Claire Simpson @RexMagenta@wandering.shop

@fiberarts Finally finished this pair of socks. I really love the colour and the way the diagonal ribbing looks on the instep

Took a trip to Ikea to get some shelves to fill an otherwise dead space in my office/craft room. So now I have somewhere that isn't my desk to put Lego and plushies

First toe-up sock completed with first ever bind-off. The hexagonal texture on the leg is why I chose this pattern for this yarn, because the honeycomb was too perfect. Now I just need to make a second one to match. #knitting @fiberarts

The yarn stash has been well and truly replenished, thanks to today's Yorkshire Yarnfest

Managed to rescue the fly front from last night's disaster and redo it the right way around. Having some issues with skipped stitches on the top-stitching though. Not used to #sewing with the thicker thread

I thought too loudly about standing up and fetching my knitting. It never fails

@fiberarts The sock foot is finally long enough, so transferring to DPNs for the toe decreases

Contrast topstitching is not at all stressful for a deeply anal-retentive sewer...

Challenge 2 of the toe-up sock complete: gusset increases and a short-row heel. Never made a short-row heel before but I quite like it #knitting @fiberarts

Not quite as much progress as I was hoping for this week, thanks to the needle breakage, but it's past the gusset decreases and into the main part of the foot. The instep continues the 2x2 rib, but rather than inverting it uses pairs of increases and decreases to make the ribs flow diagonally across the foot. The other sock will have them going in the opposite direction @fiberarts

Despite having Monday off for the bank holiday, have been making good progress #knitting the work sock. Just finished the heel turn and ready to pick everything up for the gusset @fiberarts

First challenge of #knitting a toe-up sock successfully cleared. Not a huge fan of how fiddly it is to get started, but now I'm done with the increases it should be plain sailing for a while

Finished #knitting these socks last night, so I could block them this morning while washing my other socks. The main yarn is the delightfully named Disco Goth by Needle & Fred

The Void may be made of darkness, but he does enjoy the sunlight

Post-meeting sock update. The pattern for this section is just a 2x2 rib with the knit and the purl inverted every now and then. The instep will be more complicated when I get to it

Finished making this #crochet dragon yesterday. Took a while to find a stable pose with the weight of the huge wings

Just got this #crossstitch back from the framers and hung it on the wall. The pattern is by @yomimono

Finished #spinning my first proper single. It looks more even than it actually is because I got a lot better at drafting consistently halfway through the process

More practice #spinning. It's a little uneven still, but starting to feel like a skill that's achievable with practice

Having a go at learning to spin, because apparently all the cool kids are #spinning these days. Using some leftover fibre from a needle felting project for a low-stakes intro, I've managed this short and rather uneven single