miles away and headed our way. I went out to the shop to tell Jerry and he turned off the machines. We went out to watch the sky. There was a dark bank of clouds just west and north of us. The tornado siren went off in downtown Nashville.

We were watching the local radar on my phone and it seemed like the worst might stay just north of us. Around 5:00 pm my phone got a second imminent warning to take cover. Within minutes of that the wind picked up and it began raining so we went inside to take cover. Our safest place, since we don’t have a full basement, was in the hall outside the bathroom. We were on the floor and Jerry was closing all the hall doors when he said “Here it comes, get down!”.

I was praying the Lord’s Prayer loudly when we started hearing stuff hit the roof and house. I was the most scared I have ever been but I also believed we would be alright. By the time I reached the end of the prayer it got quiet and we went to see the damage.

trailer saved the work shop
huge 50+ foot walnut and the top of a hackberry tree
trees down that hit storage shed
trees down on side of the house
you can see the path of the tornado here as it crossed the street and took the tops off trees
tree that fell across drive in front of my truck and took out lines to house
you can see here how that tree would have fallen on the work shop

All of these pictures were from the following morning, since the tornado hit right as the sun was setting. The worst of the property damage was to my brand new trailer. We had to get all the inventory out of there and into the work shop that night, since it was still raining off and on. It is amazing that we didn’t lose any of it. I am thanking God for that, since it is our livelihood.

There were five 50+ foot trees on the ground, most ripped up, root ball and all. The power and internet lines were ripped from the roof. The shop and storage shed roofs were missing a whole layer of shingles. The house, thank God, had the least damage. A few windows and screens broken, as well as gutters and vents on the roof.

roof tiles missing on work shop
wall pushed in on the work shop
broken window
mailbox pole
tree that took down the power and internet lines
broken out window

My truck was hit by flying debris which broke out the driver’s side rear window. Both trucks got some scuffs in the paint by roof shingles. My window was an easy repair, which they came to my house to do a few days later. We haven’t had time to see if the paint scuffs can be easily fixed yet.

NES had our line restored and our power and internet were back within 48 hours. The following two weeks were a blur of phone calls, repairs and cleaning up downed trees and debris. We were able to replace the trailer this past week and get all the inventory out of the shop. We have a roofer coming today and tomorrow to repair the shed and shop.

So, we are getting there and we are so thankful that it wasn’t worse. My heart breaks for the many who were less fortunate. I looked up the NWS report for the storms that hit Middle Tennessee that day. There were 6 or 7 tornadoes of EF2 and EF3 ratings. The one that hit Nashville (us) started literally behind our home. It must have been still forming and went over the top of us, it headed for and touched down near Dickerson Rd. There it flattened several buildings and power lines. The road was closed for about 5 days. It then went on to Gallatin Rd.demolishing businesses and a trailer park. It headed on across the Cumberland River and Old Hickory Dam. It then continued through Hendersonville and Gallatin. The track was almost 24 miles long!

We are insured and all this stuff is replaceable. Christmas this year kind of took a back seat, but we did have a some of the family over, who are nearby and could make it. Life is finally getting back to normal, whatever that means, LOL!

Knitting

I will close my post with what knitting progress I have made on my Mingling Daisies shawl. I am getting close to the finish line on this project. I had been hoping that I would be able to get this out of two skeins but it is going to require a third skein. I am about 17 rows from the end but they are 561-601 stitches long now. So, they take a while.

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What is in the Works at the Moment?

knitting Mingling Daisies

The festival season is over for our business until March. Here are a few things we are working on this month to restock for next year. I am including a knitting update on my Mingling Daisies shawl.

Shawl and Hair Sticks

padauk and purleheart
the ones that didn’t make the cut
the whole shop looks like this

Jerry is working on a big batch of Shawl and Hair Sticks at the moment. He cut these to size and shape last month and at this stage it is tons and tons of sanding to achieve the final shaping. I don’t have a count on how many he is working on, but it has to be 300-400 at least.

We are restocking Walnut, Cherry, Oak, Osage Orange, and Purpleheart. We also bought a new species of wood, Padauk, to see how it works out. It is a vibrant orange, red color. The whole shop is completely coated in red dust at the moment. Jerry looks like an Oompa Loompa when he is sanding these, which is kind of hilarious. I wish I had taken a picture, but alas, I decided to spare him that indignity. I can’t wait to see these with the finish on them. I think they are going to look so pretty.

