Getting Back to Blogging

With the Tour de Fleece, I got back to regularly posting about what was happening.  It was good to share thoughts and all.  I am hoping to get back to posting regularly. No promises.  But I am hopeful.

I needed a project to take in the car when we went to pick up Elder Munchkin from the bus home from her camp.  She gets to have an awesome experience at a camp in the Adirondacks.  The trip to the bus is about an hour & 20-30 minutes.  And on the drop off, I didn't have a knitting project!!  *gasp*

DH reminded me that I should grab a project for the trip to pick her up.  I wanted something that I could grab & go.  So I took the Dragonfly sock blank I have.  No yarn winding required.  Though why I grabbed size 1 needles when I normally use 0 for the foot is a bit of a mystery...  But I did.

I went with a free pattern on Ravelry called Speckled SpaceSocks.   It isn't a challenging pattern.  But it does have something going on every row.  And so far, they also all have cables.  Only two stitch cables. But it still requires checking the chart & making sure I do it correctly.  There are also these stitches with YOs you drop every other row.  Which definitely requires looking at them.  So not mindless tv knitting.  But I can watch some things while knitting it.  But not things were I need to focus on the screen.

So I wanted to get another project on my needles.  I had the beautiful Into the Whirled Batt in the Cattywumpus colorway that I spun for the TdF.  I knew I wanted it to end up as a cowl.  Honestly, I still don't know if it will be mine or Elder Munchkin's.  But since it is woolen, a cowl is great given the limited yardage.  Better than a scarf as it loops around the neck.  Harder for either of us to lose.  *grin*

I went to the Honey Cowl again.  I knit this once already with a handspun ItW batt!  Mind you, I can't seem to *find* it...  May still be in one of the boxes that aren't unpacked from the move LAST JULY!  Or it got unpacked & put somewhere I can't recall...  Fun with moving.  *laugh*

I cast on 140 sts.  Wanted it to be able to double wrap around my neck.  And will be short enough to EM to use it single without tripping over it.  It is a super simple pattern & great for handspun and also tv knitting.  It is also very smooshy.  Nice and squishy which is great for a winter cowl/scarf in woolen spun yarn!

Now I am trying to decide what to do with the ItW Polwarth/Silk I spun during the TdF.  I wanted enough for a shawl.  But at only 400+ yards for 8 oz.  I am looking at the Curls patterns by Hunter Hammersen.  I have been admiring them for a while.  And think one could work. The Argent one is tempting.  It is open which is good with the yardage.  And there are some beautiful ones in handspun.

Still debating.  But that seems the most likely candidate as of the moment!

Almost supper time.  So best I finish this up.  Or I will keep amending it & never actually get it posted.