Jessimuhka Knits

I've been MIA lately because I lost both the USB cord and battery charger to my old camera. After spending a couple of days tearing my house apart, I decided it was time for a new camera anyway. I'm still learning how to work all the new features, so these pictures could probably be better, but hopefully as the learning curve picks up the quality of photos here will improve.

While I was camera-less, I finished the Unst socks I started ages ago.

The yarn is Claudia Handpaints in Just Plums. I like this yarn, but I don't love it. The pattern was Nancy Bush's Unst from Knitting on the Road. This is my second pair of socks from that book, and there will probably be more in the future.

After the Unst socks, I started and finished an entire pair of socks in about 10 days.

Monkey Socks, in Mountain Colors Barefoot. I lost the ball band, so I don't know the color name. I think it was something like Alpine maybe?

I loved knitting these socks. The pattern was the perfect mix of interesting and intuitive to make them easy tv knitting while holding my attention. Time for some detail shots.

The leg up close. I still need to figure out taking close ups without getting uneven lighting.

Foot close up. I really like where the little purl triangles meet the stockinette of the foot.

I enjoyed working with this yarn. It's a little heavier than something like Lorna's Laces or Koigu, and made a nice dense sock. I wore them the other day at the house of a friend who has hardwood floors and no heat, and my feet stayed nice and warm. Once I've worked through my sock stash a bit and can buy sock yarn in again I will definitely get some more of this.

And finally, last week I started another pair of socks. These ones are plain 2x1 ribbed in a bright blue Koigu.

Color is 447. I got a 6" cuff and 10" foot out of one ball with only a small amount of yarn left. I'm about 3" into the cuff of the second sock, and will probably take it with me to knitting at Jen's this weekend. She's hosting a frogging party, so I need to look at my in progress list and see if there's anything that needs ripping out. I'm thinking the Fixation stockings might be on the chopping block. I just don't like knitting with Fixation.

The Tina Shawl is continuing on schedule, only 8 rows to go to meet my goal. I plan on lightly blocking the center square before picking up stitches around the edges, probably just a spray blocking so I won't have to cut the yarn off the cone. I'm actually getting excited about that project again, now that it's going to get interesting soon.

That's all for now, but I should be back with more pictures soon.