Spin A Yarn for Ewe

I keep saying I am going to post an update and then I get sucked into Ravelry and I forget. I am updated there on the projects but thought I would post them here too.

First off I finally spent some of my Christmas gift certificate to Spritely Goods. I got 2 of Stephanie's new yarn base Naiad.




and I also got some Shibui Sock.


I have not knit yet with the Shibui but let me tell you the Naiad is really nice. I mean REALLY nice stuff.

I have also knit a few pairs of socks. One was a mystery pair though the Sock Knitter Anonymous on Ravelry. They were for the January Sockdown and I liked how they turned out.


The beads make a regular pair of black socks look so much better.

I also knit a pair of plain old ribbed socks made much more fun by the yarn, Syncopation.


The latest pair to be finished is with the wonderful Naiad in Grape Jelly.


The pattern is Crystals,'Combs and Cables and is a free one. It looks great in this yarn with just the subtle color changes and the pattern is fun and easy to work. It also got me to do my first short row heel which came out well I think.

I also finally used my wheel the other day and finished a long, really long waiting skein. The singles have been done for months so I plied and then I sent it off as a surprise gift and never took a picture. Oh well, guess this means I just need to get back to spinning so I remember to take photos of finished yarn.

So that's it. Nothing really exciting except I did manage to score the holy grail of yarn.