Don't worry though, I'm back in the game with some very festive holiday socks.
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| Not that holiday. The other one. |
I seem to take a lot of pictures of socks next to salsa. One might draw some (likely accurate) conclusions from this. Anyway, this is Must Stash Yarn's "Jack is Back," in their Merino/Nylon base. I don't think they have any in stock right now, but there are some other great colorways available.
This was one of those very rare instances where I saw the yarn, I bought the yarn, I cast on the yarn. Sort of a vidi, emi, kniti* situation. Usually there's a year(s) long gap between steps 2 and 3. Not this time, baby, it's October and I need me some spoopy socks.
I've named the project "I smell children," and I love how it is knitting up.
In other news, I've added a whack of new squares to my Hogwarts Studies Blanket (this is what I was doing instead of knitting a sock earlier this week). For the second Quidditch Match of the term, our prompt was to knit or crochet something to protect from the cold. I did ten tiny new squares and made the bold statement that they were one engorgio charm away from being big enough to cuddle up under. (If none of that made any sense to you, the important takeaway is that I added squares to the sock yarn blanket.)
I'm closing in on 35% complete, if I keep to my original 12x18 plan. I might do 12x24 instead, but I don't have to decide until I get there. I'm getting tired of explaining every February how this both does and does not count as a WIP, so I'm going to try to accelerate my pace somewhat. It might still be on the list for February 2019, but if so, there will be a lot more of it there.
*Made up Latin for "I saw, I bought, I knit."
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