Making My Bed.....

I wonder why on earth I thought I could 'just quickly' hem sheets and make pillowcases before breakfast. Most of the morning later.... I had 'cheated' by asking the man in the fabric shop to cut the fabric into the correct lengths for me. He has a large table with lengths marked, so the job was much easier for him than it would be for me. Even so, these sort of jobs always take me much longer than I imagine they will.

And Gloves

Fingerless gloves. I think fingerless gloves will be more practical when sailing than the usual kind. I adapted my favourite pattern, Leaves from ValKnitting. As with the socks, I twisted the cables left on one glove and right on the other. The palm is plain stocking stitch on both.

Sailing Socks

I've finished knitting both socks. Sailing socks because the person who commissioned them intends to give them to her husband to wear when he goes sailing.

Left and Right

On the first sock, I put the cable needle to the front of the work so that the cables twists left. On the second sock I'm putting the cable needle to the back so that the cables twist to the right. I like the idea of socks that are related but not identical.

One Sock

Hot off the press. Or the needles.

 Thank goodness my camera and computer are talking to each other again. I think I get a truer colour with the camera than with my cell phone camera that I've had to use for a few weeks, and photos are easier to download.

Now to knit another sock.

Uneven Twist

I read an article from Interweave Press the other day about cables. One of the possibilities suggested was twisting cables at uneven intervals. Good idea, I thought. I'm twisting on row 3 and then the following 7th row.  I think it creates an interesting effect. Cables make for well fitting socks and add interest.

Blue/Grey

This is wool I'm spinning for a sock commission. I dyed fleece blue and grey. Spun one thread blue, one thread grey. I could've smoothed the colours out on carders, but I rather like the uneven look. Then I plyed the two threads together. Wound the yarn into skeins on a niddy noddy. I have five skeins ready for washing.