Knits

Well, hello. I’m finding it hard to get back into my routine of posting here and reading other blogs. I’m slowly getting there. I’m afraid I’ve mostly had to turn a blind eye and hit “Mark all as read” in my feed aggregator as there were well over 300 posts plus the posts that dropped off due to some bloggers setting limits to how many posts get kept on a feed.

I bought a MacBook (basic) when I was in the US. I am not adapting well. I don’t like the one button mouse and all the various combinations of keys that need pressing because you can’t right click. Also, having to hit two keys for forward delete (something I use a lot) is annoying. I don’t know if I will adapt to this since for work I have to use a PC and have, for the most part, always used a PC. Oh well…

So here’s what’s going on with the knitting…

1. I have finished one of the Neighbourhood Tunnels socks and am halfway through the other. I wish I could say I’d finish it up this weekend since it’s a 3-day weekend, but I know me and how slow I knit. Fingers crossed though.
2. I have a lot of new stash to show you. Things I have bought/received over the last two months even though I didn’t need a single bit of it.
3. I am going to have to have a serious think about clearing out some of this stash as it is overwhelming. That is all that stuff you buy as a new knitter not really knowing what you’ll do with it (although this is still common for me) and of course you never actually buy enough to do anything with it…
4. I went to a knitting meet up in the pub the other day. We are planning on having twice monthly meetups — the 1st Thursday and 3rd Saturday of the month. Plan is for the venue to change sometimes. If you’re in the North East and want more details, get in touch.
5. While it is of course getting on to summer, it is a strange request, but a way to make my stash go down… suggestions for reversible scarf patterns, please as I have a lot of yarn I’ve bought for this purpose.

This post needs some pictures so we’ll start with the two sock clubs.

My Zen Yarn Garden Harmony semi-sold sock club (hahaha that is a serious mouthful) went walkabouts. It did finally turn up, but no idea why it got lost. It’s a colour called Sun Kiss which is a orangey pinky blushy colour. It is pretty, but I don’t know if it’s for me although I am certainly able to be swayed. I think really I’m just overwhelmed with all the yarn in my possession these days. The yarn is a 50/50 superwash merino and tencel yarn. My subscription to this is over as I signed up for 3 months.

Next up is the third instalment of the Socktopus sock club. The yarn is amazing. The colours are soooooooooooooooooo rich and beautiful, but again, not wowed by an entrelac sock pattern. Not sure what sort of pattern I’ll make as it seems a shame to do heels/toes in the contrast yarn since it is so divine. The yarns are from Middlearthknitter and are Chaorite (purple) and Azurite (blue, duh).

 

I also did a trade before I went to the US with Amy of MadelineTosh yarns. OMG I am so glad I went with my gut and selected the Ginger colourway. It is not normally my type of colour, but I am definitely warming to these warm orangey/yellow colours (hence perhaps warming to the Zen Garden colourway). It is so rich and beautiful. I thought it was pretty in the photos, but in person… *gush*.

That is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of new stash. I’ll update again before the weekend is out. Now, seeing it’s just about to become 1pm, I think it’s probably a good idea to have a shower and get out of my pyjamas. I have a good excuse though, I was ordered to go back to bed by the physiotherapist, but I also admit that I am being very lazy.

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