Socks & Stash Accumulation

I have been busy knitting on my Lincoln wool handspun socks (that's a mouthful).  I am pretty happy with the results.  This is my first experience with spinning and with knitting Lincoln.  Nice stuff.  The yarn has a halo to it that surprised me.  Between the halo and the texture of the yarn (got a little thick and thin due to drag caused by all the lanolin in the roving -- well, that's my story anyway), I decided to keep it simple.  It is basic 4 stitch cables, moss stitch, and stockinette stitch on the sole.  So far, so good.

I have fallen victim to the destashing attempts (successful apparently) of others.  Darn that Knitter's Review Forum (not really, I love that place) for having a destashing forum.  Okay, I know it is my responsibility to resist, but that is beside the point. 

I got the fabulous   Art Yarns Ultramerino4  from Rani and I have a bunch of mohair coming from Elspeth.  Both have more to destash.  The  Ultramerino4 is the next pair of socks in the queue.  I haven't decided on the pattern yet.  Any suggestions?  I have no clue what I am going to do with the mohair.  Why did I get it (you may be asking this -- I know I am)?  The answer is simple: it is in mustardyish yellow, a color that makes me weak in the knees.  I am looking for ideas for that too.  I can't recall the yardage, will get back to you on that.

I just discovered the Red Scarf Project.  The idea is to knit unigender (I don't know if that is a real word, but I grow tired of the confusion between sex and gender; consider this an abbreviated rant) red scarves for college students who have aged out of the foster care system.  College is hard enough, to not have a support system, well, I can't imagine how tough that would be.  The scarves are given out at Valentine's Day as an encouragement.  I love this idea so much.  I am brewing ideas for the scarves I'll make.  Please join me.

And so ends my post of copious parenthetical asides.  I am hoping for more focus as the day progresses.

Comments

[Jacquie]

Thanks for writing about the red scarf project. I can't begin to imagine what it must be like to age out of the foster care system and as you say be totally on your own at such a vulnerable time.

I will certainly do my bit for them!

[Kerry]

OMG!!! The socks are absolutely amazing! I'm just speechless. Did you make up this pattern specifically for the yarn? I just love the way it's working up. They look so soft. Yum!!!

I love the ArtYarns. They have such gorgeous colorways. How about a pair of Pomatomus? I've been trying to talk everyone I know into doing them. I think I'm trying to live vicariously through everyone else. LOL

I think you might have twisted my arm on the Red Scarf project too. I've also decided to take part in the Caps to the Capital program as well. I really love the idea of the Red Scarf project though since it's helping people right here in our own country. I think that's incredibly important and it's nice to see groups focus on our own.