A Year of Projects Update - week 8

We have had another entertaining week this week, we went to a zoo and to a 'safari' park.  Both were great but I think the highlight was getting this close to a giraffe!!  Port Lympne is a fantastic park in Kent that is set in loads of countryside, so although the animals are housed to look after them, they have access to miles of outside space.

In knitting I have made progress and have an FO!
FO's

I finished my blueberry waffle socks.  I love this pattern - I used 64 stitches with a 2.5 mm needle, a fish lips kiss heel and a rounded toe.  The yarn is by The Knitting Goddess.
WIP's

As a result of finishing those and Daniel's the week before, I needed to cast on more!  I cast on Susan B Anderson's smooth operator socks with a West Yorkshire spinners yarn in the cocktails colourway - Tequila Sunrise.

I also cast on my sock blank.  These I will have to knit one at a time, I am using the blueberry waffle pattern again and fish lips kiss heel, but this time I am knitting them toe up so that I can use all of the yarn.
Both of these projects are making me so happy - the colours just make me smile!
I have deliberately not cast on a sweater (another project I like to always have on my needles) so that I can try to finish my Christmas jumper.

I have, however, wound the yarn so that I can start our winter hats - this is a Malabrigo worsted and I will be doing a plain ribbed hat by Purl Soho.
Acquisitions
Several people asked last week about the bogway spinner that I have recently purchased.  There are a couple of videos on You tube, but I have ordered some more fibre, so when I get back from holiday I will see if I can get a short video of the spinner in action.
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