Knitting Update: The Baktus, Three Socks, and a Gauntlet in Progress

A quick laundry list of recent knitting.  I accidentally sat in a rain puddle taking this picture, but I’m not bitter (click to embiggen).

A Blue Baktus Scarf, a pair of koolade-dyed yarn balls with koolade-socks and bootie, and a grey gauntlet in progress 1. My finished Baktus scarf, designed by Strikkelise.  Actually that’s the Lacy Baktus version, modified by Mustaavillaa. I used 46 grams of Fortissima Socka 1016 left-over from a pair of socks I made a few years ago.  My Baktus has no center point.  I began with the left point, increasing until I’d used one-third of my yarn, then knit even for one-third, then decreased to the left point for my final third.  I was worried that I didn’t have enough yarn to creat a scarf that would tie comfortably around the neck, so I opted-out of the center point to extend the length of the scarf.  It will fill the gap at the edge of my coat when the wind gets chilly around here without adding bulk. 

2.  The Bomb-Pop Yarn blanks and Cherry-flavored socks.  Those wee balls of yarn in the picture are what’s left of the Bomb-Pop yarn I dyed with Cherry and Blue-Raspberry Koolade a while back.  Sonar X6 wanted ankle socks, which used up all of the solid red portion of the yarn and just a flare of blue and white at each toe.  The tiny sock there is a bootie for a baby expected by a teacher/friend.  The companion bootie is forthcoming.  I might actually be able to get two pairs of matching booties out of the remaining yarn.  

3. The Grey Gauntlet.  The bit on the needles at the left side is a grey gauntlet destined to be a birthday gift for a neighbor.  She loves to wear a purple pair that I made for Sonar X9 many years ago, so she clearly needs her own pair.  I cast on 36 stitches in k2p2 rib and will knit for a few inches, make a buttonhole (for the thumb), knit another inch and bind off.  A quick knit, which is a good thing since said birthday is Monday.  

Coming soon: Halloween costumes, The Sheriff of Yrnameer, and my NaNoWriMo panic.