She Was Twisted

I did a mini update last night at the store. 4 new handspuns and a butt load of Monster Crochet Hooks. One of these days I’ll be able to update with many, many new handspun yarns. I’ll get there!

But here is the teaser:

Adding these big, fat blobs of wool are my favorite right now. They look and feel so cool. I’m going to have to make some more yarns this way. This yarn also have little bits of ribbon spun in.

More big, slubby blobs.

And my other favorite addition at the moment, silk flowers. They are so fun to add.

Now to some Monsters! First up, some knitting needles.

Next up, a few hooks.

O.K. O.K, that is enough. Click on any of the photos to take you over to my shop. These guys would love to go home with you!

I turned the heel of the purple cable sock the other day and now I’m busy knitting up the leg. It fits perfectly! Yay. Adding that extra cable really made a difference.

Here it is flat:

And a foot shot:

And another:

The gusset heel seemed to work,  however I’m not sure if it fits where it should. Is the curve part supposed to fall just after the curve of your heel?  Or is it supposed to fall right at the center of your heel?

It feels great, and seems to work just like it should. But I was just curious if I should have started the heel a little bit sooner than I did.

Here are the pics:

See, just after my heel. I also think I did something weird  on one side. It formed tiny little ridges where I decreased back down. (Or maybe it was where I made my M1) I will have to go back and look closer.

Regardless, I still love it. Much better than the short-row heel, in my opinion, which I don’t like at all for some reason. The gusset heel is tighter and doesn’t leave those horrible tiny holes where you wrapped the stitches.

So knitting up the leg I go!