Hand-spun socks

I got a bit obsessed by these socks while we were away. Knitted on them every car trip we made and in the evenings.

Spun from merino wool in a traditional three ply.

Frustratingly they are a little bit shorter than I would like in the leg. I do however, have more than enough left for another pair.

I really love the way this knitted up.

I’d forgotten how much I enjoy knitting socks. I need to make more of them.

 

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Knitting for Charity

While we were in Australia I took the opportunity to drop a few hand-spun, hand-knitted items in the mail. I belong to a group on Ravelry called Aussies Knitting for War-affected Kids. Feel free to click on the link and join the group. We’re a friendly bunch and it’s not just Australians knitting. The items made are delivered to Syrian refugee children. Some toddler sized socks. Due to the risk of fire in the camps it has been requested that no acrylic yarn is used.

Some toddler sized socks in hand-spun yarn

Some scarves.

All items are from handspun yarn. I know it’s not much, but if I can help warm one person then I feel less helpless in the face of so much suffering.

 

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Handspun socks

I have some travel coming up, so have cast on another easy project. I’m using this pattern and some yarn that I spun earlier in the year. Traditional three-ply sock yarn.

“Unfortunately” I’m so enthralled with how it’s knitting up that I’m almost at the heel of the first sock and I haven’t left home yet. Hopefully I won’t run out of knitting while I’m away. I’ve packed this, the lace shawl and the crochet bag.

Should give me something to do.

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Making use of the small minutes

I realised that I didn’t have a take along project and I was wasting an hour a week travelling in the car to town to do the grocery shopping. (It’s 30 minutes each way and Gorgeous Man drives). I went stash diving and came up with this yarn I bought while visiting Colorado in January 2016 (in terms of my stash it’s a very young yarn).

I cast on for the Multidirectional dishcloth (but I’m going to use it on my face – too nice for dishes).

Two car trips later I had a finish.

I love the colours.

Here it is in all its glory.

Such a clever easy pattern! This used just under half the ball of yarn, so I have another facewasher on the needles, but the next one is just a simple linen stitch.

However, not all my recent knitting has been a success. This next project got pulled out.

The yarn is a handspun, and I like the yarn. I like the pattern. What I did not like was the way the two were working together.

The good news is that after years of silence, the yarn has let me know that it would like to be a hat.

I think a ribbed beanie will be a much better use for it.

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A handspun shawl

A looong time ago I spun some silk. It languished marinated in the stash for several years until Adamas bubbled to the top of my Ravelry queue and I decided the two would be a good match.

I think I was right.

I’m loving how this is turning out.

This final picture shows the colour most accurately.

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Giant snails

I found some giant snails wandering in our garden.

I was able to sneak up and get some close-ups.

Knitted with yarn I spun using roving from Nurturing Fibres.

Pattern available here on Ravelry and here for non-Ravelry users.

They now live on my bookshelf.

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Snails

I found some snails hanging out on the kitchen table.

I love how they have turned out.

One for Gorgeous Girl and one for her friend.

Purple is handspun. Pattern can be found here.

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