12 month sock club

Explosion

As I have added a post with Jeni's self striping yarn, Echo, I though I'd show you how it looks knitted up.

I am hoping to get permission from some of the other people, who have knitted it up already, to post their photos here later.

In June Jeni asked for volunteers to quickly knit up some of her new yarn to prove whether the striping would work. I chose a colour-way called Explosion.

It was lovely yarn to knit with. As with all good self striping yarns, the colour changes keep your interest. One thing I found most intriguing, was the fact that on the second sock, the colours were repeating in reverse.

July, Self Striping

Jeni has been busy working on a line of self striping yarns called 'Echo'. Some have colour bands that repeat and some will be different throughout the skein.

It has proved to be so popular that Jeni has started a sock club specifically for Echo. The club lasts for three months and the first installment was July.

The colour-way for July is called Flower Garden. I shall be taking this on holiday with me, so I should have some photos of a finished pair of socks by the end of September.

Peacock

I love peacock feathers, their incredible shapes and vibrant colours. So, when July's yarn arrived I was thrilled. Not only were the colours divine, but Jeni had treated us to a Tencel/Merino blend with a lovely sheen.

I got a little carried away photographing it for my Ravelry stash and here.

June

June's sock club yarn is here, ready before Jeni sets off to Woolfest.

It's inspired by the flowers in her garden and is called Honeysuckle.

It's lovely.

MAY

Today the postman arrived with several parcels. One little grey one contained this month's sock yarn from Jeni. Full of the promise of summer, the bright and breezy colours are lovely.

We had pondered what colours we would get on our Ravelry forum. None of us was right. Jeni surprised us with her inspiration, summer picnic wares from DIY stores!

It is bright and fresh, blues and greens. Fantastic.

Apple Blossom

April's yarn is inspired by the apple blossom in Jeni's garden.

I fancied doing something a little different with this yarn, so no socks here. I am crocheting a shawl. It's from an old pattern booklet that I was given by a friend. It cost a grand total of 60p when it was new.

The colours are coming together well and I think it looks very spring like and pretty. One of the advantages of crochet is the speed at which it grows. This is only a couple of hours work.

Daffodils

March's skeins are winging their way to all the Club members.

I got mine this morning. It's bright and bonny and very soft.

Roll on March

They're done! I actually finished these over the weekend. I had lots of knitting time while sitting in the car as a passenger.

I've very pleased with them and so is M. There is more than enough left for a second pair in the future.

I wonder what colours March will bring?

One down!

One sock done and the other almost finished!

February sock wool

This is wonderful and I had to take a picture of it in true Valentine mode.

I'm going to make Emilee's Heart Lace Socks from this wool.

http://emileeknits.wordpress.com/about-2/heart-lace-socks/