Fiber Arts Friday...8/27/10

Hello peeps!  Thanks so much for your nice comments on my last post.  While I am not freaking out about having surgery, I am a bit concerned about being off some of my meds for a week prior...not gonna be fun, no sir-ree!  And Caryn, great idea on sticking the needle in the bandage, LOL.  The lovely batt is Suri Alpaca from Andrea's Wonder Why Alpaca Farm.  Here's a linky to her Etsy shop where you could purchase some for your very own.  It's so-so soft.

Welcome to another edition of Fiber Arts Friday here and elsewhere.  I've been feverishly working on a sock and a shawl, and reading a pretty good book.  I'm making a bit of progress on all but not getting them done as fast as I'd like to.  I'm thinking I only have a few weeks til I'm out of commission for - I don't know how long...eh, I have a stack of books to read and a tv so I think I'll be ok.  It'll be a good opportunity to catch up on my dusting, LOL

So, the shawl is coming along nicely, it's wide enough now that it takes a considerable amount of time to knit a row.

This sock I started just a few days ago, I love the yarn and can't wait to see what the finished sock will look like.  I'm knitting a plain sock although I started it with a picot top, which I love.

The sock yarn is Austermann Step, nice yarn with Aloe, soft to the touch and makes a very nice sock.  I have a pair of turquoise/tan/white striped socks of this same brand of yarn.  And have I mentioned that I love the Knit Picks nickel double points?  Well, I do, a lot!  For some reason using the dpn's doesn't make my hands as sore as the 2 circs method did.  Could be why all the serious sock knitters I've met use dpn's huh?

Do any of you have any favorite podcasts, any subject but especially crafty/fibery ones?  I figured out how to download podcasts and put them on my mp3 player.  Now I can pretend I'm hanging out with my fibery peeps while I'm crunching numbers at work.  Helps the day go faster and amazingly improves my concentration.  Wish I'd figured it out a long time ago...

Here's my next project...

Singer 66, decal set is known as "Red Eye"...she's treadle powered...a good thing when the electric bill was almost $200 again this month...I'll be glad when it cools off for Fall.

Have a great week!