catsdoingcatstuff

I didn't learn about this until today.

I made a neat shape yesterday called a humybug. I'd never done one before. Followed the tutorial here: https://plushcat.blogspot.com/p/humbug-tutorial.html. You start with a rectangle and sew it into a little tetra shape. It's cute. I think it would make a good cat toy. :)

It's summer in the southern hemisphere. Perfect time to knit a pair of wool socks!! This is a toe up, 3x1 rib sock with fish lips short row heel. Probably too bulky to go in shoes, but I can wear them around the house when it's cooler out.

Yarn is Naturally Gallipoli from the craft store. It feels a lot nicer than I expected.

I made the criss cross top pattern a few years ago on my lk-150 knitting machine. I converted it to knit flat and match my gauge using knit picks cotlin.

The ribbing and cable are hand manipulated, which involves changing the orientation of stitches (purls to knits) and moving the individual stitches to different needles on the needle bed. It was pretty tricky to do the big 9x9 cable cross on the machine because it couldn't stretch the yarn across the needle distance. I ended up hand sewing shut the large holes on either side when I did the finishing.

I think it came out nice, but I don't really wear sleeveless tops. It just hangs out in my closet collecting dust. :)

All my stitchy stuff is either in a storage unit or in transit as part of a big move, so I've been stuck with one Santa kit, the extra aida from the kit, and random thread leftovers in a ziplock baggie. I could buy supplies, but I'm way too cheap to buy things I already own.

I used the scraps to make some goofy decorations for my home office. Just winged the patterns, no finishing, stuck to the wall with t-pins for now.