Weekend Knitting…
(Carole and Scout, that photo’s for you guys!)
Well, we got SIL3 all graduated with her MFA this weekend. On Thursday evening after dinner with FIL and MIL, DH and SIL3 headed over to the martini bar and my current sock in progress came along. In fact, that sock was never far away this weekend as I was rushing to complete number one so it could be test knit. The pattern will be a part of the August sock club mailing from Yarn 4 Socks (my Balance socks were the April mailing) and they are inspired by my first sock pattern, Spearfish.
The yarn is Fleece Artist’s Sea Wool which contains some of the newer seacell fiber which has anti-bacterial properties to it. It is a a very soft and silky feeling yarn. It is a tad splitty, but not to the point of annoyance by any means. I haven’t washed sock number one yet as I figured I’d do both at the same time. I am anxious to see how it holds up to a washing. The steaming process worked well and caused a touch of blooming. The color of this yarn is Moss, but is not the colorway that will be shipped out in the club mailing. There are still openings in the club so go check it out! They also have a selection of the semi-solid colors of FA Sea Wool in stock if you can’t wait until August :-)
Because I was knitting like a mad woman all weekend I made use of the new messenger bag and wore it diagonally and pulled the yarn out the side and knit while waiting to be seated at restaurants, while at the chiropractor etc. etc. DH was highly impressed with my ability to knit and walk at the same time and insisted on taking a picture, LOL!
