sock knitting – Knitwerks

It’s been almost two years since I’ve updated this and that is quite a lot of knitting. I tried my hand at YouTube and gave up. If you want to see my sad attempts, the videos are still up. I tried my hand at TikTok. Shockingly, everyone doesn’t love my niche imperfect hobby as much as I do. That’s ok. That’s probably why I don’t keep up with the blog. People aren’t that into it and I’m so enthusiastic that what I expect everyone to love – isn’t. Facebook and Instagram are the same. That’s ok.

That’s ok.

It’s ok, because I still love what I do. I knit. I reflect. I improve. Mostly. Sometimes it feels like two steps forward and one step back.

What have I done in nearly 2 years?

The Sode sweater is sitting on my chair behind me and it’s the most intricate knit I’ve made. It doesn’t sit perfectly on my shoulders because I didn’t do the required short rows but I use a clip to keep it closed in the front when I’m walking or doing anything that requires movement. It’s warm and lovely.

I knit and finished the Tee No 1 using Knit Picks Gloss lace. 2 strands were held together.

I completed two intricate cross stitch projects. Both were of friend’s babies or friend’s relatives babies so I won’t share here but I did use DMC stitch your photo. That took a few months.

Then I got into socks. Lots and lots of socks. I knit two at a time toe up socks, one after another.

I knit on vacation. I knit on paddle boards. I knit at work. I knit stuck in traffic.

I made a bunch of fingerless gloves. My kid managed to put a whole in one so I’ll be fixing that tonight.

I knit a test shawl. It’s my first test knit but I knit in protest too.

I had a conference in Arizona and had to come up with a travel worthy project. I seriously considered bringing my blanket but it would have taken up the entirety of my backpack and just think of the looks I would have gotten. On second thought, the flights to Phoenix were pretty chilly. It’s day 5, and I’m in Houston International. I’m currently working on the foot of sock #4. I pulled out some yarn I bought in December of 2011 in New York City for the first pair. I can’t remember the name but it was something sister. . . Twisted sister?While in Phoenix I took the light rail and then walked to Tempe Yarn. The shop was cute, the people were crazy friendly but everything was so expensive. I picked one skein of sock yarn that were the colors of the desert (but I wanted so much more.) They also had roving for spinning and felting as well as a loom.

So I kept it simple. I ate some good food. I didn’t care so much for Phoenix downtown but loved Tempe. I rode the light rail from end to end. It was probably the friendliest area I’ve been to with some quirky but nice people. I went to Papago Park early Saturday morning and walked up to the left most peak. All in all, I loved Tempe and Phoenix area and if it weren’t for the lack of water, I’d be pressuring hubby to move. But the drought is extreme and with today’s climate changes, unlikely to improve.