First up, Dillon's Longies, which I think of as Dillongies. I made these for a neighbor who lives in these comfy wool pants, longies for winter and soakers for summer, over his cloth diapers. I was shocked to find that they took a little more than two skeins of Cascade 220, and rather longer to knit than I expected. Worth every penny of the many pennies his mother pays for them!
I swatched this Valley Yarns cotton/microfiber from my stash for a possible cardigan, but it's not going to work. I will store the swatches with the yarn for next time, with a note that I washed the swatches and they didn't budge.
Every now and then I make a square of sock yarn for this eventual throw. Yes, it's going to take forever, but it's not only a good use of odds and ends of yarn, it gives me something to buy when I visit a yarn shop and don't see anything else! You know how it is, you want to be supportive of the friendly shop owner but there isn't one thing calling you? I can always find a pretty sock yarn, and I can tell my husband it's a vacation souvenir and not a yarn purchase.
It's been such a long time since I worked on this (it usually lives in the car for emergencies) that I had to search for the original pattern online to figure out how I did the increases and decreases. Right, forever until it's done.
Summer is a good time for sock knitting, and I'm getting a few things ready. I bought these two gorgeous sock yarns at The Knitter's Edge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I love that shop and wish it was closer. I will be dividing these into two toe-up balls with matching starting points, because that's just how it has to be. This yarn is super soft.
My daughter-in-law brought this gorgeous skein back from Trieste, Italy. I'll be casting on a pair of socks for myself this summer, too.
I added two new patterns to my library this week:
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| Clara, Lori Versaci |
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| Yoked Cardigan, Hannah Fettig, from baby to adult sizes. |
Finally, I knitted and donated a dog sweater for Pottstown's Bark for Life, I sewed a few Kindle covers for my etsy shop, and got a signed copy Wool in the mail yesterday. Check this post for a review of Wool!
Whew.
I'm off to explore other Fiber Arts Friday blogs!
5 comments:
That big sock yarn afghan is unbelievable. I'm tempted but I'm afraid I'd never finish it. I'd probably only manage one square. Your square is lovely so far - all my favourite colours,
I know, isn't that afghan something? It will go on for years, but I have a few squares finished. Come to think of it, once you have a handful of them finished, you could actually stitch them together and start using it....!
Those little pants are totally cute.
I love the yarns you picked. Beautiful colors and so are the patterns.
Oh, that afghan is cool!
The longies came out so cute!
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