Yoga socks, tube shawl, more yoga socks and a book: Update on my Year of Projects

I decided to join the A Year of Projects Blog-Along on Ravelry >> - you can find details here >>

So here is my update on what I achieved this week.

Yoga socks finished, tube shawl finished, another pair of yoga socks started and a pattern book bought

Not too bad, I would say! After my first walk to the frog pond with my yoga socks >>, the second time it worked out and I finished them in time for my colleague's birthday on Friday.

As you can see, the very dark part was only in the first sock, it was much easier to see what pattern row I was at with the second sock.

I mainly worked on it in daylight, but - wether it was due to the colour or due to the fact that I meanwhile memorized the pattern better, I did not have to look up the chart too often

Second Yoga Sock started - for me this time!

I think I mentioned earlier that I will start Yoga classes Wednesday next week. I am very excited about that! I tried Yoga earlier at a different course, but I was not too keen on the teacher. Hopefully it will be better this time!

So I started another pair of these  >>, this time for myself. It would be great if the socks can be ready for my first class, but if not - there are 9 more classes to come when I can wear them.

Again, it is much easier for me now to follow the pattern, maybe because the colour is lighter, maybe because I know the pattern better - whatever! I am using fingering weight yarn for this, Drops Nord, to be exact.

It has quite a bit of Alpaka in it and I really like how cozy this feels!

Yoga socks for me, made from Drops Nord

Tube shawl finished as well

I have another finished object this week - yeah! I finished my second tube shawl >>on Thursday and I really like it!

Finished: My second tube shawl, made from Drops Nord and Drops Flora

I just increased two stitches every other row to give it a triangle point in front and I made up the pattern as I went, inspired by some other patterns I saw on Ravelry. I especially like how the simple knit and purl patterns look in the lighter yarns, in the light grey for example. It is very nice and warm and cozy and I also like the colours a lot.

Weak moments when shopping for groceries: Knitting patterns from Aldi Sued

Well.... The plan was to mainly use what I have, not only stash, but also patterns and books... But then I read this blog post from Ingrid >> where she mentioned that the Aldi chain has knitting books for just 3 Euros available and that the patterns are really nice....

So, when we went to our weekly grocery shopping tour to Aldi Sued - see what happened....

Detailed shot of the tube shawl - and a pattern book from Aldi...

There are really nice patterns in there! I am definitely planning to make the brioche shawl very soon, I just have to decide what yarn to use...

There is more Nord yarn in my stash, for example, in bright purple, in dusty pink and in natural white.

There a quite a number of patterns from Marisa Nöldeke in this book, for example this >> which is quite on top of my "must start now" list...

Advent is approaching: Star Pillow KAL will start next Saturday! #starpillowkal2018

You remember that star pillow >> I was talking about 4 weeks ago >> ? 

I decided that this will be my Advent knitting project! So I will host my very first Knit Along! Would you like to join me?

I will cast on on December 1, which is next Saturday and will finish on Dec. 24.

I will  devide the pattern by weeks, so I will need the front "body" in week 1, the back "body" in week 2, 3 "zags" in week 3 and 2 "zags" in week 4 (as it is not a full week).

It would really keep me motivated if some of the dear blog readers would join in!

Just add a link to your projects in the comments here on the blog. 

Or, if you prefer to use Instagram, use the hashtag #starpillowkal2018

So, let me know:
How was your knitting week?
Will you join me for the Advent KAL? Or will you participate in any other Advent KAL or CALs? Please let me know in the comments!