What I made, by Sharon

I've been getting ready to fly out tomorrow night. Because I finished my last project on Wednesday, I've been doing homework for my EYF classes and knitting on my sockyarn blanket. i'm looking forward to casting on a massive big shawl.  I have wound my yarn and packed my needles (and my spare needles, Knit-Pro have a habit of falling apart on me) Of course, before I buy a ton of new yarn (I'm predicting 5 kilometers, but it could be quite different in either direction) I did a stashcount. My new number is  11,315 meters, the lowest it's been since I started counting. And that's  my stash box, ready to receive the yarn I buy at EYF.  I am going to try to blog while I'm away - I've got a new app, so hopefully it will  be easier than last time.

I did reknit the mittens , because I just wasn't happy with them, and it was going to bother me. I'm going to knitters convention, and I don't want to embarrass myself! I decided to use the Stasis motif, and transpose it onto Kate Davies' Ursula mittens . The two patterns have the same stitch count, so that kept everything very simple.  I'm really happy with them. I think I might have gone a leeeetle bit overboard with the set, but, well, go matchy, matchy, matchy, matchy or go home, as the saying goes.

I’ve really enjoyed sOctober this year. I’ve knit (nearly) six pairs of socks, I’ve explored gauge and needle sizes, I’ve knit three different kinds of toes and three different types of heels. I’ve knit with yarn dyed by me , and yarn dyed by a range of master dyers. It’s been very satisfying.  But now, on the last day of this wonderful month I have to ask myself, after I finish my current sock - What happens now? I’m not sure I’ve mentioned here that I am going to Edinburgh Yarn Fest next year. And in case that isn’t fun enough, Kate and Kat and someone called Gracie are coming too! Kate and Kat were having a knit-a-long for Stasis, and I really like the jumper, and you know how I love a knitalong. Knitpicks is having a 15% off sale, so I bought the yarn for that. Also at EYF I’m doing a class with Woolly Wormhead . I’ve seen her patterns around for ages, but never knit one. Now the class I’m doing isn’t on hats, it’s on advanced grafting (geekout time) but I...