Shhhhhhhhh ...

I am being vewy, vewy quiet over here in midcoast Maine. The weather has been good, not too hot, not too cold, I have most of my holiday knitting on schedule -- mostly finished, or thereabouts, and I'll have a fairly quiet fall to knit whatever I want. There is always something.

I finished a second Hitchhiker scarf from a wonderful yarn that Lynne gave me for my birthday. It's Heritage Farms fingering in a 50% merino, 50% silk blend that is hand dyed in beautiful blues and pinks. It feels luxurious and warm and to wear around my neck. I believe it is available from the Cashmere Goat in Camden.

I also knit an Ellery Hat with some leftover sock yarn I had on hand. The pattern is by Marie Greene, and I got it from Knit Camp. Knit Camp is awesome! In looking over the pattern again, I noticed it was written for everyone: babies, toddlers, kids, men, and women. This might be my go-to hat pattern! If you're not in Knit Camp, you can get the pattern from Marie's page.

Right now I have four WIPs: two super secret sweaters, the pink shawl that will be done sometime in March 2020, and these fingerless mitts:

The mitts are Rain Shadow Mitts by Daniel Herrera, and the yarn is once again leftover sock yarn. I love to use my leftover sock yarn! It makes me feel so virtuous, especially when the product is fabulous. Using up leftovers is good for the soul.

These mitts are making me think about designing some mitts of my own. Lord knows I have more leftover sock yarn!

Yarndemon Patterns on Blockstack

I've put my patterns on Sigle, which is a Blockstack blogging app. I plan to add a tip jar Bitcoin thing there too. The reason I am doing this is for my own security. If my patterns are on Blockstack, they will always be there and owned by me.

You can get to them HERE or just keep getting them on the regular internet too, right here on Yarndemon.com. My blog isn't changing, and I'll continue to post as usual.

If you want more information about Blockstack, you can find it here: https://blockstack.org/

Arline's Socks

My sister in law sent over another bag of yarn that was my mother in law's; it was two skeins of sock yarn, and one had a pair of socks that she had started to knit, needles and all. I can sort of remember her starting them, but I can't remember clearly ... maybe I was in the hospital? Don't know.

I could have just unraveled the yarn and started over, but I thought it would be better if I used what she had done and finished them. So I did. She had started with 56 stitches and she was using size 2 needles, and had the ribbing all done and about one inch of stockinette. My gauge was much tighter, so I increased up to 60 stitches and kept going. Soon one sock was done.

Pogo, originally owned by Arline, immediately went over, sniffed on it, and settled down for a nap. It must have smelled like Arline and home.

The first sock was soon joined by its mate, and the socks were all done. Somewhere, Arline is smiling.

In other news, my pink shawl is going along very well, two rows a day, five days a week!

I can't wait to see it on the beginning of September!