Clue #2 of the March Mystery sock is done. I’m definitely enjoying the pattern, and loving the yarn. It’s both pretty, and really soft. In other news, life is too short for the amount of swearing I was doing at the nupps in the Lily of the Valley sock pattern, so I’ve frogged that, and […]
I decided to throw all caution to the wind, and cast on the Sockdown March Mystery sock the day before yesterday. The theme of the month is lace, and it’s designed by Kristi Geraci. I’m using Tess’ Designer Yarns Peruvian Sock yarn in a lovely blue and green variegated colorway. It’s probably a good thing
I’ve cast on the Lily of the Valley socks by Susan Lawrence, for the first of potentially two pair I’m doing for the March Sockdown challenge. I’m using Knitpicks Essential sock yarn in the Dusk colorway. Yes, I know it’s Stroll sock yarn now, but this yarn was part of my very first Knitpicks purchase,
My blog entries for February are rather bare. It’s an unfortunate side effect of this month. It’s too cold to go out much, so I don’t have many pictures to post, and I’ve been on a bit of a book slump this month as well. I’ve done next to no knitting updates because I’ve been
Star Crossed Slouchy Beret by Natalie LarsonYarn: Canopy Worsted in the Yerba Mate colorwayNeedles: 10 and 11 circs I finally recovered from my epic knitting fail and unraveled by original, far too small, nearly completed effort last week, and started again using the correct sized needles. The hat now fits, though now that I’ve made
Can I just say how much I’m enjoying working on the Cabled Swing Cardi? The cable pattern is so just much fun to watch develop. Granted, this means I’m probably getting the most fun part of the whole sweater out of the way first, and will probably be regretting this while I’m slogging through stockinette
Before I describe the above picture, I have to admit to a bit of knitting fail. I bought the yarn to start the Star Crossed Slouchy Beret two weekends ago, but didn’t realize I’d need needles I didn’t already own to start it. Thus the week delay in casting it on. Well, I did the
I’ve cast on a Star-Crossed Slouchy Beret in the Fibre Company’s Canopy Worsted, in the Yerba Mate colorway. I was hoping to use Malabrigo Worsted, which is what the pattern called for, and I knew that my LYS had had a great selection when I was in there before Christmas. Well, apparently it was a
Pattern: Crossover Rib Socks from Charlene Schurch’s Sensational Knitted SocksYarn: Knitpicks Stroll Sock Yarn in the Merlot Heather colorwayNeedles: 1.5 DPNs My Christmas knitting is done! My third skein of the sock yarn for C’s socks came in way too late to get them done for Christmas, but he was rather amused by my error,
Pattern: Tilting Cable Socks by Chrissy Gardner, from Interweave Knits, Winter 2007Yarn: Plymouth Happy Feet in color #14Needles: Size 1.5 DPNs For the first time, I was unable to finish a pair of Sockdown socks in the allotted two months for the challenge. These should have been for November’s challenge, but between Christmas knitting and