Happy Sunday!
Yarn~ Fondant Fibre Superwash Polwarth in the color Harmony. Drink~ Green Monster Smoothie.
While I am not one for New Year's resolutions, I do think it is a good time to set some knitting goals. One thing I really wanted to focus on in 2018 was to participate in my own KALs. Knitting has started on my Woodland Walk socks for the My Sister's Knitter Mother Nature KAL. If you are looking for a pattern that flies off the needles, this is the one for you. The desire to get to next leaf is strong. Side note: Do you ever have that yarn that has been frogged more times than you can count because the pattern wasn't working? Bonus I found the pattern that this yarn was destined for.
Yarn~ NanoStitch Laboratory Scientific Sock in the color Alkaloid.
Look! Here are the socks that I finished for my mom for Mother's day. They were originally planned for my sister, but then something told me they belong to my mom. These socks met another goal I have which is to not hoard gifted yarn.
Yarn~ Knitpicks Imagination sock yarn in the color Damsel
Then if you will see here...another pair has been finished. Finishing these has been wonderful in so many ways. I really wanted to knit from deep stash in addition to all the new pretties. This yarn is KnitPicks Imagination sock yarn (now discontinued), a merino/alpaca/nylon blend was purchased more than 9 years ago. I know you call can relate how good that feels.
I mentioned last week that I would talk about this new publication from Knotions, ShawlStar.The reason I kept it to this week because it does relate to my 2018 goals. Many of us have a large library of knitting resources that for some collect dust, because it feels easier to buy a pattern and knit it. But something I have been wanting to do this year is use my resources for modifications. By learning more about the construction of something, I can figure out how to alter the pattern to fit my needs.
I don't have a desire to design, but I don't think you need to in order to find this Ebook useful. For example, I love shawls I can wrap around me, but only want to use one skein of yarn. I can take my favorite pattern from a designer and work addition increased to make it wider thanks to understanding how shawl shaping works. I could really go on and on about how helpful ShawlStar is. Now if you do have the desire to design- this ebook is gold.
Feels like I have chatted your ear off while I sort of checked where I am at in my goals. So thank you if you weathered through it. Please enjoy a song and have the best day today!
XO,
andi
Awesome socks, your mom is going to love them! Shawl star sounds awesome, I'll have to check it out.
Posted by: Julie | 04/22/2018 at 05:54 PM
Some of my sock yarn has been frogged back so many times I actually start to feel sorry for it. Glad your yarn found its rightful pattern.
All of your socks look beautiful!
Dee @ Quaker City Knits
http://quakercityknits.blogspot.com
Posted by: Dee | 04/22/2018 at 08:05 PM
I want to get faster at knitting socks. A pair of socks seems to take me forever to finish. Well, both of my first two pairs each took over a year to finish. I'm on my third pair and have been working on them for almost 6 months. One sock is finished except for the heel. The other one lacks an inch to the heel. I'm trying to narrow down how many projects I'm working on at once. We'll see if it helps.
Posted by: Carolyn | 04/22/2018 at 10:39 PM
So great you are meeting your goals AND finishing things! I like both of those socks, but the first speckled ones sing to me more.
9 year old stash! I have been knitting almost ten years and I do still have some yarn I purchased that first year...
Have a wonderful week!
Posted by: Lisa | 04/23/2018 at 04:41 AM
your mom is going to love your socks!! I would. I haven't thought much of altering my knitting goals however, I do like to dream of casting on new projects!
Posted by: karen | 04/23/2018 at 05:59 AM
Oh, I'm so glad you finally figured out what that yarn was for! I have a skein of olive green yarn that I've had since I started knitting, and I still can't figure out what pattern it wants to be!
Posted by: Kat | 04/23/2018 at 07:22 AM
oooo Love the socks. I'm back into knitting after taking an unintended break & also have tried to reevaluate my knitting goals.
Keep knitting!
Vicki
Posted by: vicki | 04/24/2018 at 08:17 AM
Hi Andi
I love the socks and i can relate. lol i pulled out my small stash last night and started ball winding some.
I hope you have a great weekend coming up.
Posted by: Lynn Taylor | 04/26/2018 at 03:18 AM