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Needles are my *HiyaHiya 2mm dpns. I actually had a discussion with my Aunt and fellow knitter, who was shocked that I made socks on 2 mm needles! I've always had to go down a couple needle sizes in most of my knitting, so it's not that strange to me. Sometimes I'll make socks on 2.25 or 2.5 mm needles, but usually only for stuff like colourwork. Besides, I love my socks densely knit -- they last longer and wear better, I find!
The little *shell-and-purl stitch marker is from *Winemakerssister's Etsy Shop. I've gotten a lot of questions and compliments on this particular stitch marker set (I got two sets, but I'm kind of obsessed!) I love the fact that they're the lobster claw stitch markers -- as you can see in the picture above, I haven't hooked it over the needle, but rather clipped it right into the work. I much prefer that, especially when working with double pointed needles.
Hello folks, and welcome back to WIP Wed! This week is all about the cottage knitting! I went up to my Aunt's cottage in the Haliburton area over this last weekend, and managed to get some knitting done on my Herminone's Everyday Socks! I figured these were the perfect pattern to bring, since they're relatively simple, so I could knit them in the car, and didn't have to be glued to the pattern. (I also got the chance to knit on the end of the dock!)
For those who follow my Instagram, you might be wondering 'why no pictures?' Well, the answer is two-fold.
One, there is no internet at the cottage, (and I don't have data on my phone). That's intentional -- and I loved it! It was weird-but-great to not be online, and it wasn't too big a problem. The only thing I had to remember to do was download some Netflix stuff to my tablet, and then I watched in the car when I wasn't knitting. (Actually, I didn't do very much car knitting at all, I found. Don't know why!)
The second reason is, although I use IG, I've never been the type of person to document my life on social media. So the concept of stopping to take a picture for me (let alone for other folks to see), is still a bit of a strange mind-set to me. I'd much rather enjoy being in the moment then trying to capture it when it happens. Even of my own personal pictures, I don't have very many at all. So it usually doesn't occur to me that I could take a picture or video of something until well after the fact! It's something I'm trying to bear in mind as a designer and creative -- how to be more spontaneous with my photography and video work, especially in the age of social media -- to show you folks more of my creative life, and figure out the balance of simply 'being' in a moment versus 'capturing' a moment for me and the folks who follow me. Still working on that one, I'm afraid!
Anyway, I've digressed from the Knitting! Ahem:
So, I did get some further progress done on my Everyday Socks. The pattern isn't mine, it's a free pattern available on Ravelry from designer Erica Lueder, I've already knit one pair of these, and now I'm trying to finish up the second! The pattern makes great travel/transit knitting, since it's one of the patterns where you can put it down and pick it up again without too much trouble at all!
The yarn is Nerd Girl Yarns Astral, in the colourway "Pluto," which is 75% Merino, 20% Nylon, and 5% Stellina for a bit of sparkle! Sadly, this particular colour is no longer available, since it was an exclusive dyed up for *Eat.Sleep.Knit in 2016. That said, the Astral base is absolutely beautiful, (I'm not usually a sparkle-yarn person, but I like this stuff!) and still available from the Nerd Girl Yarns Web Store!
Well, I think that's it for this week's WIP! I've got some other stuff on the needles (some of which I can't talk about yet). I was hoping to finish up the socks at the cottage, but that. . . was probably too ambitious! That said, I've got a couple of finished objects (or almost finished objects) for this week's FO Friday, so stay tuned!
What are you working on? What have you almost finished? I'd love to see in the comments below!
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