2015 WIPocalypse - August Full Moon

How is it possible that it is very nearly September already?  The year seems to have flown past, and I had hoped to have accomplished more by now.

However I went to Knit Group yesterday and I do have two finishes to show you today, so I am very pleased with myself.  

These are my Cabled Handwarmers which have been waiting to be finish finished since the middle of April.  They are a Pat Strong pattern from Issue 38 of Knit Now, knit in King Cole Baby Alpaca in the Heather colourway (666).  They are knit flat and then seamed on the thumb side.  And they feel just gorgeous when I put them on.

Finish No. 2 is my Toe Up Socks knit in hand dyed yarn by Jellybeans Yarns in their Autumn Leaves colourway.  There is a mixture of techniques here.  All of the first sock and the foot and heel of the second sock were knit with Magic Loop.  The leg and cuff of the second sock were knit on dpns.  The heel of the first sock was knit using  wrap and turn short rows, while the heel of the second sock was knit using German short rows.  Neither technique was very successful, so I had to darn the resulting holes on completion.  Both socks used the Turkish cast-on and Jeny's surprisingly stretchy bind-off.  So I learned a lot and have a very colourful pair of socks to show for it.

Moving on to work in progress, the first section of the bottom border of Baby Express is now complete.  There is a tiny speck of light at the end of the tunnel on this piece.

And last but not least, here is Hitchhiker.  There are now 38 completed points on this shawlette but still plenty of yarn left on the ball.  Progress gets slower with every point as there are now over 150 stitches per row, but I am looking forward to wearing it this winter.

In other news, I have a week off work!  Tomorrow is a bank holiday, but I have the rest of the week off to do what I want to do.  I have some plans in place - a day out with my nieces, a theatre trip with my Mum - but also some time for me, myself and I.  More information in my next post :-)

All the best to you and yours, and may the frog stay away from your needles.