Scrap down- scratch mitts

It has been a few eeks since I posted a scrap down, lots of toehr projects have been gettin in the way and my bag of part balls has been getting ever fuller.



I made these a few weeks ago with the yarn left voer from the blue blueberry socks.

Pattern: Baby Mittens by Malin Nilsson
Yarn: Regia silk
Needles: 2.5mm
Mods:

10 rnds rib
25 rnds plain
2 plain rnds between decreases
No I cord as people in the know said not to

There was not a lot of yarn leftover by the time I had done the socks and a blanket square, but I just managed to make them. They might be a little small, in which case they will go to a preemie hospital.

FO Friday- Blue blueberries

I have been trying to get things finished up this week, so now I have a few almost finished items. This weekend I will be setting to with a tapestry needle and some blocking, and hopefully clearing the WIPs. I don't like having too many WIPs, I feel like I should be working to get them done all the time and can never choose which to work on.

Anyway, enough of the WIPs, for this is Friday, and thus the day of the FO.

More socks! And not A-Z ones, but extra bonus socks.

Pattern: Blueberry waffle socks by Sandy Turner

Yarn: Regia silk 4 ply

Needles 2.25mm dpns

Notes: I used a 4 ply over 68sts and worked a YOYO short row heel rather than following the pattern.

This pattern is great, fast to work and simple. It does get a tiny bit boring to be honest, but it is good for times when you need low concentration knitting.

The ribbed effect helps to keep the sock snug all the way along the foot so it would be good if you are not quite sure what size to make, go for a slightly high stitch count and the ribbing will make them fit. 

I am not keen on repeating patterns when there are so many out there, so I might not make it again, that said it would be good for manly socks where "fancy" things like cables are not wanted.

The yarn is heavenly. I bought it for the Walking on Sunshine KAL, but it got switched over to these as I needed to make them in a hurry. I will be buying more of this for sure as it is so soft, but according to the label is still machine washable. Plus it should be hard wearing as Regia tends to be. In fact, it is looking good for my all time favourite sock yarn, the colour range is very limited though and not many stores stock it, I may have to investigate buying it overseas!

These were a gift, and the lovely yarn made it a little hard to let them go, but the recipient seems to like them (plus they would have been to big for me!).

Stitch pattern close up:

FO Friday- Shawl and return to the square

This project has taken a while to finish, the knitting has been done for ages, but I only got to the sewing ends in bit last night.

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The pattern is Belmondo Shawl by Tori Gurbisz . I used some Rowan RYC Pure Silk DK in a gorgeous blue that I fished out of a sale bin for half price, it is lovely and soft but I suspect I would never pay full price for it. I used a little under 2 skeins, only because I found a knot about ten rows in so scrapped the first bit and restarted. It is not the easiest yarn/pattern combination for hiding ends so I wanted to keep the number down.

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This is definitely the way to photograph shawls (please excuse my neighbours socks in the background)

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I skipped the fringe suggested in the pattern, I didn't fancy it and didn't have enough yarn anyway. I stitched a heavy bead onto each corner to add a bit of weight and decoration instead. It took ages to find beads with enough weight, but these do nicely. The wave pattern goes with the net like fabric too (I did think about fish beads but decided it would be mean to have them caught in a net forever).

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An in action shot as a sort of wrap around scarf. Taking photos of yourself is not easy, but I forgot to do them last night when I could have recruited some help.
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As more of a shawl/shrug type. It is just the right size for this and the weighted corners really help. Getting a photo of the back was beyond me, even with the help of a mirror.
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The sock yarn blanket has finally made a return. I ran out of yarn on my sock project this week so while I waited for a delivery (which only took about 24hrs and they had the same dye lot, I love that site!) I used a scrap to make a square. It is a 6 ply, so a little heavier but the square works out to be a similar enough size.
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