Summer of Stash

After finishing and mailing my secret and complicated project, I was glad to be able to get back to some simple knitting this weekend.

I got quite a bit of knitting done on Blurple Waves, and thought about taking a better progress picture. Of course, I didn't get around to it until after the sun went down, but it works:



As you can see, it covers my double bed, and is almost halfway done length-wise! Java thought she would help me take the picture.



Which was appropriate since her brother Pan was so helpful with my designing earlier.



As for the post title... I've decided to knit from my stash this summer. No new yarn! I have a lovely bunch of yarn already, and I just picked up some more on the LYS tour in May. I figured the summer would be a good time to focus on using yarn I already have. And because I don't think I really showed it much after I moved, here is the stash in its home... the knitting nook.



It lives there with my knitting books and patterns, my spinning wheel, and the little table that I like to photograph yarn and socks on.

Knitting and Skating

It was a very knitful weekend.

Friday night I settled in on the couch for some quality knitting time with my iPhone and a 42 row chart. While I love complicated (secret!) socks, I do crave something a little more boring sometimes.

Saturday morning I got past the chart portion and took the remainder of the sock with me to a ball winding party with one of my knitting groups. Since most of us bought some yarn on the yarn crawl a few weeks ago, it needed to be wound. I just stopped by to chat and eat some snacks on my way to...



Rat City Rollergirls! With my other knitting group, of course. We sat, we knitted, and we watched girls in short skirts slam each other around on skates. I finished my sock and switched to my backup project - the poor Blue Moon Cast On socks that have been fairly neglected since December.

Today I met up with yet another knitting friend to hit the Fremont Sunday Market, stop by the yarn store, and knit while having some lunch. And thanks to that, my socks got finished.



Pattern: 5x1 rib
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock Lightweight - a Rare Gem
Started: 12/31/09
Finished: 6/6/10