52 in 52 #2 wristwarmers

I wonder how many of us have those pesky unfinished projects. I wonder if I have 52? Anyways, while sitting watching my son play basketball on Monday, I finished my wristwarmers.

I am now in month 3 of the knitalong at Trekking Knit Along. I finished the February challenge of wristwarmers. I didn't use the specific yarn. I tried some of my handspun but it isn't consistent enough. Luckily I had 2 dear friends buy me yarn in the U.K. last summer. Of course, they both bought me the same yarn. I don't think they know how much yarn is in a sock yarn skein so I get to do lots :).

The pattern was fun & challenging. The one nice thing about this knitalong is I get to learn new techniques. I know it might be hard to see the twists going up the wrist but it was all done without a cable needle.

Now onto March's challenge. Another pair of socks with some new techniques. Who knew you could knit a garter stitch heel.

Store vs. Homemade

I love Costco. Living in a small town, Costco allows me to buy quality stuff. And of course, I always end up buying more than I need. But I digress. I bought wonderful merino/silk boot socks. 3 pairs for about $15. Why would I ever want to knit my own socks. So I decided to follow along the Skacel knit along. I am trying a new cable pattern. It means I am going to have to do gusset stitches. I have to measure hor far before the heel. All the reasons why I love Cat Bhordi. So I start a new challenge and listen to the wise cracks about how I can buy socks at a store.