Autumn KnitPicks Haul

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Today my box of yarn and extra eucalan wool wash finally arrived.

I am still waiting on my yarn swift and more yarn to be shipped, but I will save that for another post.

In this package I had several balls of the Palette fingering weight Yarn I like to use for socks. I had the following: 2 balls Ash, 2 balls Mineral Heather, 2 balls Pumice Heather, 2 balls Orange and a ball of Hazelnut.

I also had ordered a hank of the Hawthorne Fingering Yarn in Laurelhurst as well as two hanks of the Alpaca Cloud Yarn in Smoke Heather.

I had also ordered an extra bottle of wool wash. This time I had ordered the unscented rather than the wrapture. Even though I love the wrapture, I wanted the unscented for going into winter. If I have to dry socks inside I didn’t want the scent smelling up the house and offending the people I live with.

I managed to get the Hawthorne Fingering Yarn wound into a ball without a swift but it was very tedious. I am waiting until my swift arrived before trying to wind the alpaca cloud Yarn. Beings that KnitPicks was having a sale on the swifts, I decided it was time to order one for myself. I am working on building up what I consider the necessities for knitting and being able to do everything I can myself.

I bought the orange and an extra ball of the Hazelnut because I want to knit up autumn socks. I have been and still am really liking grey’s for socks and accessories, which is why most of the yarn I bought is a grey of some sort. The Hawthorne Fingering Yarn I bought was on sale so that influenced my decision on that one.

Wraps and Catalogues

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Today I have been making progress on a couple of my WIP’s. I got the cuff of the second sock that I am knitting up using Cascade Heritage Sock Yarn half way done. 

Once I got the cuff half way done, I switched to working on the wrap I have in progress. The wrap I am working on, I am using Cascade Eco+ Yarn. I am using a K3P1 pattern.

It is a really pretty dark sea blue, it is heathered navy blue and forest green. While working at the studio we had a lace weight Todd and Duncan cashmere yarn that was a similar color. 

The Cascade Eco+ Yarn is an Aran weight yarn. It is a bulkier yarn. I am using size 9 bamboo circular needles. With this combination it is warm, thick and cozy,  yet not super bulky. 

Today, I also got a new KnitPicks catalogue in the mail. I love looking through the catalogues, and getting ideas for what I want to knit, in the future. I have a long wish list of yarns and knitting books. 

Christmas Gifts

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I have been making progress on the Christmas gifts I have been knitting. I got my friends gift completely finished. I just need to work on my mom’s gift.

Beings that I am well on my way to completing the Christmas gifts that I am hand making I have started working on more infant hats. I have been making a lot of progress on the yarn I have sitting in my knitting area. Once I get this yarn used up I will post a picture of the hats that I have completed. It has been a while since I have worked on a sweater. I do kind of miss working on sweaters but my attention has been elsewhere for the past few months. I haven’t given up or quit making them though. I plan to return to them once I get Christmas gifts and infant hats done.

Upcoming Projects

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This week, instead of a “What’s On My Needles Wednesday”, beings that I have covered what I am working on in my last two posts, I am going to talk a bit about what I am thinking for upcoming personal projects.

I have four skeins of fishermen’s wool, in two different colors, that I want to make a couple cute garments out of for winters to come. I also have a skein of yarn that I want to use to make myself some socks as I want to learn to make socks.

With some of the fishermen’s wool I had thought about attempting a Katniss Cowl (the kind of Cowl that Jennifer Lawrence had worn in Catching Fire), but then I got thinking about how the cowl was in fashion like last fall and winter, but how long until it goes out of fashion. I should rather use the yarn to make a cowl/poncho/wrap that can be worn for several seasons and years. If I am going to invest that kind of time into making something, I want to be able to wear it for a while.

I have the hardest time coming up with project ideas for myself, and there is a ton of cute stuff out there that I could make, and wear, but I don’t, and have not yet created it for myself. It is time that changed.