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It's been a while since I posted a WIP roundup, so lest you think that finished knits come shooting out of my butt, I prove to you now that I do actually knit them:

I got this yarn in a destash that woolyheaded had a while back. It's Elann Peruvian Baby Cashmere--baby alpaca and merino and cashmere and it's the absolute softest yarn I have ever knit with. Knowing that it had to be next to skin, I'm making a lace scarf. I only have four balls (100g/436yd) so I'm not convinced yet that it'll last long enough to make a functional scarf at this width, but I'm trying. I'll knit the first ball, measure it, and re-evaluate. I've already reduced the pattern from five repeats to four, and I think I might have to go to three. If so, I'll rip it and do it, I love this yarn! I'm not sure who it's for yet, it'll likely go to someone for Christmas. Here's my meager progress so far:

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And here's my latest sock in progress. The Ravelry:Sockdown challenge for October is any design by Nancy Bush, or any design with cables. Like I did with the August challenge, I'm going for a double whammy with a cabled Nancy Bush design, the Denmark Socks from Knitting on the Road. It's done in sport weight, so they're going quickly. I'm using Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport in Manzanita. So far I haven't made any changes to the pattern other than doing the cuff ribbing in a smaller needle. I'm worried about the fact that I almost always have to go down a needle size to get gauge, and this time I'm on gauge with the called-for needles, US3. They seem so huge. Are the socks going to be too big? Only time will tell. So far so good, though.

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I went to my first ever knit night tonight. I knit along with real live people, the first time I've ever knit with someone else who was also knitting, who wasn't a part of my family or pseudo-family. Robin found me on Ravelry and invited me to come and join them. It was really fun! I met some new friends, and felt really welcomed and like I fit right in. It was sort of weird that it wasn't weird, but it wasn't weird at all and I hope to be back next week. Thanks, Carlsbad Knitters, for letting me join you!