sock knitting 2012 goal met :)

Finished my 30th pair of socks for 2012.  I know it was a completely arbitrary goal but it feels good to have met it.

The heels have been turned and I've started on the cuffs of  my current socks(blue/green stranded zig-zag socks).

Started my latest and last pair of socks for the year.  They are blue/green stranded zig-zag socks.

Finished up my stranded stripey socks today.

stranded stripey socks

Started a new pair of socks - a pair of stranded striping socks.

upside down monkey socks

It was a good day.  I finished up my upside down monkey socks.  They are pair number 28 for the year.

More spinning today.  This is some alpaca plied with wool.

Shetland/camel/merino handspun

My latest handspun.  This is Shetland plied with a camel/merino mix.  The Shetland roving was a dream to spin. The camel/merino roving not so much, it had a ton of vegetation in it.  The plied yarn looks pretty good, now it just needs to be washed to set the twist.

Made some progress on my upside down monkey socks.

upside down monkey socks

Started my latest pair of socks.  These are a toe-up version of Cookie A's monkey socks.  More info can be found on my Ravelry project page.

spinning

Spun up some more yarn on my wheel.  This is a 3ply with 2 strands of red mohair/wool and 1 strand of natural wool.  It ended up being about a dk weight.  This is the last of the fiber I had previously tried and did not like spinning with my spindles.  Tomorrow I will be trying my first batch of "good" fiber on my wheel.

My current socks are pretty much finished - I just need to bind off.

My latest spun yarn.  This is about 3oz of a reddish-brown mystery wool that I chained plied.  It took me a little longer to get the hang of chain plying on the wheel than it did on on spindle but once I got it it went way faster.

spinning wheel

Christmas came early at my house - my husband bought me a new Schacht spinning wheel.  I thought I wanted the Sidekick but when I went to try out a couple of other wheels I ended up with the Matchless instead.  I loooove my new wheel.  In just a couple of days I have spun & 3-plied 8 ounces of fiber (8 oz would have taken me at least a month to spin & ply on a spindle).  It ended up being bulky weight but it is at least fairly even.

my first wheel spun yarn

spindle display

 I decided my spindles needed a new home.  After trying out a couple of different options I settled on standing them upright in a pewter pitcher filled with old buttons.

winged gate of paradise socks

Turned the heels on my winged gate of paradise socks.  This yarn is super soft and cozy, not sure if that is such a good thing.  Soft yarns usually aren't very durable.

raglan sweater finished

The raglan sweater is finished and now needs to be blocked.  I like how it fits - the color/pooling not so much.

raglan sweater cont.

I pretty much finished up my raglan sweater today.  However, once I tried it on I decided I didn't like how it looked.  The bottom half was flaring out so I ripped it back and am now re-knitting it from the waist down.

raglan sweater

Today I pulled out the raglan sweater I began knitting in September and started the sleeves.

sock knitting

Made pretty good progress on my current socks today.

winged gate of paradise socks

 

The start of my latest socks: winged gate of paradise socks.  I decided to change it up a bit with some stranded colorwork.

sock knitting

My latest socks are finished. These make 26 pairs for the year.  I haven't totally given up on making my sock goal of 30 pairs for the year but it isn't looking too good.