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Thursday September 21, 2006 at 04:00 pm
I’m trying to spend 3 hours per day making socks on the LeGare. I’m gearing up for the holiday season and plan on doing the farmer’s market this weekend. I’m finding I enjoy using my hand paint yarns for socks more than the commercially dyed Opals. Here is my favorite sock this week.
This is Garden Harvest and since the garden harvest is almost over I need to think up some new colors. When I dyed this yarn I wanted to see splashes of colors that I see in my kitchen garden…carrots, purple onions, pumpkins, lettuce & green beans, strawberries & raspberries, white onions and potatoes. I think I did a good job if I do say so myself.
I’ve got 13.5 inches done on the sleeves for the camp sweater. I need to go to 19 then make the sleeve cap. Before I started knitting this sweater I actually did a swatch of the yarn to see how it shrinks/felts…can you believe it, I actually did a swatch. I love the way it blooms and it shrunk just a bit. Now have to decide….do I gentle wash the separate sections of the sweater them piece it? OR….do I piece it and wash it all together. This will be a fine balancing act as I don’t want to over shrink it.
The mighty hunter is back sans deer. But he had a good time, seems to be relaxed and bonded with nature. I also enjoyed my 5 days of husbandless time. It is nice to have someone back on the other side of the bed to balance things out though.
Well, off the laundry and socks. Have a great day!