Remember the socks I was talking about in my last post? Well, as you can see, the pair is complete.

These are kind of on the thick side; much thicker socks than I typically make. But on the positive side, I do like how the yarn turned out, other than the weight – the colors are great, and the yarn is squishy and springy.

I think my spinning goal for the year is to work towards spinning the perfect fingering weight yarn. Right now, I’m waiting to get this – ar superwash merino top – from Zarzuela’s Fibers – that’s going to be my next attempt.

Recently I needed a good, portable project to knit, but was kind of tired of doing my usual favorite – socks. So, I took the Ravelry pattern search for a spin and came up with the Green Cabled Armwarmers pattern by Elizabeth Martin (Ravelry link). In case you don’t use Ravelry, you can also download the free pattern here.

I think these are kind of a fun item. They are about elbow-length which makes them kind of dramatic, and also they’re nice if you’ve worn a short sleeved shirt to the office and it’s kind of chilly.

This isn’t a difficult knit, especially if you’ve done cables before. However, be warned – if you have a hard time visualizing how to reverse your cables and shaping, you might have a bit of trouble because the instructions for the right armwarmer basically just tell you to reverse the left armwarmer.

Anyway, I thought it was a very nice pattern for doing some portable knitting – easy enough that I didn’t have to concentrate too hard, but the cables added enough interest to keep me from being bored.