I’ve turned the heel on my Mini Mochi sock.
Some observations:
The yarn is of consistent quality. So far I’ve come across no knots or slubs or anomalies.
The dye does come off on my hands a bit as I knit it, but washes off easily with soap and water.
There are no “ugly” colors in my colorway, unlike in Noro Kureyon, where you can be dreamily knitting along in a beautiful colorway and suddenly hit a patch of muddy grey.
I have to pay closer attention than usual while knitting because of the nature of the yarn. The single ply is loose and fuzzy, so I need to knit carefully not to split it. Even though it looks loose and unspun, it’s strong. I haven’t broken it tugging on it.
I think this yarn would be great for other small projects — a scarf or a hat.
Oh, and the pattern for this sock will be coming next week.
In the meantime, I could resist the siren song of my Wollmeise Lace in the Single Malt colorway no longer. That’s what was on my swift yesterday. I successfully wound the whole skein on my electric ballwinder with a minimum of intervention, so I think that’s a job well done.
Incidentally, Lucy ignores the swift and ballwinder most of the time. Because I have a standing swift, the action is not at her level. She can’t get too close to it, like she’d be able to if I were using a swift on a tabletop. Perhaps it looks like too much work for her to deal with.
And of course the news you’ve been waiting for — the winner of the Signe mitten kit. The Random Number Generator chose comment #325, which was left by ajdury. ajdury, you have been emailed!
As always, thanks to everyone who left a comment.
Speaking of comments, I keep forgetting to mention that the WordPress spam filter snags a fair number of non-spam comments, but I go in at least once a day, usually more often, to release them from the filter. And I always do this before a giveaway, so if you make a comment and it doesn’t show up immediately, don’t worry — I’ll make sure it gets out there!
Lucy sez:
Extreme close-up!
Oh, and one more thing: