Nuclear Knits: Where knitting is the bomb!

This here is Icky Thump by Liberty's yarn. It is a merino super wash. It is double plyed and a bit over twisted (because I'm still trying to get the plying to work correctly). There are 300 yards of this sport weight yarn. I'm currently working on a fiber of the month from my fiber club and hoping to work out all the issues that plagued me on this and the previous roving!

Here is another Liberty yarn roving. I now have a small stash of roving that I'm working to spin through. Enjoying every minute of it! Sorry for the low quality of the photos. My camera isn't with me - and the cell phone sucks at taking photos. This is called Icky Thump. I'm really excited to see how it looks once it is plyed. I got 4oz and am doing 2 spools and plying them. I'm currently almost done with the first 2oz.

My new Kromski wheel showed up today. The actual drive band did not come with the wheel ... so I'll have to pick up something this weekend. But, I'm pretty excited to get to play with it! Liberty's was having a sale - I know I don't really need yarn ... but I couldn't resist!

Fall is here and I didn't have any new hats. I figured I should get my butt in gear and finish this one up. Project Details: Started October 13 - finished October 18 (easy as pie to knit up). The hardest part was figuring out the gauge. I started on size 8 needles - but the hat was just too big. I went to a 5 stitches for inch gauge on size 7 needles and prefer the fit. I also removed all of the extra knit rounds during the decrease so that the hat is less deep (or tall). I prefer shorter hats. The yarn was dreamy and the pattern was great to read. The pattern, from Impulse of Delight , gives both written instructions and a chart. The yarn is from Liberty's Yarn and is very very soft. As you can see the decreases and knit stitches make a nice shape to the top of the hat. I'm sure this will be a regular in my wardrobe.

Well sock one is done. I still need to figure out the best way to have the tops of socks be stretchy enough (when doing toe up) - so that they aren't tight. This sock I cast off with size 3 needles and it is still a bit on the tight side. The pattern is from Socks From The Toe Up - and the yarn is Lily from Liberty's Yarn.