Progress this week

It seems as though the 3rd trimester lazies have gotten a hold of me… my work time has been cut in half and I still can't seem to get anything done around my house!! I have managed to get a little knitting and stitching in:

My socks are coming along, and I think I've finally figured out how to hold my yarn so that it isn't tangled and hard to deal with!

I have finished the fun part of my clock (though I still need to fix 6 o'clock Links hair, not a fan of the pink!) The numbers are next and then to add the hardware! I'm very excited about this! What do you think?

Socks!

Yup, started a pair of socks. I don't know about you, but I love making socks, they're my favorite knit by far! And these suckers are going to keep me busy:

You can't really tell yet, but they are going to be a chevron print! That's right, I'm working on my fair isle technique, and while I am better at it than last time, I am still not what I would call proficient. But they are so fun! 

Do you have a go-to project you like to do?

Knitin

I've finally gone out and got some yarn to match some lovely knit picks gloss in guava I bought with my sweater yarn (because I needed a few more things to qualify for free shipping... and I'd rather my money be spent on yarn than that!) But before I do anything, I have to wind it up into a ball. Which I've never done on anything but remnants, but I did some pokey-poking around the interwebs and found this!

 

I can totally do that! And so I did. And it took awhile. But it's my first, and with that comes a level of perfection I'm not likely to see in future wound yarn balls made by me:

I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Although, I did try to make it center pull but somewhere in the process I lost that end.... oh well. All long as it isn't a loop of doom threatening to tangle I'm cool.

 

I'm pairing the lovely guava up with some cool grey I found whilst poking around the yarn section at Michael's. It's Loops & Thread sock yarn, stupid soft and only $2.99 for 600+ yd or something ridiculous! I'm am super excited to get started on these suckas! (and these too!)

What are you working on?