They are done!

I love the way they look, but I must admit, that second sock felt as if it took a lot longer than the first. Probably more because I got a little tired of the yarn, which is good old robust but rather stringy Regia, rather than the pattern. My, how fussy I’m getting about sock yarn lately!

Starsky is up to the armholes:

I was wrong about the time it took to do the 12 row repeat of the pattern. It took up to an hour and forty minutes. This is definitely a concentration-demanding project, especially when I’m knitting the body in one piece. But I’m enjoying it and the feeling I’m stretching myself.

I’ve finished the first Endpaper Mitt:

Though the pattern is simpler than other colourwork, and has lots of repetition, for some reason I haven’t succeeded in memorising it. But it’s well worth it the effort. The pattern fits beautifully and the yarn is so nice I may become a convert to cashmere.

I extended Mum’s hat brim and added some piping added to hold the shape. (But I didn’t bother taking a photo, as it’s an old FO.)

I also wove up a scarf in the WWKIP day novelty yarn gift, and it proved to me yet again that weaving can make beautiful objects of difficult yarn. At s’n’b it was admired with amazement, and the lovely Andrea gave it an appreciative home. But I was so careful to pack it away ready to take to s’n’b that I forgot to take a photo.

The loom wasn’t empty for long. I’d tried weaving the eucalyptus yarn with itself with no success – it was still very gappy. So out came the linen thread used for Bananarunna. It proved to be exactly the warp this needed. No more gaps:

Lesson learned: the ropier the yarn, the thinner and less elastic the warp needs to be.