Russet Lodge Custom Knits

 I've been absent for a while now.  I haven't felt like saying much of anything. I've had a lot of personal challenges, but I'm trying very hard to come out the other side of them, so it's time for an update.  Here's what's in the works. Vacillate shawl is done! It needs to be blocked and photographed, but I used nearly every scrap of that yarn and the product is lovely and soft. I decided to frog the Someday Baby Blanket.  I'm just not in love with it any more.  I may even get rid of the yarn.  I feel the need for a purge. Lizard ridge socks are done and were well-received.  See? The Scrappy Stripes socks are done too.  I enjoyed this pattern a lot and foresee myself knitting it again. Best yet, the Argyle kilt hose are also done.  I was reminded of how much of a pain argyle is.  I'll get a decent finished pic before I send them to the recipient, but here's a progress shot from when I was getting close. The Scatterby socks are also frog...

 Hi friends. Life has been really tough for the last few months.  The late winter/early spring slog is tough for a lot of us, and mine has come with illness, family drama, relationship ups and downs, mental health stuff, work stuff, travel, etc.  Life just keeps happening.  I have finished some projects and I have some more in progress, but I do want to refocus myself on finishing (or frogging) UFOs, organizing my stash (there's always more yarn to log and organize and catalog), and continuing to finish projects.  I also took on some commissions during the holidays and got a reminder that they're not my favorites, but I do have one more to finish before I'll be free of them. Here are the finished cabled aran kilt hose for a bagpiper who found my Etsy: Here's my current UFO list, those in bold are new since my last entry: Outlander MKAL shawl: will probably frog it but would like to knit eventually Kelley's Ski Sweater: will frog, no longer the right size Woolly ...

Hi!  I hope y'all survived the holidays like I did.  I've been crafting up a storm, so I have lots to share.   1. I made a pint-sized Kaanteinen for my nephew out of some knit picks merino from my stash, along with a coordinating pair of mittens, improvised from the Margot Mittens pattern I've used before. 2. My daughter got a Dean Street Hat and matching mittens using the No Swatch No Gauge mittens pattern.  The yarn is some variety of mystery wool that was given to me by a friend. 3. My mom got the Swirl Socks I'd been working on, she's definitely sock-worthy. 4. I gifted my daughter's dad some sock yarn for a pair of socks that are in progress, so that's a new WIP that I need to get set up in Ravelry. 5. I finished the green spindle spun yarn which was a gift for my friend M.  The color is so hard to capture. 6. I started a new spindle spun project which also needs to go in Ravelry, it's some Paradise Fibers merino in the colorway Granada.  It's g...