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are blanket the picture to the left was taken yesterday feb 7 and the total number of squares is now 261 i ve since added about 3 1 2 more squares since i took the photo i ll also be working on it again tonight so will get a few more added i really do enjoy this project yes it will take awhile to complete and i m not entirely sure of how i ll do the border or even if i will do one but i have awhile to think on that i m on instagram and i follow several knitters many who have been working on socks seeing their photos both complete and in progress socks i ve been thinking of starting a pair of socks myself i have made lots of socks in the past many for children and some for myself i have some sock yarn in my stash that i could use though it s taking a lot of will power to not use it just for my blanket i know if i have some left over which i should have i can use it then i d need to find another set of dpns in the right size first however but until then i will keep knitting on my blanket posted by shelley l mackenzie at 6 32 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blankets mitred squares sock yarn sock yarn blanket wednesday november 04 2015 sock yarn blanket progress just wanted to write a quick post with an update photo of my mitred square sock yarn blanket really it s all i ve been knitting lately i have been looking after my mom since the beginning of august when i started this blanket i was still looking after her i knit on it most every day but had a handful of days where we travelled to halifax and i didn t bring it along my mom has been in the hospital for the past week and i have brought my blanket and yarn with me i d pick five or six skeins balls of yarn to use and bring those as well i have had several comments on how pretty the blanket is some of the nurses wondered how i make it so naturally i told them also the pharmacist that came to talk to mom and i about her pills said she knits and would love to have a project like this to work on i told her how i am making this and that she can find the pattern on ravelry she wrote it down and hopefully i have created another mitred square sock yarn addict enthusiast my total squares as of yesterday nov 3 was 120 since then i ve added two or three more squares i forget and might add another one this evening if i don t find the lighting too bad i have been thinking lately that i should also work more on my spinning i ve been missing that i should also work on my larch scarflette so i can wear it this winter anyway i am getting tired and if i want to knit some i should get off here happy knitting posted by shelley l mackenzie at 8 37 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels mitred squares sock yarn sock yarn blanket wips sunday october 18 2015 sock yarn blanket knitting continues there are 78 squares added in this photo just a short post this evening i ve had a rough tough week including spraining my ankle on tuesday and i m rather drained tonight i have been knitting a lot on my sock yarn blanket this past weekend thanksgiving i didn t get anything knit on it as i went to halifax and knew i wouldn t have time to work on it the picture is the most up to date photo i have of this project and it has 78 squares showing not counting the individual squares that will be added on to the ends throughout the process since the photo was taken yesterday i have added another eight squares which brings the total up to 86 this project is certainly addictive posted by shelley l mackenzie at 10 29 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blankets sock yarn sock yarn blanket wips sunday october 04 2015 two weeks along first six squares my knitting for the past two weeks has been consumed with working on the mitred square sock yarn blanket and that s perfectly fine with me i am really enjoying working on this project even though i am very aware that it is a long term knit it will likely take a few years to complete right now i m using what sock yarn i have and i ll be totally honest here i ve also gone out and purchased a few more balls of sock yarn after joining sets of three together i am repeating yarns already since i don t have a lot of sock yarn i m totally ok with this however i don t want them all to be in the same section of the blanket i d like to get other yarns to add and use the yarn i currently have later on as well so that they are mixed up in the blanket jumbled up more current photo of the squares that s why it will take a few years to complete i think it will depend on the sock yarn i get or if i trade with others at some point so that i have different yarn to use at any rate i am ok with using what i have now for another row or two i am finding as others i ve read about that this project is a little difficult to get a good photograph of the size of the blanket i m almost completed with the second or is it third i can t tell row of my blanket i have about three squares to add and then i ll be finished that row for those wanting to attempt this project but are afraid to because it looks difficult to make it s not i was a little afraid at first that this might be a difficult project but it is very easy go ahead and try just be aware that it is a long term project and unless you have an unlimited ton of sock yarn in your stash it will likely take a long while to make also my squares are small but you can make larger ones as well and that would help complete the blanket quicker well i should get back at it i d like to complete this row today and maybe start into the next one happy knitting posted by shelley l mackenzie at 10 26 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels sock yarn sock yarn blanket wips saturday september 19 2015 mitred square sock yarn blanket the very beginning of my blanket i finally jumped on the bandwagon of knitting a mitred square sock yarn blanket as this post is being written friday afternoon i have my first square completed see below in my head i had imagined these squares being much bigger than mine turned out but that could be because any photos i ve seen of these squares and blankets were close up with nothing to help determine the size i don t know if i ll continue with this size i likely will or if i ll go up a size or two with my needles to get bigger squares i suppose i could make a few larger ones to add in here and there first completed square offhand i m not totally sure what the needle size is that i m using it could be a 2 5 mm or 2 75 mm which is what i was using for some socks some time back no i didn t get the sock finished and i am not sure what pattern i was using the yarn i used in the first square is knit picks crayon i was able to look back on ravelry to my projects and found the socks i had made with this yarn i have enough left over that i can get at least one maybe two more squares from this yarn i likely won t be posting pictures of every single square i knit for this but when i get several or start to sew them together into the blanket i ll post pics that way then you and i can see just how this blanket grows this should be a project that i can take with me and knit on the go when waiting at doctor s offices and what not the only thing i need now is a pretty project bag to keep it in posted by shelley l mackenzie at 6 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blankets