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It's a Bikini Kill kind of day...

It's been a week (almost) since my last blog and I've not finished anything. But I haven't started anything either. I've got the same four wips (work-in-progress) on the needles as last week. I have to admit, until I took pictures and compared them with the ones last week, I was feeling like I wasn't getting anywhere with any of my wips. I can see that I've moved ahead on a few of my projects.  Just today I finished the decreases of the gusset of the second Twilight sock. 

I don't know why I can't pick up stitches and do the gusset on circulars, in theory I get it-in practice I get messed up and frustrated. But now that I've done the final decreases, I'll slide the whole thing onto my circs and continue the foot.

The other sock wip is my Cabarat sock. 

I think this is the project that I've worked on the least. I loved the yarn on the hank, even winding it up was lovely. Knitting it up...well...I just don't know how I feel about it. There is a lot of pooling. I'm only going to give this sock another half an inch I think, before I start the heel flap. If it was a lesser yarn, I'd probably frog it-but I do so love Manos Del Uruguay Alegria. 

I did all the straight stockinette on Sinnesfrid: 

Now it's time for some waist shaping. Not sure when I'll get around to that-i'm kind of losing interest in this project. Maybe because I don't have any clothing items that I would wear with a vest? Maybe because I'm sick of the colour (Glazed Carrot) since I pretty much wear a scarf in that same colour almost every. single.day. The saving grace is that it's knit with Malabrigo Rios (lovelovelove) and that it's knit on size US 9's which is a nice change from the teeny needles I've been doing the majority of my knitting on lately.

I have completed 21 teeth on my Hitchhiker! 

And haven't picked it up since.  But I will. I'd like to get 9 more teeth done by this time next week. I would like to have my hitchhiker done by mid-April, I think it will be the perfect neck covering for transitional spring weather. I may have to become a monogamous knitter to finish this one. 

Last night, T, A and I went to Mouline (our lys) yet again. This time for sock yarn-they have caught the fever! We were talking about doing a basic sock KAL (Knit-A-Long) all following the same pattern (that I found on Ravelry of course) and each of us using Noro Silk Garden Sock, in different colourways.  

I was armed with a Visa Gift Card that my super awesome partner gave to me (he'd gotten a number of them for xmas and his birthday and he hasn't used any of them, so they are just kind of languishing in his wallet). I did protest a little bit, but i'm not one to look a gift horse (or visa) in the mouth. Now instead of just getting the NSGS, I could get something else as well-like some of that gorgeous Eco Cloud or Viking Alpaca.

When we got to Mouline, T&A decided they didn't like the feel of the Noro, and opted for different sock yarn. I held steady and chose a lovely light blue colourway. 

I've used Silk Garden before, so I know that a good soak really makes a difference. Hopefully, the same holds true for the sock version. 

And instead of getting EcoCloud or Viking Alpaca I got another skein of sock yarn: Manos Del Uruguay Alegria Watercolours in Watered Silk. I could NOT pass it up-it was calling my name, whispering "take me home". Who am I to argue against such loveliness?

I think this must be the start of my Blue Period. 

OH! OH OH! Guess what Mouline now carries?

SOCK ROCKETS! Zooooooom! Yay! And now they are mine!