Yarn Boxes

While he is in the shop, I am getting the new batch of Yarn Boxes waxed and labeled.

Walnut Yarn Boxes
Cherry and Oak Yarn Boxes

These were completed in October, if I remember correctly, but we hadn’t gotten around to the finishing touches until now. I have all the Walnut ones done. The Cherry and Oak are up next. I usually work on them in small batches of 12-18 a day, in the afternoon after school and dinner are done. Buffing is hard on the arms and it’s best to not try to over do it or you have sore arms. :-)

Knitting

When I am not working on business stuff, household chores, or school work with my son, I set aside some time most evenings for knitting. Technically, even my knitting is “work” since it is usually booth samples, but knitting is one of my happy places no matter what it is. Lately, I have been listening to books while I knit. Reading is my other happy place and it great to be able to do both at the same time. I am currently re-reading/listening to Ken Follett’s Kingsbridge series. I am finally to the new release from this fall, The Armor of Light.

Here is my current progress on Mingling Daisies. The stitch count at this point is more than 450 I think. When I am done it will be 601. Despite the length of the rows it is coming along rapidly. It helps that I am have no other projects on the needles, so it gets all my focus. I still love the texture, which is what attracted me to knit it in the first place. I am motivated to complete it because I want to see how it changes after blocking.

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Knitting Mingling Daisies in the Dark Days of December

Mingling Daisies shawl

As the dark days of December begin, my exclusive knitting project is my Mingling Daisies shawl.

I know many people think of December as a month of light, and it is in many ways. There are all the lights of the decorations and candles. These are used for many to signify the light that came into the world by the incarnation of Christ as a baby. I believe that, but still to me it is also a month of darkness. As the days grow ever shorter the light gets less and less until that day when we reach the shortest day of the calendar, The Winter Solstice. I do look forward to that day, because it is at that point that it only gets better, right? The days begin the shift to lengthening and it feels so much less oppressive to me that there will be a reversal of the darkness. I no longer put up a Christmas tree, since all the children but one are grown, but we do string up lights. I like the lights as a reminder that the darkness won’t overcome in the end.

Knitting

But, I digress. The knitting update on my current work in progress is the focus of my post, so let’s get on to that, shall we?

Mingling Daisies shawl

It has been awhile since I have shared anything about this shawl. So, to recap, it is a Stephen West design and I am knitting it with my Classic Merino Bamboo in the Sea Coral color. I hope that two skeins will be enough to complete it. I haven’t weighed the one I am working from, but it looks like more than half of it remains. I currently have about 270 or so stitches on the needles. The final stitch count is 601 and 2 stitches are added on every row. That means that I am close to the halfway point. So, we will see.

It is a relaxing but not boring project. I would recommend it to advanced beginning knitters and experienced knitters alike. There’s something for everyone here. Actually, I think I will close this post for now, brew a cup of tea and get a bit of knitting done on this gray, dreary December day. Happy knitting!

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That’s a Wrap! Geogradients Shawl

Geogradients shawl

And that’s a wrap! My Geogradients Shawl is done! I love it!

I finished the knitting on Saturday. I weighed my remnant balls of yarn so that I could better plan the way to use it for the fringe. I had 13g of the Honeydew and Fern (the lightest and medium colors) and 30g of the Emerald and Cypress.

Geogradients shawl
Geogradients shawl
Geogradients shawl

I weighed out 13 g of each color to make the fringe from. Then I cut them into 6″ pieces. The next thing to decide was how I wanted to use the colors. Should I use all four colors for each tassel? That was my initial idea. After trying that idea and then an alternate plan of continuing the striping sequence I used throughout the shawl. I decided I liked the alternating colors better. I spent Saturday evening applying the tassels. It was a bit fiddly but I think the alternating colors idea was less so then the mixed color idea would have been.

Geogradients shawl
Geogradients shawl

I washed it Sunday morning and left it on the blocking board until this morning. I used 360 g of yarn for the shawl so it took a bit longer than a lace shawl to be fully dry. I also trimmed the tassels while it was pinned out. I did that by using a piece of plexiglass and a rotary cutter. I did small segments at a time. I cut them all to about 2″.