mitred squares sock yarn sock yarn blanket wips friday september 18 2015 larch the beginning of the larch scarflet almost two weeks ago i began knitting a scarflet called larch the link to my project page with this pattern can be found here the pattern starts off with just knitting and a few yarn overs and then moves onto the lacy part i don t have much left to do of this section and soon i ll start the lace the yarn i m using is amitola by louisa harding it s the first time i ve knit with this yarn and so far i like it i am surprised with the colour change though i bought two balls of this because it was pink and purple and i thought that was what the whole thing would be however there is also a reddish shade brown and orange rust they aren t normally colours i would gravitate toward but are nice to knit with for autumn fall most recent photo of larch it s actually bigger now as i mentioned below the picture to the right the scarflet is bigger now than in the photo i need to take another picture of it soon i am back to knitting the pink and purple section of the yarn again i m curious to see what the final product looks like with all the colours knit together i don t think i would think to put all of these colours together but it must be fine since this yarn was dyed with them so far i am enjoying the larch pattern it s a mindless knit at this point that i can work on in front of the tv i ve glanced at the lace chart a bit and right now i don t know if it s something i d be able to do in front of the tv we ll see though other than larch i don t have any other knitting on the go yet i ve been thinking about starting some socks whether they are toddler kid sized or something for me i don t know just yet as i ve come across some of my sock yarn and i ve been seeing lots of gorgeous socks and sock yarns on instagram and it s got me in the sock knitting mood i ll keep you updated on larch and whether or not i start some socks until then happy knitting posted by shelley l mackenzie at 4 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels scarves wips yarn thursday september 17 2015 two new spindles new drop spindle not long ago i ordered a drop spindle i had a student one i think it s ashford i don t have it beside me at the moment though that i got when i first learned to spin i wanted another spindle so that i could spin two rovings to ply together drop spindle with sample fibre i came across the green forest fibers etsy site and they had this gorgeous spindle for sale i don t see any more listed on their site but maybe if you wanted one and contacted them they could make it for you i loved the way it looked smooth polished pretty green stone whorl simply gorgeous i placed my order and then waited and waited i contacted the company but didn t receive any reply i waited a few more days and contacted them again still nothing i began to wonder if i wasn t going to receive my order then i heard from them they had been through an unfortunate circumstance beyond their control my order was shipped the next day and i received it about a week later the owner felt bad about the situation and included four sample rovings one brown two cream one purple for me in the second picture above i am spinning the brown fibre i m not sure what it is but the white hairs may be angora rabbit i love this spindle i am spinning the finest yarn i ve spun to date which is something i had wanted to do when using the student spindle i have my spinning was getting better but it wasn t this fine spindle from ks inspirations during the time i was waiting to hear back from green forest fibers and thinking i might no get my order i placed another order for a different drop spindle from ks inspirations another etsy shop this spindle is also awesome this spindle also allows me to spin a fine yarn but might not be quite as fine as the one above that might also be because of the type of fibre i m using as well but i don t know for sure anyway this spindle has a purple jasper whorl and an oak shaft it spins well though i find when the spin is slowing down it begins to wobble the other one does this a little as well i don t know if that is normal or if i m not doing something right however the wobble doesn t affect the spinning both of these etsy shops shipped their product in a timely manner i would definitely order from these shops again posted by shelley l mackenzie at 8 05 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels drop spindle etsy shops spinning tuesday august 25 2015 you spin me right round baby hand spun yarn on a pvc pipe niddy noddy waiting to be plied recently i ordered a niddy noddy from a shop on etsy called la tea da designs it s made from pvc pipe and is fully submersible in water you can see some of my latest hand spun yarn prior to soaking it i found out after i tied the skein that i did that wrong you re supposed to do a figure 8 tie on it but i only found that out after i d already tied my skein at least i know for next time i have since removed the yarn and i m looking for a pattern to knit up my first real skein of hand spun yarn i only have about 90 yards so i can t make anything too big i was thinking of maybe a small cowl or a small scarf but i don t know yet the yarn to the right is just a single of merino it s so soft i spun this before the yarn above and i am going to ply it with more yarn that i spin later i don t have any more of the yellow but i was thinking of plying it with a bright green or cream colour my spinning is getting much better as i practice i think that s the key i still get a few thicker pieces here and there but they aren t nearly as thick as they used to be the yarn i m spinning currently not shown has an even more consistent spin to it i ll post a picture when i get it plied which will probably be in a few days after i let it rest i also ordered some fibre from another shop on etsy called fashion touch supplies it came yesterday and i haven t had a chance to upload the photo it is on my instagram though the colour isn t something i d normally choose but i decided to branch out and expand my colour horizons i m looking forward to spinning that and can t wait to see how it turns out well that s my latest update i hope you have a great day and happy knitting spinning posted by shelley l mackenzie at 10 28 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels drop spindle hand spun niddy noddy spinning yarn thursday august 20 2015 the post with actual knitting content i ve been meaning to post a photo of the neck warmer i had been working on for awhile now i finally finished it a week or so ago still not blocked though and i think it turned out great i don t have a photo with it around my neck because it s been so stinkin hot around here lately to the right is a close up of the pattern there are mistakes in it so don t look too closely which i got free when i bought the yarn earlier in the summer i ll try to get a link to the pattern as i think it was something they found online the yarn is clara from manos del uruguay and is 100 merino super soft and smooshy i loved working with this yarn i ve also been working on my old shale scarf which i started back around the beginning of the year i m using debbie bliss angel prints in the kahlo colourway 15807 this pattern is super easy 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