In amongst the sadness of this past week, my knitting has brought me great solace and comfort. I was, to be honest, quite astounded at the emotions which played through for a woman whom I have never met, nor was ever likely to. Whilst watching the news coverage the peaceful rhythm of the stitches moving along the needles kept me grounded and connected to the life I have around me.
So what have I been working on?
Needing something easy I cast on a toe-up vanilla sock.
I am using the free Milkshake pattern by my friend, Fiona D Tulloch, the yarn is by James Makes Yarn in the Popping Candy colour.
I have two more socks on the needles, the first is the Heel Toe Do Si Do which has seen a little work
More details about this sock can be found in a previous post or on my Ravelry project page.
The second is my Sunday Sock, a pattern I made up myself inspired by the sweater I am knitting for Bill.
The yarn here is Cascade Heritage Paints in the colour 110 Sea Morn.
As mentioned earlier, the sweater has seen some steady progress with separation for the sleeves and the 19" slog of the body now on the go. I am sticking to 4 or 5 rounds a day so as not to bore myself and I am delighted to see the progress keeper getting further away each day until it gets moved on a Sunday after I have shared it with you.
Finally this week the project which has seen the most work is my Shawlography. I have finished both wings of section 9 and am at last making progress with section 10, the brioche.
I say at last, as this is my second go-round of the brioche as I cocked up spectacularly with my first attempt. It really was my own fault as I did not read the instructions properly. I should have known something was amiss as previously I did not have too much trouble with this technique. Yesterday afternoon was spent frogging this section and re-knitting it correctly.
That's it for this week, time to pick up the needles.
Happy crafting.
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