weekend knitting

Ever since I made my Tea Leaves Cardi I've been wondering what to make with the left over yarn. There was just less than 100g left which wasn't enough for anything much, or so I thought...

The other day I was knitting up some blue and white striped socks (yes its almost summer here, moving on from the ridiculousness of when my motivation to knit socks seems to come every year:) and it occurred to me that if I added stripes my beloved madelentosh scraps could become some beautiful socks!

I used Silvers sock class , the Two Toe-Up Socks on One Circular Needle Tutorial.

The stripes made for a bit of an extra challenge but they are so worth it, I love them.

Because of the stripes I had 4 balls of wool going at once instead of 2 but i managed fine and they turned out perfect.

I would highly recommend this tutorial, I've also used the "one sock on four double pointed needles tutorial" and both were so incredibly helpful for a beginner like myself.

Once they were done I still had some wool left so I made a start on Christmas decorations.
The teddy was quite simple but a bit fiddly. At least I was forced to have another go at knitting i-cord for the arms and legs. In the past I attempted it once and it didn't work but this time I had no problem at all so I'm pleased to know I can stop avoiding projects with i-cords:)
The stocking is my first attempt at fairisle and it was a perfect little practice piece