This past Saturday I found a new LYS is Tavares, FL - Crochet Aweigh. The owner, Emily, was a delight! For a small and new shop, she has so many beautiful yarns! I purchased just a few items. 🤭 I see socks and a cowl, but I’m not sure what to do with the Seaspun yet. Yarn details in alt text.

Traveling with a knitter we found this quaint shop in Tavares Florida. And yes my knitter walked out with a bag full of yarn.

For #showmeyourknits #socktober, I’ve got on my needles a pair of scrappy, shorty socks and Summer Lee’s Murmuration Socks using the hand-dyed yarn I bought last April from The Local Craftery in the color Sagey.

It’s about joy this week for #showmeyourknits. I get great joy from knitting and more joy when I can knit gifts for others.

I deliberately waited longer to post for this week’s #showmeyourknits WIP because I wanted to see how far I could get on my Flax sweater. I’m making progress.

Since #showmeyourknits wants to see sweaters, I thought I’d show the progress I’ve made on my Flax sweater. I’ve just barely started the left sleeve because I couldn’t wait until the body was completely finished. 😂

#showmeyourknits is baby items. I haven’t made any new baby things recently, but here is a variety pack, many of which I’ve posted before.

After watching @gretaknits.bsky.social knit her Astro Pop sweater (in that really lovely green yarn 😍) during the Tour de France men’s and women’s, I decided I wanted to try a top-down sweater.

It’s stripes for #showmeyourknits! I like my stripes on my socks and fingerless mitts. Pup likes the socks better! 🐶

Happy Birthday #showmeyourknits! For my knitter’s choice, I’m showing my current project - the cowl I’m making for my mom’s birthday in a raspberry merino fingering yarn. 🧶

It’s finally finished!! My Plummet top is ready for blocking then wearing! It fits wonderfully! I am thrilled! And it’s just in time for this week’s #showmeyourknits 🧶

Here are the his and her Frankensocks I began at the airport when we left for our trip last month. Vanilla short socks made with the leftovers of several self-striping yarns. 🧶 #sockknitting

I have some blue for #showmeyourknits but you’ve seen them before. 🧶

My main #WIP for #showmeyourknits this week is my Plummet top. It’s time for finishing-seaming, neckband, and armbands. I hope to be wearing it soon.

I finished my Long Beach cowl (modified Sockhead cowl) night before last on the plane on the tarmac waiting to take off. Yay! No knitting after that - too tired even for mindless sock knitting. 😂 🧶

Knitting on the Pacific shore! 🥰 🧶

Most of my yellow is for babies, but I do have some yellow in my recently finished socks that use the Cascade Heritage self patterning yarn. 🧶 #showmeyourknits #sockknitting

Today I went to Purly Shell Fiber Arts - the LYS in the Port of Ilwaco, WA. It was a great shop with a super staff! I was thrilled to find 16” circulars in sizes 0-2.5 as well as some beautiful Australian yarns, which I haven’t seen in my East Coast travels, so I’m excited to work with them.

I’ve finally gotten out to knit in public - airport knitting. With the delays so far and having to be rebooked on a connecting flight tomorrow, the beginning of these shortie socks may become an entire pair before we get to our final destination! 🤣 #showmeyourknits #sockknitting

Yep! Some FOs drying in the sunshine.

Blankets for #showmeyourknits were made for my granddaughters, usually as part of layette sets. 🧶

Here are my top 2 WIPs: 1) always a sock and 2) my Plummet top - I’m ready to shape the shoulders of the front. Once the front is complete, I only have to seam it and do the neck and arm bands. I just might have it finished for our June trip! 🧶 #showmeyourknits #sockknitting

Like many others, I love purple, but unlike others, I don’t have much of it to show. I found my socks(!) and also my November mitts (both I’ve posted before). I’ll have more purple in my socks in the future. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

My cardigans so far have been for my granddaughters. I hope to make one for myself this year. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

My recent travels took me through Winder, GA where I discovered The Yarn Winder, the town’s LYS and a wonderful place to immerse yourself in yarn or sit a while and knit or crochet. While there, I purchased a gorgeous skein of fingering yarn hand dyed by the owner herself. 🧶

Sadly, I don’t have a LYS, but I LOVE looking for them when I travel. The most recent one was Sheep Thrills in Lauderhill, FL. I may have gone a bit overboard in my purchases. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

Much of my knitting has been gifted. Here are a couple I haven’t posted before. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

I picked up a unique ball of yarn today just to see how it might work up, and my niece thought it would make a cool scrunchie. And she was right! 😊 🧶

Here’s my real WIP-Plummet by Martin Storey for Rowan. I’ve finished the back and am now working on the front. Almost have the front colorwork done. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

Here’s my traveling WIP while at the airport. I figured I would show this now as it will likely be finished by the time I get home. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

Some of the baby knits I’ve done over the past several years for my granddaughters. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

I also have a pair of wooden hangers, gifts for my mom and sister. Thanks again to @misheleneous.bsky.social who provided the original pattern that I then adapted to fit the larger size hanger and make it without the extra padding. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

I love color work! I tried to find some pieces I hadn’t previously shared. Here is my Roadside Beanie and November Mitts. Details in the alt text. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

With green being my favorite color, you would think I would have lots of green, but I don’t have any! I did make this layette set for my first grandchild. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

I’ve also started “Plummet” by Martin Storey for Rowan. This is the back. I’m using Rowan’s Summerlite 4ply and I’m ready to start armhole shaping. It should be a nice top for the summer! 🧶

For chunky knits this week, I have a cowl that I adapted from a scarf pattern. #showmeyourknits 🧶

I LOVE socks - knitting and wearing them! Here are some I haven’t posted before. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

I have always wanted to knit a lacy shawl. For this week’s #showmeyourknits I decided to test the waters. 🧶

I have finished the Sissal hat. It’s a beautiful pattern, but the directions as they are printed are challenging. If I knit this again, I will have to make some significant changes. Though the hat doesn’t fit me, it will make a nice hat for a child.

My current WIP is the crown of my Sissal hat. 🧶 #showmeyourknits

Three vintage potholders completed. Time to return to the Sissal hat. 😁 🧶

Taking a break from the Sissal hat because the crown chart and decrease directions aren’t quite in sync. So I’m making some vintage potholders and honoring my mother-in-law, who made thousands of these in her lifetime. 😊❤️ 🧶

I’ve put in a dental floss lifeline before starting the crown because I invariably drop a stitch with all those decreases. 😂 🧶

Almost ready to start the crown of my Sissal Hat by Sandra Manson.

I don’t knit much in stripes — except socks! 🧶 #showmeyourknits #sockknitting

The Skerries Socks are finished (except for blocking)! They fit perfectly and feel so cozy. 🧶 #sockknitting

Some of my cable adventures-one of the first pair of socks I designed for myself, a well-used travel pillow, and antler toque hats by Tin Can Knits. 🧶 #ShowMeYourKnitting #sockknitting #knitting

Not only did I finish the heel, I finished the first sock! The author kindly mentioned two very helpful videos by Roxanne Richardson for help with the heel and grafting. The second sock should be no problem! 🧶 #knitting #sockknittng

Here’s the first sock so far of Lesley Smith’s Skerries Socks. It has a knit-as-you-go peasant heel, which I’ve never done, so the adventure begins! 😁 🧶

I’m putting a pause on the Hazel Tidall Tak Six Kloos Mitts because the two kits from Shetland my mom bought me for Christmas have arrived. I’m starting with the socks!😊 🧶