Mikknit

I really have been knitting lately, there’s just not really much progress on things from day to day and I don’t want to show a picture of a sock with another 1/2″ done on it or a scarf with another 4″ of the same lace pattern. Someday I’ll find something more interesting to work on, or start working faster, or else I’ll come up with something else interesting to say, but for now we get infrequent updates.

So what have I been putting my time in on?

The highest-priority project right now is a lacy scarf in Cherry Tree Hill’s Supersock:

This will be a gift for a friend – I would love to have it done by Sunday so I can give it to her. If I stretch it out so it looks right, I’ve got about 18″ or so. Gotta get going on it!

The pattern is from one of Barbara Walker’s books, not sure which one. It’s called Seafoam Stitch and it goes something like this:

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Cast on on a multiple of 10 stitches + 6.

row 4 – k1, *yo2, k1, yo3, k1, yo4, k1, yo3, k1, yo2, k6* repeat twice from *,
ending in a single k instead.
row 5 – knit across, dropping all the yarn overs as you go.
row 6 – knit across

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Easy enough, but it gets BORING. It’s not difficult enough that it keeps my attention but it’s not easy enough so I can read while I knit. Not my favorite kind of knitting. Good thing it looks really cool!

Let’s see, what else is there to share?

A finished sock –

Opal Rainforest in the Parrot colorway. 72 stitches on a size 0 needle. I did an eye of partridge heel for extra entertainment value, too. The difference in texture with this yarn after washing is incredible – so much softer! I’m about 1/2″ into the ribbing on the second sock, it’s not grabbing my interest so much, imagine that.

And lastly, a little handspun, handknit goodness:

A mitten for me – you may recognize this yarn from my last post. It’s knitting up into a nice squishy fabric and is going to be wonderful come winter! I’m using size 3 needles and getting a gauge of 5 stitches/inch. It’s a little tighter than I’d knit this stuff at for a sweater, but I need my mittens to be knit very tightly, this being Minnesota and all.

Hopefully I’ll get in lots of knitting time this weekend – my sister will be in town and we’re going to the Aveda Institute for haircuts tomorrow. That’s always fun! Hopefully they’ll give me ideas on styling – I have long hair and I hate to spend time styling it (or, really, I don’t have time to spend on styling it!). I don’t want it short but I feel like a schlub with it in a ponytail all the time. I’m tempted at times to shave my head – I could match DH and Arlo then!