project: Here and There Cables
source: Scarf Style
yarn: Malabrigo - 2 hanks
color: Brown Berries
needles: #9 needles

Of course the yummy Malabrigo is lovely on the neck, so away it goes till next winter. But on to the socks!

project: Spindle Socks
source: My Fashionable Life
yarn: Sweet Georgia Speed Demon - 1 hank
color: Omakase 10
needles: #2 needles

Spring has sprung (believe me, my itchy eyes and nose are telling me so!) What can I say, a perfect colorway for the season, PS earth, and it complimented the pattern pretty well too.

I actually screwed up the cable pattern on the first sock. If you take a look at the progress pic in the last post, all my cables go the same way, instead of switching direction every group of 3. Of course I didn’t even realize until I started the second one and actually read the directions! Oh well, a little design element anyone?

And we’re on a roll, for now we move into the brown part of PS Earth:

project: 3×1 ribs
source: no pattern
yarn: Socks that Rock Mediumweight - 1 hank
color: Terra Firma
needles: #2 needles

Yes, I whipped these babies up too, thanks to the Mediumweight STR. My very first time knitting it up, and what a yarn! Love it.

Just a simple 3×1 rib pattern. I had wanted to knit Cookie’s BFF socks, but got terrible pooling down one side, so after just a couple of inches, RIP!

First on the needles, some yummy Spindle Socks (I’m back on my all-about-the-socks kick—BEWARE!)

How quickly these are going! I haven’t worked on sport/dk weight socks in quite a while, but I couldn’t resist me some aptly named Sweet Georgia Speed Demon. They may even be finished by my next post! (And promise, it won’t be a month from now)

I’m trying my best to get lots of long overdue projects finished already. Here’s what I’ve been able to keep my focus on.

project: DROPS Jacket (not) in Eskimo/Silke-Alpaca
source: free pattern
yarn: Cascade Eco Wool - 2 hanks
color: #8019 Antique
needles: #10.5 needles

I had a ton of gauge issues with this little number. The Eco wool I thought would work for the chunky version, really leaned more towards the Aran.

Being a child of ’70s, I was totally wary of the whole 3/4 sleeve thing at first (remember all those wide peasant sleeves? Ick.) But now, total modern love.

And from far back in my wip list, here is a completed Carpenter.

project: Carpenter by Kim Hargreaves
source: A Treasury of Rowan Knits
yarn: Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed - 8 hanks
color: Dove
needles: #8 & #7 needles

The delay was mostly due to turtleneck issues (I was getting an ultra wide neck, nothing like the book’s pic). I just didn’t feel like frogging and fixing, so it lounged—for 2 months. But after buckling down and reworking the decreases, I’m finally done, and after all, I really like this sweater for its super wear ability and simplicity.

Last but not least, the cabled mystery revealed! (Okay, a bit too much drama )

project: Gedifra Model 509
source: Gedifra Highlights 033 pattern book
yarn: RYC Cashsoft dk - 9 balls
color: Thunder
needles: #5 needles

I know another 3/4 sleeve. Well I followed the mods of this amazing knitter, but I did intend long sleeves, just totally ran out of yarn, of course.

It’s a little on the large side, my fault. But it’s warm and I’m content. Though I can totally see me redoing this as a more fitted longsleeve in like a cream, really get those cables to pop.