Turning heels on Socks

I have another sock at this point too but I haven't taken any pictures.

I'm almost done this HUGE shawl.  It will be more like a blanket by the time its done.  The problem is that I'm on the last skein of yarn.  How many rows do I knit before I do a picot bind off (which will eat up lots of yarn).  It's like playing yarn chicken and I usually run out of yarn.

Plugging Along

I'm still trying to finish up some old WIP and work on all the new ones I started.  Here is some pictures of the progress.  Details on the projects can be found on the knitting blog (link on the right side).

Happy New Year!

Let the WIP begin!  I casted on this last night from some handspun that is sparkly.

So far I've casted on 3 projects and plan at least 2 more.  Details on all of these projects can be found on my Knitting blog (link on the right side).

The brown socks are my Father-in-Law's Christmas present.  I usually start them early since I have to knit 7" of the cuff and I get bored easily (even with a 12 row repeat pattern).

Merry Christmas!

I've been trying really hard to finish off some WIP and at least knit on some WIP before the new year.  Here are some FO and yarn that I got for Christmas.

Gifts, Test Knit and Finishing Up FO

Needles:  Size 5 dpn

Yarn:  Lily Sugar'n Cream Solids & Denim in Red

Pattern:  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kitchen-dishcloth--lattice-stitch-pattern

Needles:  Size 5 dpns

Yarn:   Lily Sugar'n Cream Solids in 1742 Hot blue

Pattern:  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kitchen-dishcloth--double-seed-stitch-pattern

These are quick teacher gifts paired with a bottle of soap and some hand made cookies.  Between being sick and having sick ones, I ran out of time to put more time into a gift.  I wanted to weave some hand clothes.  Maybe next year.

I managed to finish this test knit hat over the weekend.  My oldest has been into hats so she liked this one.  It was a pretty quick knit for me.  Details:

Needles:  Size 6 and 8 circular needles

Yarn:  Caron Simply Soft in white and charcoal heather

Pattern:  test knit pattern coming soon


Now I'm trying to finish up some WIP that have been on the needles way too long.  Wish me luck!

Pink!

This is on the wheel right now.  My daughters request for pink fiber.  I got it with my gift certificate from The Fiber Factory.  It's 4oz of Romney.

It's going to be a rough spin though.  This is the VM (vegetative matter) after I pulled a small strip out of 2 oz to spin.  There is a LOT of VM that I'm not use to in my spinning fiber.

Slow Recovery

Still recovering from pneumonia so not much knitting or spinning.  I have been trying really hard to finish some of my WIP.  This bind off took me about 5 months.  I started the bind off in June.  It's just 4 lines but I only bind off 2 stitches each time.  This shawl was started on Aug 3 2013!  I'm glad its done.  It wasn't hard but the lace yarn was a bit hard to work with some of the stitches.  Details:
Needle:  Size 5 circular
Yarn:  Dream in Color Wisp in March '12
Pattern:  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vostok