FO Catch Up

Oh dear - it's been a very long between posts!  It will be easier if I start with my most recent knits and work backwards I think.

My most recent FO was a pair of ribbed men's socks, finished last week for my dad.  These used my old faithful top down Vogue Basic Sock Recipe and used nearly a full Schoppel Wolle Zauberball in the olive, green and grey colourway. My father loves handknitted socks and models them from his armchair here:

On the long journey home from my folks I used the remainder of the Zauberball to start a Kindle cover:

Further back, I completed the 3 Hour Sweater with no real mods except going down a needle size and knitting longer sleeves in Wensleydale Sheepshop Longwool Aran:

This is my second 3 Hour Sweater and this vintage pattern is a great standby - quick and a nice end result. It does take longer than 3 hours though, and the instructions like most vintage patterns assume knowledge and are not overly detailed.

I also started a dove grey zippered cardigan but quickly abandoned it - the cables made it too complex to knit without chart reading and I didn't like them anyway. 

My knitting time at present is all travelling or evening TV watching - so I need simple, repetitive patterns which I can quickly build up a motor memory for.

And another FO - this vest was actually meant for my dad (hence the emergency sock knit prior to visiting him!) but came out too small. However it fits me, and looks rather nice, in a librarian-ish way. This is the Everyday Vest from Mel Clark's book Knitting Everyday Finery, and I used Louisa Harding Kashmir in DK. I guess my gauge was off, but I am glad it was easily repurpose-able.

I've squeezed in a few hats as well:

Sugar and Snap by Jane Burns

and this Mushroom Hat:

Well, that about catches up on my FOs - time to get on with some actual knitting!