Smokin'

This is a pair of size Large Trekking XXL socks, knit with the 72 needle cylinder on the Verdun 47. I can't tell you the colour number as I washed the tag when I washed the socks ;o(

And here is a pair of Bamboo socks, size Medium:

It is my own 60% Wool 30% Bamboo 10% Nylon; the main colour is Evergreen and the accent colour for the stripe, heels and toes is Charcoal.

And with July 4th on the horizon, I dug through the stash to see if I had any Fortissima Nation Color USA left, and I did have a few balls.

This size Medium pair is cut and paste of the yarn. Using two ball winders, I rewound the balls, winding the blue/white portions of the yarn onto one ball winder, and the red/white portions onto a second winder. That way I could 'schedule' the colour changes where I wanted them. A little extra work, but a better, I think, result.

Smokin'

This morning, I knit socks.

At lunch time I mowed the lawn. And this afternoon I tilled the garden, and mowed a pasture.

Then I went into the wool shack to fill a pail of water to give my tomato plants a drink.

I was standing under the smoke/carbon monoxide detector while I waited for the 5 gallon pail to fill.

The detector when off! (It's wired in and speaks, besides beeping, "fire, feu, fire, feu").

As soon as I moved from underneath, it stopped.

I'm not sure if I was giving off smoke or gas!