personal stash sock club | Knitting from Outer Space

Got February’s plain socks done by the end of the month, no problem. Haven’t been able to take any photos of them because the grey, rainy days have been making my apartment too dark to get good shots.

I did get a couple of shawls that I finished awhile ago finally blocked and looking good.

Moon Shadows

Ashton Shawl

Meanwhile, I’m not sure what to do about this month’s socks. It’s a pattern and yarn that I cast on about a year and a half ago. It’s toe-up and I stopped just before where I believed I needed to start the gusset (I’m not as schooled in toe-up socks as I am top-down). One of the issues is that the yarn I’m using is knitting up at 9 stitches and 14 rows per inch while the pattern is written at 8 stitches and 10 rows per inch. So, I had originally cast on enough stitches to make the sock fit rather than what the pattern called for and now that I’m beginning to do the increases I have a feeling the difference in gauge is going to be a headache.

I’m seriously considering ripping the sock out and starting over. If I do that I need to decide if I just want to use the same stitch pattern but knit it top-down (it’ll look different from the pattern as it’s a slipped stitch pattern and the stitches will be pointing in the opposite direction), or I could just pick a new pattern. Right now I’m leaning towards just doing it top-down because I do like the stitch pattern.

Personal Stash Sock Club

~~January: Finish Thujas~~
~~February: Plain socks in Yarn Pirate Superwash BFL, Calamity~~
March: Finish Scylla socks in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls Yarn Club Ep. 4 – Sock, Baroque’n Hooker
April: Absinthe socks in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls Yarn Club Ep. 3 – SOCK,
Hoar Crux
May: Cersei socks in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls’ Yarn Club Ep. 6 – Fingering, Wineaux
June: Primavera socks in Trekking XXL, 168
July: Ziggy socks in Noro Silk Garden Sock, S87
August: Finish Broken Chair socks in Blue Ridge Yarns Footprints, Wild Cherry
September: Transitions socks in Blackberry Ridge Silk Blend Sport Weight, Campfires
October: Socks for the husband in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls Yarn Club Ep. 4 – Sock, Hoar’s Yer Buddy
November: Monkey socks in Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Mediumweight, Pink Granite
December: Plain socks in Fleece Artist Blue Face Leicester Socks, Marine

I got the socks for the husband done and blocked, and he likes them. They are a variation of the Thuja socks from knitty.com. I knit them out of Rabbitworks Fibre Studio Toe Jam (70% Merino 30% Silk) in The Gathering Storm colorway. I originally started these back in August and they were my commute knitting, but I found myself not really wanting to knit on BART, so they languished. Then, the socks I knit the husband last January developed a giant hole in the ball of one of the feet seemingly out of nowhere (Was a little sad about that because it was an 8-ply sock yarn that was supposed to be rather sturdy). Thus, the first month of my personal stash yarn club is complete.

Last week I sat down and plotted what I wanted to knit, sock-wise, for the rest of the year. I’ve mixed some WIP socks into it so that I can get them off the needles, but it’s mostly all unballed yarn I’ve been wanting to knit with. February’s personal stash yarn club sock is just a plain knit sock out of Yarn Pirate Superwash BFL in the Calamity colorway. I’m already passed the heel on the first sock and it’s not technically February yet. I figure if I get these done quickly, I’ll pick up a larger project that’s been on hold and try to get some work done on it.

Selected Personal Stash Yarn Club Projects
I wanted to try to get some of the socks that have been hanging out on needles for a long time done so I can wear them. I also wanted to get some of the sock yarn that has been in my stash for quite awhile knit up.

January: Finish Thujas
February: Plain socks in Yarn Pirate Superwash BFL, Calamity
March: Finish Scylla socks in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls Yarn Club Ep. 4 – Sock, Baroque’n Hooker
April: Absinthe socks in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls Yarn Club Ep. 3 – SOCK,
Hoar Crux
May: Cersei socks in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls’ Yarn Club Ep. 6 – Fingering, Wineaux
June: Primavera socks in Trekking XXL, 168
July: Ziggy socks in Noro Silk Garden Sock, S87
August: Finish Broken Chair socks in Blue Ridge Yarns Footprints, Wild Cherry
September: Transitions socks in Blackberry Ridge Silk Blend Sport Weight, Campfires
October: Socks for the husband in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls Yarn Club Ep. 4 – Sock, Hoar’s Yer Buddy
November: Monkey socks in Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Mediumweight, Pink Granite
December: Plain socks in Fleece Artist Blue Face Leicester Socks, Marine

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