My US #2 needles have been stuck in ugly sock for weeks. I was knitting at every opportunity, on the bus, on the train, during my lunch hour and then it happened. While I was in transit, I lost one of my 'travel' DPNs and had to buy a new set - which I ordered from Knitting Warehouse. The needles came today so I went right back to work on ugly socks:
And I went right back to knitting on it at every opportunity, even at the 99 Cent Store where I stood next to flowers hoping to have something prettier to look at:
I even asked my son to knit on it while I picked up what I needed (paper plates). Doesn't he look cute holding my Maria Elena's Bliss project bag?:
This week I also did a little spinning. I've been busy (I sure hope Dr. Marianne doesn't ask me for my blog address!): This was done on my Kromski Prelude - my very first wheel purchased years ago:
The fiber is 100% merino wool from Unwind Yarn Company called Tiger's Eye. The only time I spin merino well is during the Tour de Fleece (Ravelry) when I spin for days on end. It takes me a week to warm up to it. It's going to be a 3-ply yarn (I'm almost finished with the third bobbin), and then my son says he wants a hat. I can't imagine anyone wanting to wear a gold/yellow/brown hat, but we'll see.
Last weekend some of the ladies in knitting circle learned how to do the Figure 8 cast on (which I mistakenly called Judy's Magic Cast On). The difference between the two cast on methods is vast! This week I hope they all make it to class so we can start a pair of toe up socks. I chose Socks on a Plane by Laura Linneman, one of The Knit Girllls. It's a basic sock with a little cable for flavor.
So now I'm off to my usual hunt on Ravelry for some amigarumi projects to make for the preemies (due February). I was told that while the booties, hats and sweaters were nice, a lot of the babies there are hooked up to machines and it makes all of those things impractical. So knitted toys it is this year. That ought to be fun!
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