Finished the jaywalker sock

Pattern: Jaywalker by Grumperina (Formerly on Magknits. Ravelry link)
Yarn: Järbo 2-ply hand dyed by me with food colouring.
Needles: 2.5 mm double pointed metal needles.

Notes: The sock fits perfectly. I think i like toe up socks better, not that I have much experience with either. Maybe I’ll make the second sock someday.

I’ve been home from work [...]

Works in progress

I’ve only got one set of small double pointed needles, and since I will need it for the Fiddlehead mittens, I thought I’d finish the Jaywalker sock started awhile back. I wanted to try out the self-striping bonbon yarn I dyed with food colour. The colours are quite hideous, but I get to try both [...]

Self-striping bonbon yarn

The yarn had already dried. I wound it up into a smaller skein and it looks quite nice. Perhaps not the best colour combo but the colours are solid not at all variegated.

Of course I want to see how it look so I’ve started knitting some Jaywalkers by Grumperina. This is what I’ve got [...]

I went for a walk in my living room

Only 600 meters or so but still a walk. Back and forth, back and forth. Between two chairs set up in opposite ends of the room. I needed a skein of about 9 meters in circumference to make self striping yarn out of the yarn I bought yesterday afternoon. The yarn was bought purely for [...]