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I finished the hedera socks last night, and am pleased with the result. The lace pattern was easy enough to be almost mindless, which is the type of knitting I need just now – nothing I need to think about for more than a few seconds at a time!
Hedera socks
Pattern: Hedera by Cookie A, from Knitty.com Spring 2006. Yarn: Heirloom Arglye 4ply
My next challenge is to work out what to knit next. I’m contemplating knitting a few things for Christmas gifts, but they have to be reasonably simple patterns for the afore-mentioned mindless knitting. Plus, as December is summer here down south, I don’t really want to be giving winter woollies. Socks would be okay, or light scarves or shawls, or maybe a lacy shrug or short cardigan, but nothing that folks are just going to put away immediately for five months until it gets cold.
So, I’m trawling through the gazillion patterns I’ve ‘queued’ on Ravelry, and browsing through books, and contemplating my stash. I even sorted out a box stuffed full of (mostly) sock yarns in a cupboard yesterday – its only a fraction of my stash, but I photographed and added another 15 or so lots of yarn to my stash page on Ravelry. I’m not going to run out of yarn anytime soon.
I’ve found a few possibilities, but I’m not totally inspired by any of them, yet. I may have to do a little test-knitting, to see what I like, and what is easy enough to knit without using all my braincells.
I’ll post here when I decide!
The only craft work that’s happened in the past 10 days or so is this Hedera sock:
Pattern: Hedera by Cookie A, from Knitty.com Spring 2006. Yarn: Heirloom Argyle 4ply.
I finished the first sock last night, and cast on for the second this morning. It’s a nice easy pattern, so I can knit while I’m writing and in the few hours a week that I watch season 3 Battlestar Galactica DVDs with the DH – other than Wire in the Blood on Fridays, that’s the extent of my TV watching at present.
Oh, and I sent the red Tudora to a friend for an early birthday present, and she loves it. She’s off to Bhutan in a couple of weeks, so it will go travelling with her. Lucky Tudora!
Retro Rib socks
Pattern: Retro Rib by Evelyn A Clark, from Favorite Socks: 25 Timeless Designs from Interweave. Yarn: The Knittery 4ply merino/cashmere; shade – waterlilies.
I love this yarn; it’s so warm and cosy. Although it’s officially spring today, we’ll still have plenty of cool days to wear these.
And speaking of yarn, this was the other lot of yarn I bought in San Francisco:
Ginko bamboo/silk yarn
It’s from ArtFibers, and is 87% bamboo, and 13% silk. I’m not sure exactly what it’s going to be yet, but I think I might weave it, maybe in a point twill or similar, with a plain contrast silk.
