Getting in early – Week 26

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We took the drive to Sydney for a few days to visit family. It’s always nice to catch up with everyone. It’s also enjoyable to leave the humidity and traffic of Sydney behind when we leave. Over the past few weeks, I completed two projects. Both were Christmas socks.

The first are Vanilla socks knit with Area51 Fibres in the A little bit Grinchy colourway.

The second FO is another pair of Vanilla socks knit with Woolberry Fiber Co in the peppermint Bark colourway. These are slightly brighter IRL.

I couldn’t decide what to work on after the Pepperbark socks, so I looked at my AYOP list and then picked up my Pi Shawl. I’ve only managed to complete four rows. I will need to work out how many rows I need to knit so it’s complete by the end of June. There are currently 576 stitches on the needles.

Until next week, happy knitting.

Currently Reading: Queen Esther

Merry Christmas

I feel incredibly lucky that the current restrictions in Sydney haven’t had a considerable impact on our Christmas day plans. Unfortunately, we were planning on travelling down to Victoria in the New Year. And as there are now border closures in place we need to be patient.

On the upside, I finished my Christmas socks and last night for my Christmas Eve cast on I started a pair of Frasier Fir socks using Wren and Ollie.

Pattern: Vanilla socks with an afterthought heel

Yarn: Must Stash Yarns – A Very Hobbit Christmas

Needle: 2.5mm

I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday.

December 1st

December 1st marks the day when it is acceptable to watch lame romantic Christmas movies and drink hot chocolate even though it’s now officially Summer. It also starts off the advent calendar season. I didn’t take part in the fun last year. However this year I am joining in with a mini skein advent calendar by Halfbaked hand-dyed yarns. Each day I get treated to a mini skein dyed up to knit up a mini sock in self-striping yarn. I’m looking forward to having my mini sock garland hanging up on Christma morning.

Happy Christmas knitting!