As The Yarn Turns

Saturday Sky

Today's Saturday Sky is brought to you by 97 F temperatures and no rain in sight. This picture was taken around noon CDT from my front door.

by Sydney  |

Jaywalker Progress, Maybe

The Jaywalker socks are moving along nicely. I really like the way the socks look so far.

The pattern is easy to remember too. Unfortunately, this is also the point in my sock knitting where I start worrying, in this case I'm worrying that they might be too small. I do this with every sock, and sweater, though. It won't be long before I'll be comparing it to every other sock I've knit and then I'll take it off the needles to try it on. It's funny though, as I get further along I'll blast on along, even if the sock has a circumference of four inches. Then when I start on the foot, I'll start worrying again. No measuring of gauge and calculations will stop the worrying. Course lately I don't measure gauge when I'm knitting socks. Mostly because socks already seem like a gauge swatch and I don't have much problem ripping them back. So if it looks like I've started my socks over at some later date, it's probably because I did.

Tania A asked about the projects in the Mason-Dixon Knitting book. I found a lot of interesting projects in the book. Most of them aren't that complex to knit but they look great. There are a lot household things - hand towels for the bathroom, a variety of rugs and bath mats, including kids projects, blankets, lacey curtains, and felted boxes. For babies there are the extremely easy bibs, the baby kimono that's on my "to do" list, and the Moses basket cosy. There's not a lot in the way of men's and women's clothing but there is the nightie and robe, the Nina Shawl, and the scribble lace scarves. I'm sure I forgot a few things. Some of the best parts of the book are the chit chat between the patterns. Plus I found a lot of things I would like to make. Not that I need any more projects right now.

I'm looking forward to a long weekend. Since July 4 is on a Tuesday and things are usually quiet work-wise for us around the 4th, we're taking Monday off too. So we have a four day weekend where we can stay home and relax.

by Sydney  |

The Sock Wagon Stopped Here

Okay I was starting to feel nekkid without a sock on the needles. I knit socks during all of those times I'm just waiting for something. Even though I have been knitting other things, it's just not the same as having a sock to knit. I definitely don't need another knitting project, but it's just comforting to have a sock on the needles. So the other day I stopped by the local yarn shop and bought some sock yarn. Shaefer Anne to be exact. I keep eyeing the yarn every time I go in there but this is the first time I have bought any of it. I have nice sock yarn already, I just needed something different or new or something.

Since the yarn is blue and purple and green, I figured it could hold me over through next month for Project Spectrum. I know it is hard to tell from the picture, but I though I would make the Jaywalker socks. I am sure I must be the last person on the planet who hasn't made a pair. So far, the yarn has been pleasant to knit and the yardage is good, 560 yards on a skein. It's a little thinner than average but I can handle that. I just went with smaller needles and the larger Jaywalker size. The colors make it especially pleasant to knit. So knitting is back to normal now.

by Sydney  |

Sunday Saturday Sky

I found out a little late that Sandy had suggested that we post our Saturday sky. Well as luck would have it, I accidentally took a picture of the sky this afternoon when we were out at the Helen Keller Festival in Tuscumbia, Alabama. So here you have our Sunday sky for Saturday Sky. Saturday's sky would have looked like this only wetter.

It turned out to be a good day for the arts and crafts festival, no rain and a little cooler than it has been lately. There were plenty of arts and crafts vendors and stations where you could make your own arts and crafts.

There were train rides through Spring Park all afternoon.

Plus there was a band playing while we stopped to get a bite to eat.

There wasn't any yarn or fiber but there were some beautiful artwork at the festival. All in all it was a good day.

by Sydney  |