handmade by stefanie

I don't have much progress to report on my WIPs this week for two reasons: 1. I have been away at the TNNA trade show and just arrived home yesterday afternoon! 2. Of the two projects I worked on the most while I was in Columbus, I can only posts WIP photos of one! Therefore, today's post will be short and sweet. I'll be sharing more about my TNNA trip later this week as I get caught up with work stuffs and whatnot; I saw some really cool stuff that I am excited to spread the word about! As always, a nice assortment of goodies found their way home with me (my luggage was pretty much at capacity!): I'll be posting reviews, projects, etc. about all of my fun new fiber toys in the weeks to come!  Meanwhile, I finally finished the first Scalloped Rib Sock on the Megabus back home to Chicago - and I promptly started sock #2! I'm pretty excited to have made so much progress on these socks - that means I am getting even closer to re-releasing this pattern...

Over the weekend, I finished all of my WIPS, so this week I have all new projects to show off this week! My friend Julie was in town, so we made a trip up to Windy Knitty for a little stash enhancement. I finally picked up two skeins of Freia Flux , which I've been wanting to try out for a while now, and immediately cast on for a simple cowl to show off the hand-dyed gradient colors: I also cast on for another pair of socks using a test color (I think!) of Baah! La Jolla ; they are a pattern from my back catalog that I will be updating once these new socks are finished. I was never happy with the photographs of this design, which is based on a vintage stitch; the pattern could use some gussying-up as well, so later this summer there will be a re-launch for my Scalloped Ribs sock pattern (and anyone who has already purchased this pattern will of course get a free upgrade!). Finally, the new issue of Pom Pom Quarterly arrived in the mail last Thursday - I was impressed with ...