Geogradients shawl
Geogradients shawl
Geogradients shawl
Geogradients shawl
Geogradients shawl
Geogradients shawl

This project was fun and interesting to make most of the time. I got somewhat frustrated at times because the techniques for the slipped stitches and elongated stitches required using a loose hand. I knew that was necessary to get the fabric to not pucker but it felt wrong to this consistent lace knitter. I worked through it until it started to feel more comfortable, trusting that it would look great when finished and properly blocked. And it does. I am very happy with it. I’m glad I decided to try something new because it’s good to get out of our comfort zone sometimes.

I am back to work on Mingling Daisies. I haven’t taken a recent picture so I will save that for my next post.

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MKAL’s; What Do You Think?

Geogradients clue 3 in progress

What do you think about the MKAL trend? I have never been a joiner and thus far have not paid much attention to the MKAL thing. I did join one or two about ten or fifteen years ago, before they were as popular. I had mixed experiences and figured they aren’t for me.

Geogradients

This is the first time since then that I have felt drawn to participate in an MKAL. It has been a fun change of pace. I am not a big fan of the constant changing of colors and weaving in the ends. It is otherwise entertaining and I love how it looks. I have been working on my Geogradients shawl exclusively when time permits. I am halfway through with Clue 3 at this point.

Geogradients clue 2 complete
End of Clue 2
Geogradients clue 3 in progress
Halfway through Clue 3

I do love how the colors look together. This is going to be a spectacular shawl! I saw a knitter wearing one this past weekend at the East Texas Fiber Festival. I wish I had thought to ask for a picture of hers because it was beautiful!

Travel and Knitting

I should have a lot of knitting time for the next couple of days. I am camped out in a hotel this week in between festivals. As I mentioned above, I was at the ETFF last week and I will be vending at the NWA Fiber Fest this coming weekend.

I drove straight to Fayetteville, AR from Texas yesterday. I am comfortably settled in at a hotel with a full kitchen so I did some grocery shopping when I arrived. I will definitely not starve, LOL! I think I may have over bought. It’s still hard for me to shop and cook for one after all my years of cooking for a crew. No worries though, I can take anything I don’t use home. I am glad I don’t have to venture out each day to get restaurant food. It’s okay to do that occasionally, but it gets to be a chore when it’s a daily necessity. I doubt I will even leave my room until Thursday when it’s time to set up the booth.

Knitting Notions booth ETFF 2023
Knitting Notions booth ETFF 2023
East Texas Fiber Festival 2023
Knitting Notions booth ETFF 2023

NYE MKAL

So, getting back to the MKAL topic, I have another one that I am sort of involved with. I may not join in on the knitting this time but I have been invited to provide Yarn Sets for the NYE MKAL. Hilary Latimer of Criminal Knits is putting on her annual NYE (New Years Eve) MKAL with the theme of Postcards from Abroad. The idea is to imagine your dream vacation destination if money and time were no object. She is launching the pattern clues on NYE, but signups are open now. She hosts her signups and discussions from her group on Ravelry. If you are tempted by the prospect of knitting a big, colorful shawl this winter, go check it out!

Here’s a sampling of a few of the Yarn Sets that I put together. Click the link to all view twenty-one sets. :-)

MKAL Yarn Set Greece
MKAL Yarn Set Sicily
MKAL Yarn Set Saint Tropez
MKAL Yarn Set Nashville
MKAL Yarn Set - Paris
MKAL Yarn Set Vancouver Island
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Knitting Progress on Geogradients MKAL

Knitting MKAL Geogradient Clue 1

My quick update today is mainly about my knitting progress on my Geogradients MKAL shawl.

Knitting Geogradients MKAL

I have been focusing all my knitting time to this project since my last post. My poor Mingling Daisies shawl (Ravelry) has had no progress this week. I am enjoying the pattern for it’s variety of stitch patterns and I will get back to it soon. I am a bit obsessed at the moment, with getting caught up with the clue releases on my Geogradients shawl. (Ravelry)

Knitting MKAL Geogradient Clue 1

It also is perfect for booth knitting. I took this picture in my booth at SAFF this past weekend. The colors are more true here than in the next one below. At this point I was almost finished with clue 1. I am using the “updated” clue 1 because I joined late and missed the chance to use the original clue 1. I saw a couple of versions over the weekend that were knit with the original clue 1. I liked how they looked and saw nothing offensive about them, but this is what I have and I’m not starting over. It’s fine this way too, I think.

Knitting MKAL Geogradient Clue 2

This is where I am now, at the beginning of clue 2. I apologize for the slightly washed out colors here. I’ll try for better lighting when I post the next update. I think clue 2 will be a quick knit. I saw some of what clue 3 looks like and it gets really interesting. That is a great motivator to make quick progress so that I can see it in my colors. If only I could knit all day! Sigh.

