Actually it arrived on Monday but our office renovation has left me so exhausted at the end of the day that I couldn’t do anything other than read and rest every evening. This morning I not only woke up ready to bond with my new little friend but I was determined to learn how to “Navajo Ply on the Fly”! More about that later.
Let’s start with the comfortable feeling that came back amazingly quickly! Remember that my “crushed” spindle was a Golding Aromatherapy Spindle. I loved it but I decided that I wanted to replace it with a Golding Celtic Sheep spindle. The same size and pretty much the same weight so I shouldn’t have any trouble starting back up with my sock yarn spinning.
Love, love, love Golding Spindles!! And, I am so grateful to Abby Franquemont for my finally truly appreciating the joys of spindling. Look at me!! All …

I’m on vacation this week, but I thought I’d share a video I took last week while I was home during the photoshoot day. I recently reorganized my yarn stash (and frankly am rather embarrassed by the meagerness of my stash, but now that I can see it all, I’ll be much more inspired to start projects!).
I got those great tubs at Target. And, here are links to some other knitting supplies I find indispensable:
Jacquard Acid Dyes and Sock Yarn Dye Blanks
Yarn Swift
Yarn Ball Winder
Needle Binder Cases
Knitting Needle Coil Wraps – you can see these holding my DPN sets together in the binder pockets – I love these little things!
Yarn Scale <

I continue to be on a Sock Summit high! It seems that every time I have a few minutes, I’m grabbing my current sock obsession. You know how much I love Charlene Schurch’s sock patterns. Well, I was so wound up after the four sock-saturated days that I didn’t want to have to actually think about pattern selection. I just wanted to cast-on something and KNIT SOCKS!
Well, Charlene’s Little Box of Socks was the perfect solution! Particularly since I had grabbed two skeins of Imagination we had left over in the sample box. It may be a “little box” of patterns but they encompass a broad scope. I particularly love the patterns for hand-painted, or hand-dyed yarns.
The Ric Rac Rib pattern was exactly what I wanted. A very simple pattern that would make the most of the hand-painted colors in the Mermaid Lagoon colorway. …

Well, this is going to be embarrassing! 🙂 You can listen to the details on my podcast – Episode 108.
Let’s start with the Daisy Muir bags.

Avi Wasserman spindle, Viking Santa spindle laying against Fiber Optics Pencil Roving.

Then there are the yarns. With so many independent dyers, it was a joy to find colors that spoke to my heart.
Influenced by the Hizsocks class I took from Stephen Houghton (Hizknits in Ravelry) I was on the lookout for yarns to use for socks for Bob.
Alchemy Yarn from the Simply Socks booth.

If all goes well, Bob will receive a second pair knit in the Windser Denim and Chocolate colorway from The Royale Hare.

I am planning to knit a pair of socks for myself in the Anderson Marsh colorway from …

I’ve been working on a short sleeved sweater for ages, and it’s finally done!

The yarn is some kettle-dyed Bare Superwash Merino, Nylon Sock Yarn (this is the undyed base yarn for Stroll, formerly known as Essential). I had to alternate balls every two rows to make the colors blend, like I did with my Serpentine Sweater in WotA Kettle-Dyed, and it worked to keep the yarn from pooling into blocks of different colors.

Unlike Kelley, I kind of enjoy knitting my sweaters flat in pieces and then seaming them. This pattern is Jasmine, by Kim Hargreaves (Ravelry link). I really liked the shaping at the top of the sleeves – a couple of cleverly-placed decreases cause the neckline to curve gracefully, preventing the sweater from slipping down over the shoulders.

The yoke is all …