Thursday, 7 February 2013

Waiting...

   for the big storm to hit. We're under a warning for 25-30cm of snow. It's supposed to start sometime late this afternoon and snow heavily throughout the evening and into the night. Of course the munchkins are all hoping for a snow day! We'll see. It seems the more fuss and warnings, the less severe the actual event. :)
   Just one little here today. He's a happy guy and quite content to play while checking in with me every so often. Makes for a fairly quiet day.
   A great day for dyeing! I'm working on some superwash wool/nylon in a fingering weight. This is perfect for lightweight socks as well as mittens, hats & baby wear. Today's colours are all geared towards the male preferences.
   Still knitting on the socks for my nephew. I'm working these out of Tuffy from Briggs & Little. And doing them with this densely spun yarn at 6sts/inch is slow going. It's hard on the hands and I'm going to start another project to work on during breaks from this. They'll be tough wearing socks though. Doing the men's large and I'm thinking I'm going to have to buy another skein. Each sock is going to use just over 100g! I'm thankful that Papa Bear needs a smaller size as he would like a couple of pairs like them.
Keep safe & keep knitting!

2 comments:

  1. 100gr per sock??? are the knee highs for the jolly green giant? That's a LOT of yarn, LOL

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  2. 100g per sock! You read that right! They're about a 9" long leg and 10" around the foot. He'll get a workout wearing them. :)

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