Seadragonus and Hypnoskew

Oh glorious day. I've finished not one pair of socks, but two! Here are the Seadragonus socks out of Happy-Go-Knitty's BFL sock in the Forget Me Not color way. I am quite pleased with how these socks came out. It took me a little bit of time to find my rhythm when knitting them. But once I did, they flew off the needles.

Then there is the pair of Skew socks out of White Birch Fiber Arts in the All Glory To The Hypnotoad color way. I will admit that I am obsessive about matching stripes, so I did add one more knit round before sewing up the heel on the second sock so it would match the first. I think they came out pretty great.

All hail

Two Pairs For Me

Last week I had my final day at work, so I've had some time to pick up my knitting again. I'm making it my goal to get both my Seadragonus socks and Skew socks off of the needles before starting anything new. (I'm also watching the last few episodes of Murder, She Wrote before starting a new series. Any suggestions? I'm partial to murder mysteries and detective stories.)

These are the only projects on the needles at the moment. But after completing the spinning of the Enchanted yarn, I think getting all my WIPs completed before starting a new one will feel quite cathartic. Plus, I'll have two new pairs of socks!

I know that there are those of you out there who have many a WIP on the needles and the idea of finishing them all seems a little insane. Rest assured, I'm not a saint. I've been rifling through my stash to plan my next projects!

Hypnoskew And The Evergrowing Stash

Well, you would think that life might slow down just a little after a wedding. But as it turns out, combining lives and stuff (well, mostly adding yarn to Connor's life) is rather time consuming. I also went on a work-ish trip last week that involved getting up around 7AM every day and passing out close to 11PM with not much time in between. Since then I have suffered a great loss. The sock I cast on the day I got married has gone missing. The yarn, the needles, the bag it was in just vanished. It's been over two weeks. I'm pretty sure it is gone forever. To console myself, I have started a Skew with the Hypnotoad yarn. I call it Hypnoskew. All hail.

I've also been knitting away at my Seadragonus sock with my Happy Go Knitty - BFL sock yarn in Forget Me Not. The pattern is by the lovely Wei Siew. Go knit a pair. It's pretty nifty.

And in between all that and more, I decided it was high time to catch up on photographing all the new stash I had acquired since the last time I had taken pictures of my stash. Bit sobering... but I love it all.

Also, it hasn't stopped me from getting a few more skeins while I was on my trip and a kit off of someone's destash on ravelry to cheer me up after the loss of my sock. Clearly, knitting the Hypnoskew has the long-lasting ability to erase any memory of buying yarn.