caliente

I'm always blabbing about breaking out of my sock knitting routine...

...I dood it!!

Jen showed me her Willow Cowl the other day, and gosh dang it,

I cast on ASAP.

Autumn is around the corner and I need to get my accessories in order!!

The yarn is a merino/cashmere blend from Kitchen Sink Dyeworks in 'Holly'.

Sadly, her company is no longer in business as she was a beautiful dyer.

This yarn is circa 2009.

There you have it -

A new project...not a sock.

Yarn from the stash...and the pattern is free on Ravelry!

Life is good!

Women are like teabags. 

We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

sorriso

This sock is soooooooooooooo bright...

...and sooooooooo happy!!

The burst pattern on the cuff is complete and 

we're moving down the leg of the indiegogo sock.

Elongated stitch motifs make awesome pops of color and play well with

variegated yarns; and importantly - are simple to do!!

This sock makes me smile whenever I pick it up.

I think I'll name it 'sorriso'...Italian for smile.

If someone is too tired to give you a smile, 

leave one of your own, 

because no one needs a smile as much 

as those who have none to give.

pattern by me in  Knitted Wit.'indiegogo to the studio'  yarn

of a cat and yarn

First, the yarn...

You know what that little ball of yarn means, right?

Of course you do!!

And now for the cat...

...my little helper.

Of all the umpteen shots I took, this was far and away my favorite, of course!

How could I not choose the image with his little paw in it.

The socks are finished.

There was actually much more yarn remaining than this (~15g), so don't fear

running out of yarn if knitting an average sized pair of socks (~85g), prob'ly even a largish pair.

Sometimes, when I'm using a new-to-me yarn,

I divide the skein into two balls and knit toe-up to prevent surprises.

And now I have 4 pairs of socks in the queue waiting for official glamour shots.

Sigh. Hope springs eternal that I'll get it done.

Look at who's at the other end of that sweet paw...Mr. Skittles, our neighbor's cat!

This is a rare moment when he held still long enough

for me to focus AND take the shot.

He's always on the move!!

Time spent with cats is never wasted. 

~ May Sarton 

pattern by me in Hedgehog Fibres 'verdigris'

yesterdays

I pulled some Hedgehog Fibre yarn out from my stash while organizing on Sunday.

I finished a pair of socks, so it's time to cast-on for a new pair.

I'm going a bit retro with these socks.

Yarn from the not too distant past...

...and a pattern, too. 

Papaver by Anne.

It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

~ Lewis Carroll