I'm hosting a Socktober craftalong over in my Ravelry group. Any pattern, any yarn is welcome as long as it's socks! I'm going to be casting on a pair of Gravel socks using Wooly Wonka Beryl Sock on Sunday to kick off the event. I'm using a skein of Under the Cherry Tree which is kind of a departure for me since I usually like plainer socks, but I love the colorway and thought these would be fun.
I've also been working on the Bailey Cardigan; pattern by Amy Christoffers. I've gotten all of the knitting done and seamed up the body. I need to knit and attach the pockets and finish the I-cord edging on the front edges and cuffs but I'm hoping to finish that up this weekend.
This was a stashbuster project as I'm trying to get my yarn and fiber stash down to more mangeable levels. To that end, I reorganized the stash over the last week, pulled some things out for giveaway-ing, and repacked/reordered bins to tidy things up. I have a LOT of sock yarn I need to make use of, as well as a bunch of sweater lots of things I'd also like to get knit up into actual wearable garments. In reorganizing, I didn't realize (but I do now!) how MUCH 2-ply jumperweight/fingering yarn I have for colorwork projects, so I think 2018 may be the year of stranded knitting to try to use up a bunch of what I've got. I earmarked several Alice Starmore patterns that I want to work up, so I may tackle one of those next.
I did also get back into my spinning groove this week, but I just finished plying up a small skein and I need to work on the companion skein to go with it, so I'll wait and share those next week!
