Another excellent weekend has come to a close. My parents were here for a visit this weekend (my mother is doing some consulting work for my company since she knows more about contract and grant managment than we do) and I got to help mom a little bit with her Vegan Fox. We took a mandatory trip to Knitting Workshop "because how do you know what you want if you don't know what is out there". Of course, I found another skein of Silk Garden that needed to come home with me. Colorway #74 -- which I think I will try in the Bow Scarf pattern that Emma has used several times with great success. I am trying to decide what colors I want to use for the cardie on the front of Noro 1. I am leaning towards #73, but when I found this skein of 74 it made me want to take it for a spin to see what it looked like.
I also found a depressingly dull color for "man" Fuzzy Feet for John (Lamb's Pride Loden) -- which he of course loved. And speaking of Fuzzy Feet, here is the before and after of my first pair:
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The yarn is Noro Kureyon, #78. They came out more fulled than completely felted because if I had let them go any longer they would have gotten too short for me to wear. I love the way the striping turned out. I thought the felting would make some of the lovely blending colors disappear, but I think it actually enhances them a little bit. This was a very fun project that I am definitely looking forward to doing again -- for John and for my Dad -- who promises me that he will have no problem with brightly colored Fuzzy Feet if I want more interesting yarn to play with after I make John's.
This was a great project because it helped me learn some sock architechture without the complication of being frustrated by double pointed needles. However, having said that, I may do the next set on double points all the way through because I didn't like the way the fabric stretched on the circulars. This project really got me itching to get started with the lovely sock yarn that Emma gave me!
So what comes next? Well, I think I am going to try to finish the last sleeve on my Jaeger Natural Fleece sweater. There must be some strange property of physics associated with the second sweater sleeve, because I always lose momentum right before I cast it on. I hope that I can get the sleeve finished and the completed pieces blocked before the weekend. Then I think my "Flappable Handbag" will probably need some attention. Yum yum! So many fun projects and so little time!