SAFF 2023

As I said above, Geogradients is great for booth knitting. I was in Asheville, NC for the Southeast Animal Fiber Fair aka SAFF, this past weekend. We had good weather and a nice turnout. There are usually lulls between talking to customers, and having an easy project to work on at that time is perfect. I was able to show it off to lots of knitters, and many shared their project progress with me too. I love that!

Knitting Notions booth SAFF 2023
Knitting Notions booth SAFF 2023

You may notice that my Flames and Lace Shawl enjoyed a prominent place in the booth. It got a lot of attention and I sold a good amount of the Classic Merino Bamboo in the Ironstone color, for sure. So, it is earning its keep already. I wore my Saltarello (Ravelry) all weekend and it received many compliments as well.

Home Time and Knitting

I have only two more festivals this year, in November, but I have the next two weekends at home. I plan to help in the shop when I can as well as some home making tasks. Knitting on my Geogradients and Mingling Daisies shawls is my end of the work day relaxation and recharge time. I hope to make it all the way through at least clue 2 and start clue 3 by the time clue 4 comes out. I’ll let you know how that goes next time.

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Sometimes Weekends Are For Knitting

saltarello shawl

It’s not often that I get weekends off but sometimes weekends are for knitting. I was home and my work was caught up so I took the weekend off and did lots of knitting. It was wonderful!

Knitting Saltarello

I will get to my current knitting projects that I began this weekend in a moment, but first let me share my finished Saltarello (Ravelry project page) with you. I cast off on Friday morning and took some before and after blocking pictures. The transformation is always so amazing!

saltarello shawl unblocked
Before blocking
saltarello shawl blocking
During blocking

I am thrilled with how it came out! I used 160g of Classic Merino Superwash Sock yarn in color Obsidian. That calculates to about 690 yards. I used size 5 US needles. I measured it the day after I took it off the blocking pins, and the relaxed size is 72″ x 31″. So, mine is a bit smaller than Dee’s sample. She notes in the pattern that hers is 75″ x 35″.

saltarello shawl

I think I want to wear this in my booth this coming weekend at SAFF. It is a good size for me and I am excited to show it off. I hope it will be an inspiration for knitters to want to make it. I just love lace knitting. It is fun and interesting to make and looks so elegant.

New Knitting Projects

Mingling Daisies

Speaking of interesting knitting, I decided to go with the Sea Coral for my Mingling Daisies shawl (Ravelry project page). It is definitely interesting to knit. I had a rough start, which is mainly due to the inflexibility of the I-Cord edging I think. I started 3 times before I got everything going right.

classic merino bamboo for mingling daisies
mingling daisies shawl

Once I got past the setup and worked it bit of length it started to get easier. The daisy stitch is fun now but I hated it in the first rows. I am also used to working pattern stitches and lace from charts. This is not charted, but it’s pretty easy to memorize so it’s not too big a deal. I am adjusting and using my progress keeping app (Row Counter) to chart my place in the pattern. I really like how it is looking so far and it is fun to work on now.

Knitting the Geogradient MKAL 2023

This is an impulse project that I cast on this weekend along with the above. I can’t explain why I felt compelled to knit this shawl (Ravelry project page). I have never done a Westknits MKAL for several reasons.

  • I don’t generally like surprises in my knitting.
  • Despite his obvious gift for designing, I am rarely tempted to knit them. They are not typically to my taste.
  • I don’t care for garter shawls in lots of colors, but here I am making one. Who knows why?
Classic merino superwash sock for Geogradients MKAL 2023
westknits geogradient MKAL 2023

I think what intrigued me was the colors. I have been watching and even helping some of my customers pick out the colors for theirs and it just seemed like such a fun knit. I dragged out almost every color I have in my Classic Merino Superwash sock yarn and started playing with sets.

I took dozens of pictures and looked at them in gray scale. I narrowed the sets down to three. The greens and the blues/teals fit the gradient criteria the best. It should come as no surprise that I settled on the greens. I love green.

classic merino superwash sock geogradients sets
classic merino superwash sock geogradients sets
classic merino superwash sock geogradients sets

I have completed a bit less than half of Clue 1. I am not going to stress about the time table. I am not concerned much if I fall behind or see clues before I get there. I got started a bit late anyway. I just hope I like where it goes and plan to have fun with it.

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