Slip stitch sock needs a friend

Slip stitch sock
Originally uploaded by darklordspet

I'm trying my hand at mosaic knitting. It's odd to have two balls of yarn going at once, but it's not as complex as I thought it would be. The next time I do a sock with this technique, I'll use a higher contrast between my solid yarn and varigated yarn. These are two balls of Opal. I love Opal, but it's about $20 USD/100g ball. Imported from Germany, you know.

Red and blue batts

Red and blue batts
Originally uploaded by darklordspet

This is blue and red superwash freshly drum carded and waiting to be spun into something neat. I have a great deal of fiber that needs carding, so I'd better come up with some projects for it.

I was able to do knitting while on the road, so I have two completed pair of socks. Now I need to start spinning that drum carded fiber and making something. I seem to be on a sock kick, so ...

Holiday Socks!

Holiday Socks!
Originally uploaded by darklordspet

I know I haven't posted in a while - after the fun week of working at home due to the fires, we went to Tahoe, and now I'm in San Jose for an eLarning conference. I came home long enough to sleep and repack. In the two weeks before we went to Tahoe, I think I put in over 120 hours. No wonder I'm tired cootie-ful all the time! I've got to start taking care of myself.

Yep, I've been knitting. This is the first of a pair, and is 100% Merino. I've had the yarn forever waiting for me to make honest socks of it, but only this past week did I have time to play with it. I made another pair of Superwash blend while in Tahoe - very quick to knit. If I can, in the next few days, I'd like to post pictures of my "waiting for edging" scarf, "waiting for edging" cape, and the completed pair of socks. Got a shindig on Saturday, but that's fun, not work.