Last Week

My #santasundayxs stitching is going really well, on the weekend I finished this sweet angel design by Little House Needleworks.

This is the second time I've stitched this lovely design, the first time was for my MIL back when the chart first came out.

One night last week I decided that some easy knitting was in order so I printed off a dishcloth pattern from my Ravelry list and found some Sugar 'n Cream cotton in my stash. Pretty colours huh?

I also received a little parcel from all the way down south, Vintage Purls in Dunedin. I'm going to use this gorgeous yarn for the first pattern in the Curious Handmade Sock Society Club. I recently mastered magic loop sock knitting (more about that another time) so I also bought these ChiaGoo 2.25mm circuluar needles. These are great to knit with.

On Saturday I went out for the day with Clare to spend the day in Napier with Kath. I couldn't decide what to knit or stitch so I packed up all my latest projects and more, lol.

We had a wonderful time catching up, lots of chatting and laughs and as always, a stitching together has to have yummy treats to share.

So much fun and I'm already looking forward to our next catch up.

See you soon xx

Sock Knitting

I finally finished this pair of socks, which I started way back in November last year. Quite a bit of these were knitted while we were on holiday at Taupo. and then at the beach earlier in January.  These were made for one of my auntie's 60th birthday and she was thrilled with them. She couldn't quite fathom how I'd used 5 knitting needles to make them, lol. 

Details:

Pattern:Vanilla Latte Sock (free pattern)

Yarn: Drops Fabel 159 Red Chili

Needles: 2.5mm

Size: M

Late last year I lost one of my Knit Pro zing double pointed needles down the side of the couch, never to be seen again, boo hoo, so I placed an order for a new set as well as a couple of other sets to add to my collection. I ordered these through Vintage Purls, based in Dunedin, and they were here in a couple of days. I have some gorgeous Vintage Purls hand dyed yarn which I bought last year, you can check out the lovely yarn here.

I've got some more socks underway, using some Opal sock yarn, I just love the colours and how the pattern is forming.

(pattern: My favourite vanilla socks)

This is some of my sock knitting yarn, all ready for the year ahead. Most of these are Drops Fabel and also a couple of Opal sock yarns.

See you soon x