Purple Works in Progress

Apparently, the yarn shopping gods have decided that purple is my new favorite color.

When I was on vacation at Silver Bay, I started knitting a wild pair of Jaywalker socks (Rav) with Heart&Sole in Spring Stripe by Red Heart. I've just passed the gusset on my second sock, so these little babies are well on their way to being done.



Purple has also popped up in another one of my WIPs.

For the first time ever, my Stitch n' Bitch group is doing a knit-a-long. We are all making the Pseudo Shibori Scarf (Rav) from Boutique Knits by Laura Irwin.

I needed to pick out some new yarn for this project, so I visited my trusty source, Riverslea Farm . There I fell in love with this:



Hand spun, hand dyed, Border-Leicester/Alpaca blend. Drooly-drooly-drool.

Here's a detail shot of the scarf in progress:



I'm smitten with those little bits of blue and pink that peek out from the purple. The scarf is knit in a six-row repeat that shapes the garment on the bias. I am super excited to rock this with my green/grey polka dotted coat in the winter!

Are you working on anything fun, dear readers?