Sasha Knits!

It’s time for National Craft Making Month again!  I will, of course, be participating once again this year.  Last year my focus was mainly on beading with a little kumihimo thrown in.  This time around I’ve shifted interests into knitting and spinning, so my participation this time around will reflect that.  I am planning on throwing a little jewelry making in, but my efforts will mainly center around the fiber arts.

I am off to a very encouraging start this year.

I began with some spinning.  I’m still working to achieve a consistent result in my yarn and the only way to do that is to practice, practice, and then practice some more.  I am slowly learning to draft more fluently and it is already making a big difference in the quality of my work.  That’s only about an ounce’s worth of merino fiber in the photo (about half on the spindle and the rest still unspun).   I am hoping to get at least a project’s worth spun before the end of the month.

My other project was a bit of knitting on the socks that I started for my husband over a month and a half ago.

It is a simple toe-up sock knit on US1 needles with Patons Kroy self-striping fingering-weight.  This project has taught me that I really don’t care for this style of self-striping yarn and I will be avoiding it in the future (sorry Kroy, sorry Opal).  Fortunately my husband likes the appearance just fine and will be happy to receive a finished pair (if I ever get around to it).  Although the picture really doesn’t look like much, I’m happy to report that it is actually about half a foot’s worth complete.

I hope to also get some more Christmas knitting done this month.  The more I get done, the less shopping I will have to do and that will make me a very happy woman.  I detest holiday shopping.  I do not enjoy being jammed into a mall with hoards of sweating, smelly, angry shoppers looking for a bargain.  By doing things my way, I hope to have a low stress holiday this year.