Lazy weekend

This is a mostly lazy weekend for us. We were at the wedding reception of a coworker of mine last night, and we are attending the weddings of friends for the next two weekends, so we scheduled some much needed down time.

As such, I felt it was the perfect time to start a new project. I've had a 500g cone of King Cole Merino Blend 4 ply in my stash since a birthday trip to Texere earlier this year. It's this lovely shade of grey, and I have been indecisive as to what to use it for.

I finally decided on Ink by Hanna Maciejewska. I bought the pattern and realised that I didn't have needles small enough. The pattern recommends 3mm and 3.5mm needles, and while I have 3.5mm circs, the designer also notes that she is a loose knitter. I am not. I am a ridiculously tight knitter.
Thus today I swatch.

I am not a fan of swatching. Once I have decided on a project I want to be knitting it, like yesterday. But I always end up with sweaters with a mildly disappointing fit, so swatching it is. And maths. And measuring myself. So today I will swatch and wash the swatch and dry the swatch and contemplate the swatch and measure myself and then contemplate the two together. Yes, I am muttering under my breath over here.

In other news the sock progresses, and I skeined some of my handspun.

It still amazes me on every single level that it actually looks like yarn. Real, live yarn that I made myself.

The blue is about 200 yards of roughly DK weight, and that's enough to make an actual something. No idea what yet. I'm happy for it to just sit in my stash for a while looking exactly like proper yarn.