Today was a work in progress day. I'll admit it - I have a problem. I am a yarnie, I can't help myself. Every color, every fiber, every texture is my favorite as soon as I see it, touch it, hold it. I have bags, boxes and baskets in various rooms of my house all waiting for my next "must-do" project. And I have multiple "must-do's" in various stages of completion, all strategically placed so that anytime, anywhere I do have something to work on. So I guess everyday is a work in progress day.
Anytime I go shopping (which isn't very often) I am compelled to visit a fiber store. My internal GPS can find one wherever I go - it's a skill. And luckily, I haven't yet reached hoarder stage so I needn't worry about an intervention.....yet! But I do have my enablers. Recently a friend tagged me in her FB post; I clicked the notification and suddenly on my screen was a beautiful picture of shelves stuffed with yarn. I must talk a lot about yarn.
Today's projects were a set of wool socks and the Indian Cross-Stitch scarf. What are you working on?
This is a simple toe-up pattern made with Cascade Yarn 220 Heather. I started with 12 cast on size 5 DPN. The first row is knit in front of stitch on Needle 1, knit in back of same stitch with Needle 2 (do this for each stitch). At the end of the row you'll have 24 stitches to be divided evenly between your double point needles. (I am positively addicted to making my own socks now - all it took was wearing that first pair & I was hooked!)
I saw this stitch as part of a sweater pattern and had to try it. Do a search for indian cross-stitch. It's lots of fun and it adds a lot of drape to your completed fabric.
© 2013 E. Stilson-Ouderkirk
Anytime I go shopping (which isn't very often) I am compelled to visit a fiber store. My internal GPS can find one wherever I go - it's a skill. And luckily, I haven't yet reached hoarder stage so I needn't worry about an intervention.....yet! But I do have my enablers. Recently a friend tagged me in her FB post; I clicked the notification and suddenly on my screen was a beautiful picture of shelves stuffed with yarn. I must talk a lot about yarn.
Today's projects were a set of wool socks and the Indian Cross-Stitch scarf. What are you working on?
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| Cable cuff toe-up wool socks |
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| Indian cross-stitch scarf |
I saw this stitch as part of a sweater pattern and had to try it. Do a search for indian cross-stitch. It's lots of fun and it adds a lot of drape to your completed fabric.
© 2013 E. Stilson-Ouderkirk