[Knitting] Swag, and Project Updates!

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Recently, I Got Yarn. I also started a new sock, plus did some work on some older projects. Clearly, I am seeking distractions against the other sock I have to design this week....

It's a Knit Kit! Seriously, it's a Knit Kit. It's got Stuff.

Swag! From Get Knitted Dot Com. This is Noro Sock in a colourway that's different from what I'd usually choose, but I quite liked the photo. I'm experimenting with KnitPro (formerly KnitPicks) dpns. I'm still mostly happier magic looping with long circulars, but I liked the Square dpns so well I figured I might as well give some others a try. I experimented with the wooden ones, and, um. Well, they're pretty. I think they'll end up as a gift for somebody.

More Swag! This from Knit 'n Caboodle, two skeins of self-patterning wool from SchoppelWoole, the same company that produces the Zauberball, another of their lines in purple (this is what I'm making the Pomatomus out of), and some Opal monocolour in a nice blue that I'll use to design a lace sock for autumn.

Pomatomus Sock After the first pattern repeat. Yeah, I know; I need another project like I need a hole in the head, but I also needed something repetitive to take my mind off all the designing I *should* be concentrating on....

Progress on the Summer Sliding Socks This is old progress; I haven't been knitting these much, since I've been working on this designing project that I'm not posting pictures of publicly. I really love the way the Zauberball is colouring.

Progress on the Strangling Vines scarf This is going to have to have the *ahem* blocked out of it, but I do really like the pattern. It's completely mindless at this point, so I carry it in my purse and work on it at meetings and when I have to take the bus somewhere.