So far, I'm really happy with my color palette. I guess I just have a well-curated stash of sock yarn! These are the yarns that I've used thus far:
- Green gradient: Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball in Summer Meadow
- Dark gray: Dream in Color Smooshy in Gray Tabby
- Light gray: Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Smokestack
- Black and white stripes: Crystal Palace Panda Silk in Granite Tones (a gift from Claire!)
- Navy: Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Ink
- Gray/lime/purple stripes: Studio Avenue Six Self-Striping in Purple/Gray/Green
- Teal: Shibui Sock in Peacock
- Burgundy sparkles: Dream in Color Starry in Gothic Rose
- Pink: Noro Kureyon Sock in 188
- Black/purple/teal: Alchemy Juniper in Underwater Moonlight
I made the chart for the key, but I found the fox and raven (as well as tons of other great charts) in this Ravelry thread. I'm going for a woodland/Alice in Wonderland/whimsical theme for my charted puffs, so we'll see how many different designs I can incorporate. I plan on doing a heart, bowtie, glasses, watch, hat, mice, rabbits...you get the idea.
While I'd love to just hexipuff (it's a verb, too!) forever, my Lanesplitter skirt is starring at me from the corner. All I need to do to finish it is whip up the waistband, a task that should be quickly completed. For some reason, I just can't bring myself to do it. I'll probably force myself to pick it up tomorrow and power through so that I can wear it to Rhinebeck as originally intended. Sometimes I like to press deadlines to increase my motivation, and that's exactly what I'm doing here.
Now, it's important for every knitter to have a plan for the next project. I like to have one large and one small project going at the same time. My next sweater will certainly be Levenwick by the brilliant Gundrun Johnston. I want to go with a soft tweed yarn, which I will purchase at Webs on the way to Rhinebeck. I rarely buy sweater quantities of yarn in person (shocking!), so I'm incredibly excited for this adventure. At Rhinebeck itself there will be ample opportunity to sit and knit, preferably with a portable project. I need to decide if I want to make my matching Snapdragon Flip Tops or if I want to begin the ever-popular Ishbel (in the Scarlet shade of Tosh Merino Light). The weather might dictate which yarn weight I go with, but I'd love to hear your opinions!
ETA: Immediately after publishing this post, I picked up my Lanesplitter. It only took two hours to finish! Expect a post on it in the near future.
