Anyhow, here goes:
I have two pairs of socks finished. The first are knitted with Wendy Happy which is a bamboo yarn. The pattern is a variation of Wendyknits Seaweed socks. They turned out quite well, but the colour does run in the wash unfortunately.
Just finished are the Wendyknits Sunrise socks. These I like a lot. Merino wool on 3mm needles.
The purple stripes line up on the heels and I had nothing to do with it.
The orange triangle is my Baktus scarf just past the halfway point. The yarn is 250m of hand dyed, hand spun 3 ply superwash BFL. I was getting impatient to use some of my handspun, because, hidden away in the stash I wasn't getting the pleasure of seeing and handling it. It was a bit thick for socks and short on yardage probably, so the idea of using it this way was great. I started decreasing when 51g of the 100g was left, so I should be okay. I bet I'll still be knitting faster just to make sure I have enough!
Other knitting has been going on too. I started a Lotus Blossom tank, using Sirdar Denim dk. Sadly not all the balls were the same dyelot, ( I know I was being optimistic and to be fair the balls did look the same everytime I scrutinised them) but there is an obvious difference when knitted and I will be ripping this one unless I try striping two balls together. No decision yet.
The next FO I haven't mentioned before. It's the Vernal Equinox Surprise shawl. This is available as a free download on Ravelry. I cast on on a whim and somehow I kept going. It isn't blocked yet, but hopefully it will be soon. It took just over 800m of sock weight yarn on 4.5mm needles. I omitted one pattern repeat on I think clue 5, and finished with just 4 feet of yarn left.
I have some weaving, spinning and crochet to document too, but that will be for another time. I have to go and make lunch.
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