Knitting in pink

It's definitely not sock yarn and these are definitely not sock needles

Why would I knit a gauge swatch for socks?



I really don't understand what I could be knitting that isn't a sock



A sweater? Really?



Now that's crazy talk!

In honor of NaKniSweMo I decided that I'd try casting on something else than a pair of socks for once. I'm not saying I won't be knitting any (I'm a foot away from a pair of Snickets and 2 socks away from having a pair of Charades and Firestarters...) but I'll definitely try to work on the sweater as much as possible. Now I just have to figure out if the yarn I picked (Karabella Aurora 8) will work. I know that it should because a few others have knit this sweater out of it, but I've yet to know if it will work for me. (My swatch is set to dry as we speak, more details later)

I'm sure you missed seeing socks around here. It's been at least 3 posts without them! : )

So here is the latest sock news:

1 FO

Stats
The first sock was knit in September, the second in October and finished on my Disney trip to Orlando.
Yarn: Vesper Strange Little Mama by Knittlerly Things in 75% superwash merino and 25% nylon
Pattern: Top-down with picot cuff and short-row heel

1/2 an FO



Half a pair of Charade socks from I may be knitting a ranch house. The yarn is H.L.Miller Merino Monkey in Rich Earth that will be available as our November Artist of the Month at yarn4socks

I really enjoyed working with the yarn. It's very soft and easy to knit. I love how the colors spiraled perfectly around the foot and the leg. Crossing my fingers that the same happens with sock #2. The pattern is awesome. Almost as easy as stockinette but more interesting... I just might make more of these!

2/3 an FO



Remember my Snicket sock without a heel turn? I just couldn't stand it and ripped the whole foot back to the heel flap. So now I have two socks that need a foot! I should be done with sock #2 within the next couple days and then I can go back and finish up sock #1 again.

1/8 an FO



My other sock on the needles is an Elegance sock for the Sockamania KAL. I started it on my way back from Disney and haven't had much time to work on it. Now that the Charade sock is done though, it will be my on the go project. The yarn I'm using is Lime n Violet Sasquatch Superwash merino in the color Tinker.

Yup! No knitting at all! Are you surprised? Actually, there has been lots of knitting, but you wont see it today! : )

Coming back from Rhinebeck and the purchase of beautiful fibers led me to cleaning out some of my bobbins.

I still had some Ashland Bay Trading Co. colonial combed wool top on a bobbin, Still River Mill Mystery Bump on another and 100% merino top from From Mielke's Farm Fiber Arts on yet another bobbin.

I decided to 2 ply together the Ashland Bay and the Still River Mill and this is what I got

I also plied together leftover Ashland Bay with the Mielke's Farm



I got about 172 yds of a lace to fingering weight yarn out of the top skein and about 98 yds of fingering to DK out of the bottom skein.

Yesterday I also did something unusual. I got my sewing machine out. I'd been wanting to try sewing again and decided to make myself an Artsy Clutch from the book Bend the Rules Sewing. To practice, I used some stash fabric and this is what I came up with



The finished product is far from perfect but it was fun to do and it is quite usable even if it is on the small size. The next one I do I'll up the sizing to double the finished size I think. I also didn't use any facing as I really wanted to make it easy for the first time around. But next time for sure. I definitely see more sewing in my future!

I'll have some knitting content in my next post..