lost and found

Found my knitting mojo!  Friday night I cast on and Saturday evening, I had a sock! I was so pleased with my quick progress that I immediately cast on for another! Yes, yes, I know.  They don’t match.  It’s just…the first one went by so fast that I wanted to save the second sock for [...]

I’ll take three, please.

Meet Cricket, the May Fiber of the Month Club selection from Adrian at Hello Yarn!  My version of Cricket has a good bit more green than any others you may see because I threw in a bobbin of some Wensleydale that I’d dyed varying shades of green some time ago (at the time I thought it [...]

YES Virginia!

You CAN knit a pair of footies from one skein of Koigu! I felt a lot like little dude there when I wove in the ends.  He’s looking pretty sassy, isn’t he?  That’s me.  Sassy Sock Knitter. The leftovers didn’t even register on the scale.  Because I was dying to know, I measured it.  Ten [...]

Socks, spinning and sunflowers

Aren’t blog posts hard to begin?  Once I start, I’m fine, but sometimes jumping in is like letting go of the rope and not knowing how deep the water is or how you’re going to land.  I started a new pair of socks.  Very short socks.  I did a massive Google search for one skein Koigu [...]

I’ve been working diligently on my Tamale Pie socks, so much so that I suffered a good quarter inch stab wound on my right index finger (my needle pushing finger).  Those Knit Picks needles ARE sharp!  This morning I pulled my sock out of the bag to knit a few rows and found this: Apparently [...]

Cast off, cast on

I’m channeling The Karate Kid but in reverse.  As soon as I cast off my Chevron Scarf, I cast on for socks. Stripey socks.  Wool socks.  Spun from Abby’s Luxury Sock Batts in the Tamale Pie colorway. Nevermind about the 2 pair of socks that are 3/4 done.  I wanted to knit this yarn even [...]

I’m having a lunchtime affair

I haven’t forgotten about Rambling Rose.  All the pieces are joined together on one needle and I’m two rows into the yoke (which is like, nothing).  But she’s big.  And bulky.  Too big for car knitting, too bulky to lug back and forth to work.  I see now why I made such remarkable progress (for [...]

First socks!!!

   Pattern:  Generic top-down sock pattern  Yarn:  Sockotta self-patterning yarn  Notes:  This was a good first sock to make, as the yarn kept it interesting.  I like the colors, but I don’t really care for the cotton content of the yarn.  After wearing, the socks stretch out a good bit, which is fixed with a [...]

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