A customer asked me a question about Mirabelle's construction. To make sure I gave her the right answer, I decided to tat it as I hadn't made one for a long time. I don't think I'd ever made it with two colours before. I just picked up two shuttles that happened to have those colours left over on them and tatted away.
I'm afraid that's the only bit of tatting I have to show for this blogpost. I've not made much more progress on the green doily yet. But that's because I'm still enjoying knitting socks!
I made this two-tone pair with the left-over green wool from the pair I made for my friend's birthday. When I ran out of green, I just carried on with other left-over sock wool I had.
This is "Herringbone Lace Socks" by Leslie Verts again but I changed the open lace work panel for a small cable instead. I also knitted these from the toe-up instead of from cuff down as per the pattern. I wanted to try a picot cast-off. I did try it but did not like it! So instead, I used a crochet to cast-off. And I found that works very well. Looks really pretty, is very stretchy, and is easy to do. Winner.
I then decided I really need to make a pair for my sister next. Her favourite colour is mustard yellow. This pattern is by Wendy Johnson from her book "Socks from the Toe Up".
I really like the lace work on these. Really pretty. And I've fallen in love with a new sock wool I tried: Heritage Cascade Yarns Sock Yarn (because it was the only sock wool I could find that came in mustard yellow!). It is so soft and lovely to work with. I'm going to have to try it in another colour next. It comes in a 100g skein which I rolled into two balls so I could knit both socks at once (definitely my favourite way).
On another note, I'm debating whether to move my shop from Etsy. I would be sad to leave and I'm not sure yet where I'd be going but I'm not happy with the changes they are implementing. It feels like a big upheaval to move and I still don't know what to do. I'm looking into alternatives/solutions but need to make a decision pretty soon. I'll keep you updated of changes. Thank you so much to all of you who have supported me there over the last seven years.
Best wishes,
Frivole