Project Monogamy

In case you haven't noticed, I have turned into a monogamous knitter over here. One little project at a time and stick with it until it is done. This does seem to be having a rather pleasant side effect though. I am finishing my projects quicker than I had been.

Yarn: KnitPicks Stroll Handpainted in Juice Box

As an example, my Wishing for Spring Felici socks about four months while the Juice Box Travel socks took me about two months. Granted, I did start a shawl in between the two sock projects that I haven't finished yet, but it is still a rather drastic amount of time to have cut down on.

Luckily, these were travel socks so there isn't a standard pattern that I had to follow for them. It is just a plain vanilla sock with a one inch cuff. They are really comfy and-while not as soft as my Felici socks-feel like they will be very durable.

Somehow, the yarn cooperated quite nicely and didn't do any strange pooling on the socks as I had hoped for. True, there is a little pooling on the cuffs and on the narrowing of the gusset, but other than that the colors settled down into little stripes that mimicked the skein rather nicely. At first that annoyed me to bits, but it does make for a good looking pair of socks.

Now it is time to finish the wedding shawl that I've been making for my friend. Hopefully, I'll be able to get it finished and get the pattern put up within the next month since I've been making good time on my projects.