Planned Purlhood

I seem to be on a lace kick.  So much the better – I don’t have to worry about it “fitting”!

This is lace project #3, concurrent with #2 (which is the Goddess Mystery KAL…plodding away on Clue #4 – that one will take some serious time).

No mistakes!  Yarn is Knit Picks Gloss (Wool/Silk) and size 8 lime green AB beads.

Over the weekend, I knat a hat from some handspun Romney.  I do believe that once I get through all of my commercial knitting yarn, I doubt I’ll be buying more of it.  I’m totally sold on knitting with my own yarn.  I’m getting to be a "good enough" spinner that I can produce a small project’s amount of consistent yardage that I can make something worth selling or wearing in public.  Or, at least, posting pictures of on the intarwebs.

This is about 75 grams of Romney roving purchased from Fleecemaker’s Fibers on Etsy.  I kettle dyed it with vermillion and purple Jacquard dyes, then spun it up to a 2-ply worsted/aran weight yarn.  I don’t know how many yards I got, but it was plenty for this hat and a couple Weave-It squares.

The hat is a very basic affair; similar patterns online include Ellen’s Knit Hat and Mielke’s Basic Hat Formula .

Pattern: Cabletini by Wendy Knits

Yarn: Knit Picks Risata, “Ash”

Mods: 7.5 sts per inch, 3″ cuff, i-cord bind off

I’m working on one of those “oh that’s pretty” startitis sock patterns. I’m using a new-to-me yarn, Risata. The label says 7 sts per inch on size US 2 needles. I’m getting 7.25 sts per inch on 3mm (which is Knit Pick’s first idea of a size US 2, but is more like a 2.5, but I digress).

Revelation #1: Socks progress much faster at ~7 sts per inch vs 9 or 10 sts per inch.

Revelation #2: I like tighter fitting socks. This means smaller socks. Even faster to knit, and more possibilities with “as written” pattern knitting.

Revelation #3: Sock yarn does count as stash. Seriously.

All hail the mighty Jaywalker!

Ok, maybe not that big of a feat, but this is the first sock I have completed that was intended for myself knit in fingering weight yarn. It took me months, it seems, but I finally got’r done. Plus, it fits better than any I’ve attempted before.

Anywho, this is sock numero uno.

• Pattern: Grumperina‘s Jaywalker
• Size: To fit 11″ foot (size 43/44)
• Yarn:  Opal Handpainted
• Needles: Knit Picks Options, 32″ fixed circular, size 2.5mm
• Modifications:
  • Lengthened heel flap to 3″ to accommodate high instep
  • Shortened cuff to 3″ long as I don’t care for crew socks
  • Eye of Partridge Heel
• Ravelry Link