Stonewash Scarf and a new favourite colourway

When I saw finished photographs of Veronik Avery's Lace Ribbon Scarf on ravelry, I knew I wanted to make it. I'd liked it when I first saw it on Knitty, but even more so when I saw other people's versions. The only thing was, I couldn't figure out what yarn I wanted to make it out of. Sometimes I get precious about patterns; I know I want to make them, but can't find just the right yarn, and don't want to spend the time knitting it out of yarn that is not "just right".

All that ended when I came up with the "Stonewash" colourway:

it's a delicate, lovely denim-y blue, and the way the dye interacted with the yarn gives it a sort of luminous glow. Immediately after it dried I knew that was the right yarn for the scarf.

Knitting it was fun, although it's not exactly a mindless knit, since you do have to pay attention. And it dragged quite a bit towards the end, when I just couldn't wait to get the damn thing finished. Now, however, blocked, it looks gorgeous, and will make a beautiful fall accessory.



I'm really into this whole knitting scarves and shawls from sock yarn lately; even though I have loads of sock patterns and sock books, I find myself not all that into knitting them right now. Knitting scarves and shawls seems to work, though, as a skein of sock yarn is usually quite enough for accessory-type shawls and scarves.

on sock yarn note: a new favourite colourway, "Bridle". This came out of the pot and I went "Whoa."





I like it. A lot.

simple yet effective shawl

This has been finished for quite some time, but for some reason I'm only just now getting around to blogging about it. The pattern is by Laura Chau, and is the "Simple yet Effective Shawl." An apt title, since it's ridiculously simple to knit; I'm a big fan of anything I can knit in movie theatres. I used one skein of Pigeonroof Studios Original sock, in the colourway "Comfort", which produced a perfect shawl/scarf. I won't wear it as a shawl, anyways; I'll wear it as a sort of larger neckerchief/scarf:


I'm starting to stress out big time over Sock Summit; I think that I won't be doing anymore shows after this. They're just too stressful, and the financial strain I'm always on before shows is really not fun. One of the upsides, though, is that because I"m dyeing so much, new colourways seem to be sprouting right and left. Two of my favourite ones are Cloudyfold and Bearded Iris; shown respectively, in superwash BFL and BFL:





I'm still updating my Etsy shop on a regular basis, so keep a lookout for lots of new colourways.