As you may or may not have noticed, I’ve been a slack blogger lately. So, inspired by Kate White (via her book “I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: Success Secrets Every Gutsy Girl Should Know”) and Rachel Herron (via her newsletter), I got up early this morning to blog my Sty Head Tarn socks.

As it turns out, writing in a quiet house with the moon and stars shining outside and me all snuggled in a sweatshirt, PJ pants and cozy socks is fitting. When I agreed to test knit for Louise Tilbrook, I did so because she’s terribly nice to work with and because I have a cable addiction. Then, I went stash diving for yarn and came up empty handed. The pattern isn’t so complicated that I wanted a semi-solid but wasn’t really suited to a variegated. So, I shrugged and reached for a hank of Casbah, knowing that at least the socks would feel like heaven on my feet. What I didn’t expect was to fall in love with these. I normally knit lace and cables in bright jewel tones, but these soothing greens and blues and lazily swooping cables delivered socks that could give chicken soup a run for it’s money.

Pattern: Sty Head Tarn by Louise Tilbrook
Needles: probably 2.25mm wooden DPN’s (my go to needles for when I’m just enjoying the knitting)
Yarn: Handmaiden Fine Yarn Casbah Sock
Colorway: Peridot

Ps. I looked up what Sty Head Tarn is and it’s a mountain lake in the English Lake District near the top of Sty Head pass. Sounds as soothing as my new socks.

Went over to the neighbor’s place to borrow their gorgeous wild daisy field for my photo shoot on Easter evening. Thanks, Peg!


These are my Set Fire to the Rain socks that have finally become a pair. The pattern is Chamfer by Hunter Hammersen. This was not my favorite pattern to knit since I couldn’t seem to memorize it, however, I’ll probably knit them again at some point since I think they look wicked cool on! Other people seem to have memorized the pattern just fine, so I’m sure it’s just me….and I’m certainly not going to let it stop me from making another pair cause the more I look at these, the more I love them…..(sound of me digging through stash to see what color I want to do next).

I like the feel of Handmaiden Fine Yarn Casbah Sock yarn and the color, Saltspray. If you have a chance, I recommend trying Casbah out.

The one below might be my favorite picture since I just decided to lay back for a bit and relax and enjoy the daisies. Taking pictures of your own feet is a workout, people.

I hope everyone had a beautiful Easter!