A couple of finished things first for this week. I finished up the Timberland Hat I had been working on. I had two half-skeins of The Unique Sheep’s Sushi Socks in stash that were originally part of a sock kit from eons ago. I loved the colors (palest silver and a royal blue) but I didn’t see myself knitting the sock pattern they came with, and so….. they languished in stash until now. The yarn, however, was a delight to work with. Soft and wooly-feeling (in a good way) but with a hand that almost felt like silk rather than bamboo. This pattern is a great one for using up half (or less) skeins of sock yarn and I’m really glad these yarns have a purpose in life and are out of my stash. I used about 35 grams of the light color and only about 18 grams of the dark, so you could easily work this from sock remnants.
I also finished up the second of the By Naughty Design socks pair. I finished the first one back in January and was glad to get these completed finally. The pattern is by Hunter Hammersen and has a lot of nice details. Lots of twisted stitches too, so you’d need to be a fan of those if you’d like a pair for yourself. The yarn is from Long Dog Yarns, their Bounce Sock, and I really like how the herb-y green compliments the leaf and vine design on the socks.
I have also been working away on the 3-Color Cashmere Cowl using 3 half-skeins of Spud and Chloe Fine (which is a fingering weight) from deep stash. I have the first of 5 sections done, and I’ll be adding in the third color when I get back to work on this one this week.
In non-knitting projects, I finally finished spinning the singles of the Oceanwind Knits superwash merino roving (colorway is “1967”) so I’m ready to start plying this spin as the next step. I love these soft gray’ed colors.
And last but not least, I have been working on the right-side landscape vignette on Desert Mandala. With this week’s stitching, I am officially over the 50% mark on this one! Sticking with it to see what kind of progress I can continue to make towards my year goal of a finish.
That’s it for this week YOP’ers – hope your May is shaping up wonderfully!
Knit One, Spin Too 
Love your hat and socks Anne, both finishes are gorgeous. Your spinning is beautiful and has reminded me I need a date with my wheel to finish what I started spinning the first of the month. You’ve come a long way on your desert mandala and I can’t wait to see it finished. Have a lovely day !
Hope you were able to schedule some spinning time for yourself!
Me too! I need to start doing my 15 minutes a day again… I’ve been slacking.
Oh I do love your socks too. My next pair will be a “lace” pattern as I haven’t made any for a long time. The yarn you picked does match the pattern so nicely.
I love plain vanilla socks but I find I get bored if that’s all I knit, so it’s always fun to have a patterned pair finished up to wear too!
Beautiful progress made here, I really love that hat.
Thank you so much! The hat was a fun knit 🙂
Do you have a plan for that spinning? The colours are amazing together.
I don’t….. I usually just spin to spin the fiber and then find something to do with it afterwards, but this will likely have good yardage and a nice drape when it’s a finished skein so likely a shawl of some kind in its future 🙂
That hat pattern seems ideal for sock yarn left overs. I bet that cowl is super soft and going to be a joy to wear. Yay for being ahead of target on your mandala.
I do love a pattern that uses up oddments of sock-weight yarns. I always seem to have more than I know what to do with!
I’m game to try to be each other’s accountability spinning buddy if you want a cheerleader!
These all look lovely! Hunter’s socks are always a favorite to look at, though I’m not always in the mood for twisted stitches so I have to pick carefully when deciding which ones to knit. 😉 I love the colors in that hat, and I’m glad you found a pattern to use that yarn for!