One project off the needles

On Friday I finished one of the 6 WIPs I had. I still need to weave in ends and block, but at least it is off the needles.

I'm making some headway with the socks. I'm nearly finished with my father's socks. And I'm on the gusset of the Queen of Cups sock.

I have touched the sweater, the Carpathia lace gloves, or the shoulder shawl in Syrian lace from Victorian Lace Today in well over a week. I'll get to them eventually.

Dye

I'm finally updating about the kool-aid dyeing. It went fairly well. Here are the result from the first skein.

I dyed another one a week later, but I still have to take pictures. I used black cherry, pink lemonade, and tropical punch. I chose the hot pour method that was described in a Knitty article. It just seemed the easiest. Using a crock pot also reduced any potential messes.

Lace Gloves and Dye

I've been swatching for the Carpathia gloves from Knitty. My gauge is about an inch larger, so I'm going to make the gloves a size smaller than I originally planned. I'm using the same colors suggested in the pattern since I like that combination.


I'm going to try dyeing yarn today with Kool-Aid. I'll have to post pictures of the results.

Socks, sweaters, and shawls

I have been working on just about everything but the socks that I'm making my mom. I am about halfway through the second sock and I just am not motivated to finish it.

However I have been knitting a pair of socks for myself. The sweater is getting further along, more is done now than all the other times. I frogged it at least twice so this is progress. I'm trying to avoid frogging it again.

The baby loop shawl is nearly done. I want to start my lace shawl, I've already knitted the swatch for it. But before I cast on for anything else I need to finish something that is on the needles.

For some reason I'm very into making shawls now. There are several that I want to make. Especially laces. But I need to do the easy lace before I get started on the more difficult ones.

Lace

I recently bought Victorian Lace Today. The patterns are gorgeous and very classic looking. I haven't tried lace before and it does look complicated.


My first lace project is likely going to be the Carpathia gloves from knitty though as the lace pattern looks a bit simpler. I've also wanted to make those for months but didn't have the yarn.