stash revealed

On Wednesday I dove into my knitting cupboard and hauled out the stash to organize it.

I came up with the following list:

• Knitpicks Shimmer (blue; laceweight) 3sk x 440yds = 1320yds
• Elann Esprit (sock) — 1 sock completed, 1 sk remaining
• Misti Alpaca (red; laceweight) 3 sk x 437yeds = 1311yds
• Raspberry Yarns (purple; cotton; laceweight) no idea how much
• Pharao (blue; cotton; laceweight) 1.5sk x 180m = ~270m
• Blackbunny (orange; wool; laceweight) no idea how much
• Knitpicks (brown; sock) — 1 sock completed to frog; 1 sk remaining
• Pingouin ‘Classic’ (beige; acrylic/wool blend) — 3.5sk x 148yds = 518yds
• Merino Possum (blue; dk) 1 sk x 160m
• Pastimes (black; soysilk; laceweight) 2 sk x 530yds = 1060yds
• Sock it to me (blue/gray; sock) 1 sk
• Salsa (novelty yarn; polyester) 1 sk dk blue; 1 sk silver; 1 sk dk green
• Patons ‘Kroy’ (grey; sock) 1 mitten started
• Upper Canada Village (wool) 1 sk @ 4oz; 1 sk @ 3oz
• miscellaneous cotton — alot; good for washcloths as gifts
• Noro Kureyon — 1 sk knit into scarf to frog — make into a felted bowl?
• Red Heart (dk blue; acrylic) 1 sk @ 256yds
• Fleece Artist (sock; merino) 1 sk @ 325m (115 g)
• KnitWise (gray/purple; soysilk; laceweight) 1 sk @ 1400yds
• Koigu KPPM (sock) 2 sk
• Apple Laine (sock) 2 sk
• KnitPicks — yarn for Bear Claw Blanket; 2.5 sq finished… lots to go
• odds and ends of sock yarn — good for baby hats; baby socks; maybe an odds&ends blanket?

back into the knit of things

So, as of last Saturday Madeleine has moved up to her room on the third floor. There are still a few finishing touches that we need to do to the room (move 2 file cabinets, 2 hard drives, some paperwork) … but basically it’s done. Phew. As an added bonus, Madeleine has been sleeping from c. 8pm to c. 5am every night. yea! This means that I am getting my evenings back — and I’ve picked up my knitting again.

My weekend visit to snowy Ottawa and my friend Elyn helped me get back into the swing of things. On the Saturday morning of my visit — the storm hit that afternoon — we went yarn shopping. I picked up some Koigu, some soysilk, some Apple Laine, and some Fleece Artist. All of these yarns are Canadian dyed! The afternoon was spent sorting through Elyn’s stash and inventorying the UFOs. Elyn also had a drop spindle and some fleece… I played with that for a bit and got roped in (ha ha! pun intended!).

Madeleine plays with Elyn’s yarn stash during the snowstorm.

So, to prove I’m back:

• Yesterday I ordered my own drop spindle and 8oz. of roving from a place called Nistock Farms. I hope that I enjoy it.
• I started knitting on the Kimono lace shawl I started ages ago

• I read through my Zimmerman books again
• I’m going to go through my stash, inventory my projects and make a plan!

latest shawl

About 2 weeks ago I started a new shawl, the Kimono Shawl from Folk Shawls by Cheryl Oberle. I’m using the Shimmer yarn in the Morning Mist colourway that I bought about a year ago from Knitpicks.

I’m about 6 repeats into a 25 repeat pattern.

one ankle sock

Ok, as promised, here is the first ankle sock. It’s still on the needles because I forgot my darning needle to do the sewn bind off — otherwise it’s done.

new socks

I started knitting a new pair of socks.

I’m sorry for the weird angle of this picture and the fact that I put it on OVER my current socks, but these days reaching my feet … is a feat. So cope.

Made with plain old cotton with some elastic yarn.