I finally have a couple of things to show you! I'm going to start with the fabulous Hogwarts Sock Kit Swap package I received from Kati! Look at all the Ravenclaw goodness. First, Kati made me not one, not two, not three, but four small knitting bags. She made a small project pouch, a small project pouch that clips onto a backpack or purse, a notions bag, and a circular needle holder. My eyes kept getting bigger and bigger with each project bag I opened! Plus a couple of them have a Hogwarts insignia ironed on. Too cool. She also sent me a Ravenclaw knit bookmark, Addi circs for sock knitting, some lovely stitch markers, a Harry Potter journal, Ravenclaw hand-dyed sock yarn from Shelby, and a copy of the Frog Toes socks. I feel well and truly spoiled. Thanks Kati! Also my downstream pal, Alice, got the package I sent her. I had a lot of fun spoiling a Hufflepuff!
In some crafting news, I finished up one of my Raiders Spiraling Socks. I like how it turned out and will be casting on for the next one this Sunday. It'll be fun to see the spiral emerge in the opposite direction. The Lorna's Laces is pooling in a strange way on the foot. You can't tell from this picture, but one side of the foot is black and white stripes, and the other side is gray. It kind of reminds me of that Original Star Trek episode with the people who faces that are black on one side and white on the other. It will be really neat if the other foot does the same thing but in mirror image. You can also see the start of my first sock for Maggie. I'm using some Megaboot Stretch in a lovely autumnal red, orange, and black marl. I'm just doing a plain stockinette stitch socks which I things shows off the color change and will be very cozy for her feet. These socks are zipping along quite nicely and are serving to give me my "color fix."
Which brings us to RM's Cobblestone... I'm about 2 inches from the yoke section which means I'm close to embarking on a tour to Sleeve Island. I expect the sleeves to go quickly as it's pretty straightforward knitting. The goal is to finish this sweater for RM by the end of October so he can wear it this winter.
Speaking of the gray that I've been complaining about for the last week, I was also working on a gray spinning project. I just finished the 
plying this week and set the twist. This project started out as 8 ozs of Corriedale pencil roving from Crown Mountain Farms in the Silver Fox colorway. It really is a lovely gray mixed with a soft honey brown. It actually reminds me a lot of our kitten Ranger's color. I spun up three bobbins full of singles and then decided to try making a three ply yarn. It was a bit tricky at first figuring out how to control the tension and twist of the three ply, but I got the hang of it. I ended up with about 630 yards of a dk weight yarn that I think will look lovely as a shawl. I've got so much on my plate though that this skein is going to go in the basket with all the other handspun.
A couple of other quick notes before I sign off:
- If you are a member of Fiberflix either the blog or the Ravelry group, remember that October we are watching 28 days later and 28 weeks later! I'm looking forward to it.
- My etsy store sale ends Sunday night. If you have been eyeing some stitch marker jewelry, or any thing else from my shop, please stop on by. And thank you to all who have stopped by! I love sending my handiwork to loving, crafting homes.
I hope you all have a great weekend! I'm off to the TKGA fiberarts market in Oakland tomorrow. I don't need any more yarn, but I will probably come home with a pattern or two!
So glad you liked everything. Have a wonderful weekend!
Posted by: Kati | September 28, 2007 at 03:36 PM
What? The TKGA market? I am so there.
That sweater looks really nice but I bet it's a bit monotonous to knit. Hopefully the Raider socks will pool identically (mirrored), that would be fab!
Posted by: Carrie K | September 28, 2007 at 08:55 PM
What a great pal you had.
Amy
Posted by: Amy | September 29, 2007 at 05:23 AM
Pretty grey spinning - it has lots of subtlety to the color change :)
Posted by: rhelynn | September 29, 2007 at 07:08 AM
What fun goodies from Kati!
Love your Spiralling Socks - that's not a surprise, I suspect. ;)
Posted by: Chris | October 01, 2007 at 05:58 AM
Hey, great spinning job you did there!!
Posted by: KnitPastis | October 02, 2007 at 12:35 PM