Well I have a week of school left. Not even that actually, one full day and three half days. How crazy is that? It seems like I just started and now it's the end of May. Should I be ashamed to say that I spent a good portion of my last period today looking up the patterns below?
It being the end of May, I wanted to talk about this month's socks, which have been oh so much fun to work on this month. So much that they are influencing the entire topic of this post and possibly a summer project for me.
For May I decided to make a pair of "Spring Cleaning" socks, utilizing small bits of sock yarn from previous socks and shawls. I'm using the Vanilla Latte Pattern to add a small amount of interest and it's been so much fun reaching in my bag and randomly picking a color.
Sadly, I have barely scratched the surface on my sock scrap collection, if you want to even call them scraps. Look below and see for yourself. Practically every color I have has slightly under half a skein left. I must have small feet, because I usually make pretty tall cuffs. How is this possible? Will this yarn EVER disappear?
While the scrap socks have been fun playing with complete randomness, as I look at this photo I am noticing a lot of colors that are very similar. So much in fact that I could very easily make something that transitions between them all. And as such, the pattern hunting has begun for a summer project using scraps!
Photo (c) Jenn Wolfe Kaiser
My first choice is, oddly enough, a crochet pattern. I don't know, but lately I've been on a crochet kick. And what better way to use my scraps and feed my kick (is that a thing) then the Spill Shawl by Jenn Wolfe Kaiser. It's meant for gradiated yarns, but I could pull off the transitions pretty easily.
The Bad Oyster Shawl has been on my mind again also - I made three of them already a while back - and it would be so fun to use random stripes and create a fringe, right?
Photo (c) Outland (on Ravlery)
\Dreambird is on my mind also, as I have a good amount of black sock yarn I could use and do each wing with a different sock yarn. Again, how fun would that be?!
Photo (c) Mysistersknitter
And then there's always the influence of the knitting community that pulls me in too. For example, the Patchwork Blanket by my blogging friend Andi has me drooling every time she shares photos. Who wouldn't want one of these? But I have a feeling that if I started one it would NEVER get finished!
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What do you think? I am very heavily leaning towards the Spill Shawl right now, because I really want to test my crochet skills. Plus I like the shape a lot.
My next post will be on the first official day of summer vacation. Crazy right?
~Lisa
So exciting that your vacations are coming! I would go with the patch blanket, I am also in love with Andi's progress and it'd be such a wonderful interior textile piece to have, though I agree that it'd take forever :)
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