I know, I’ve not been on here much of late. Alas, there hasn’t been a lot for me to write about lately. Winter is a time to hunker down, stay warm, and plan for spring here.
Christmas was nice. Lots of lovely and thoughtful presents. I got a lot of books that will hopefully help me prepare for the coming year (I would like to get a few sheep and some laying hens). I spent a lot of time with both my family and my boyfriend’s family.
New Year’s brought specken dicken at the Ackley Civic Center and colder weather. No big parties or fancy nights out. That’s not really how I roll:-)
This past week I’ve been doing a big cleaning and rearranging. Trying to make my space more useable and pleasing to be in.
I did, in fact, finish a bunch of knitted items before Christmas. One, in particular, I am especially proud of. I finished a pair of socks for the boyfriend made from hand-spun, 4-ply sock yarn.
This is a 80% Merino, 10% Cashmere, & 10% Nylon blend that was custom dyed for me by Diane Pals of Bugsnugger. It’s a lovely blend that I took my time spinning. I have more yarn like this and I will probably be knitting another pair of socks from it but they will hopefully go to the Iowa State Fair before going to their final home.
I also knit a pair of “normal” socks out of Kroy and Opal.
I used the red Opal to finish off the socks as there wasn’t enough of the Kroy in the 100 grams for a pair of size 12 mens socks.
Here are the socks together:
There was also a scarf for my mother made from some of the ruffle yarns as well as an infinity scarf from Debbie Bliss Angel for my sister-in-law. There were also another pair of socks for my boyfriend’s mother. So, I was fairly busy in the days leading up to Christmas!
Sarah Jane Humke 