In the last few weeks I have been finishing projects like crazy.
First I have My First Socks. I started these in June 2010 and finished them Dec 2011. They were ignored for a good portion of that time. They’re made out of Patons Kroy Socks FX. When I started them, they were actually the first pair of socks I was ever knitting for myself. They ended up not being the first ones I finished for myself though.
My First Socks
Next up was a cowl I knit for myself. The Christmas Cowl is made from WaterlooWools Belleville yarn and is very soft. Only took me about 4 days to knit it.
Christmas Cowl
Next is a pair of socks for Sydney. Toe up, two at a time on magic loop made these go really fast technically, just there was a few weeks when I wasn’t working on them. I used 5th Avenue Socksation yarn and it’s quite soft. Sydney loves the socks and wears them often.
Socks for Sydney
After that I wanted to finish up that partial ball of Belleville from WaterlooWools, so I cast on my Winter Directions scarf. For such a simple pattern, I ended up tinking more then knitting, but it turned out nice in the end. The yarn was a little scratchy during knitting, but softened up nicely with washing.
Winter Directions Scarf
Lastly, I whipped up another of the seaweed cowls that I called my Sunny Seaweed cowl. I used a skein of hand dyed yarn that was bought for me in a destash more then a year ago. I started calling it parrot barf yarn because of the colours, but I do like it alot and it will sure brighten up the dreary grey days of February. The yarn however was scratchy as heck and I was a little worried that I wouldn’t be able to knit it around my neck. When I was washing it though, I added some hair conditioner to the water and it came out quite nice. And since I did twice as many repeats as the pattern calls for, I can fold it in half and it keeps me nice and warm.
Sunny Seaweed Cowl
I’m looking forward to many finished projects and lots of stash-busting in 2012!! Happy New Year everyone!
Sorry about all the tinking! lol!