Yes, I realize we’re halfway through May, but it’s a good thing I do what I want!

March

I finally finished my Frog & Toad (presents for a friend’s little one!) and am just so enamored with how they turned out. I had to slow this one down a lot because it turns out knitting DK weight yarn on sock needles is super hard on the wrists! But maybe someday I’ll make a pair for myself. I think my favorite part of this combo is Frog’s sweater, and I will probably (definitely) make more.

I started playing with different colors in my spinning — I bought a few different colors of Malabrigo Nube on sale, and had fun thinking about what to do with them. I ended up doing four combinations, two each with matching bases, and maybe someday I’ll take a picture of all four, but here’s the first two, which I call “pink ‘n’ purple” (left) and “Razzleberry Pie” (right).

I knit a Sizzle Pop with two skeins of me-dyed indigo yarn, something that’s been in my queue for a while. This pattern was super easy to follow and was almost memorizable once I got into the swing of it. I’m already planning one or two more in different color combinations!

I cross-stitched this Spring Bird from Junebug and Darlin, and I can’t wait for the others to complete my set.

I also started my long-awaited project using the Avatar mini-skeins from Valkyrie Fibers, using a Mongolian yarn as the contrast, and settled on the Painting Honeycombs shawl. Not only does the color contrast, but the texture does too, and this is definitely one of my favorite makes in a while — I’m very happy with the combination of everything.

April

I knit up the most recent Beatrix Box from Little Skein in the Big Wool, the Agaric Shawl by knitboop. This was a totally addicting knit for me and I love love the color combination I picked. It hasn’t been blocked yet because, well, life happens, but I’ll get it done eventually.

I tried my hand at one million French knots in this stitch up of Junebug and Darlin’s Amethyst Floral kit (will I ever cross stitch something that Zoe didn’t design? Maybe, but not anytime soon). Very enjoyable, excellent colors, and now I just have to find a place in my shrinking wall space to hang it.

This one also isn’t going to have many pictures, but I knit a Plover cardigan by Jacqueline Cieslak using (what else?!) more yarn from Little Skein — this time, her Sugar Maple colorway from last year’s Rhinebeck. Folks, it is perfect and I should definitely block it soon, but it’s also not going to be super useful until fall, so I suppose I have some time.