Happy WIP Wednesday! I have a few knitting projects to share this week, plus a progress report on my latest Spin-O-Lution efforts.
First, my Elfe sweater is coming along nicely! Over the weekend I tried it on and decided to do a few more increases for the sleeves before binding off those stitches. Now that I have a bit of length from the armholes, I may have to try it on again just to make sure I made the right call.
I finally started working on my second Fleece Artist sock - I'm not too far along, since I keep getting distracted by gift knitting/crocheting and my Elfe-in-progress, but hopefully I can get this second sock finished by the end of May so that the new pattern can come out mid-summer. That is the new goal, anyway!
So what do I do when I have a self-imposed deadline? Cast on for a new hat, of course! My husband bought me some Knitter's Pride Karbonz needles for Christmas and I have been dying to knit with them. I have no idea why it took me five months to give in, but in any case, I grabbed some Lorna's Laces sock yarn from my stash and started a hat that will have random stripes (sort of like the variation of the Genmaicha hat I made recently - except bottom-up and more stripey than color block-y). I am really enjoying knitting with these needles - they have a good point and just feel so nice in my hands.
This week, I've been working on spinning some hand-dyed BFL top from the now-defunct Kitchen Sink Dyeworks. I bought it several years ago at the Renegade Craft Fair here in Chicago, and I would probably keep it stashed in my fiber bin for who knows how long if I weren't trying to spin through my entire fiber stash in 2013. I really like how it's spinning up; I have 6 oz. of natural brown BFL from Spunky Eclectic that I'll be spinning up next, and I'm pretty sure I'll be plying them together.
Thanks for stopping by this week. For more WIP Wednesday inspiration, visit the Tami's Amis Blog!
First, my Elfe sweater is coming along nicely! Over the weekend I tried it on and decided to do a few more increases for the sleeves before binding off those stitches. Now that I have a bit of length from the armholes, I may have to try it on again just to make sure I made the right call.
I finally started working on my second Fleece Artist sock - I'm not too far along, since I keep getting distracted by gift knitting/crocheting and my Elfe-in-progress, but hopefully I can get this second sock finished by the end of May so that the new pattern can come out mid-summer. That is the new goal, anyway!
So what do I do when I have a self-imposed deadline? Cast on for a new hat, of course! My husband bought me some Knitter's Pride Karbonz needles for Christmas and I have been dying to knit with them. I have no idea why it took me five months to give in, but in any case, I grabbed some Lorna's Laces sock yarn from my stash and started a hat that will have random stripes (sort of like the variation of the Genmaicha hat I made recently - except bottom-up and more stripey than color block-y). I am really enjoying knitting with these needles - they have a good point and just feel so nice in my hands.
This week, I've been working on spinning some hand-dyed BFL top from the now-defunct Kitchen Sink Dyeworks. I bought it several years ago at the Renegade Craft Fair here in Chicago, and I would probably keep it stashed in my fiber bin for who knows how long if I weren't trying to spin through my entire fiber stash in 2013. I really like how it's spinning up; I have 6 oz. of natural brown BFL from Spunky Eclectic that I'll be spinning up next, and I'm pretty sure I'll be plying them together.
Thanks for stopping by this week. For more WIP Wednesday inspiration, visit the Tami's Amis Blog!
Love the look of that Elfe sweater and I added it to my favorites. Looking forward to seeing how your's comes out.
ReplyDeleteI love the yarn colors you've chosen! I can't wait to see how your sweater turns out.
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