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I finished my first (of many) October KAL projects this week! This first one is for the   Hops & Hanks Fall KAL , and it's knit with a new exclusive base of yarn available at  A Good Yarn Sarasota  called  A Good Yarn Fingering . You can choose from a 50g skein for $15 or a full 4oz skein for $32. I used a 50g skein in the Autumn Jewels colorway, and I have enough left over to knit another pair of socks or perhaps even a matching hat! Knit with A Good Yarn Fingering in Autumn Jewels Speaking of which....this pattern is from my back catalog,  the  Sweetest Baby Socks . When I originally designed these socks, I used one of my favorite superwash yarns for gifted items, Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock. Knit with Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Sunshine While I would still very much recommend this yarn, the put-up has changed for Shepherd Sock, which makes purchasing a skein of it specifically for this project a tad impractical (however, if you have a...

Over the weekend, I joined the sleeves of the baby sweater to the yoke and am coming down the home stretch on this project! I'm using yarn that I dyed myself and the Seed Stitch Yoke Cardigan from 60 Quick Baby Knits. I haven't made much progress on my chevron yak socks, unfortunately: What's been diverting my attention, you ask? The two S's: Spinning and Secret Knitting! Over the weekend, I finished spinning these BFL singles (two from Cloudlover and one from Miss Babs)... ...and plied them together into two beautifully squishy skeins: I also started working on another top-secret project which I can't show you just yet, but I can tell you that I'm using  SilverSpun  yarn from the Feel Good Yarn Company, a surprisingly stretchy blend of cotton and pure silver! Thanks for joining me this week! For more WIP Wednesday inspiration, visit the  Tami's Amis Blog !