I’ve decide to do the Sockdown Challenge on Ravelry this cycle around, mostly to keep myself honest and try some new patterns. There’s a pretty good list going for the coming year, and I’m looking forward to doing some new and different things. September’s challenge is to do either an orange sock, or a Cookie […]
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My first Sock Yarnista shipment has arrived! I got the Silver Bay colorway of this month’s Beckon Super Merino. Sadly, the light’s not so good today, so the photo above doesn’t really do the color any justice. It’s definitely a good icy blue. I’m really tempted to start on this month’s sock pattern. I need
Jaywalker sock number one is done! I have absolutely no idea when sock number two will get done, as I seem to have acquired a number of other project I should really be doing in September, but I can’t afford to tie up my sock needles. So we’ll see when I get started on number
The gauntlets for L are done! And only three project changes later. I really hope she likes them, when she finally gets to wear them down in that hot Texas weather. I definitely liked the Socks that Rock Raven Clan Valkyrie that I used for the gauntlets. The colors blend really interestingly. They definitely remind
I’ve actually finished one half of take three on my gift for L, so I’m now confident enough to actual say what it is. Socks just weren’t working for with this yarn, for some reason, so I decided to go with Dragon Scale gauntlets, and I finally found a pattern I like, and that works
I’d cast on the Glorianna pattern from the Elizabeth I scarf pattern set a few weeks back, but a few frogs later convinced me that I need to ease myself into the lace knitting a little more. I had several dropped stitch incidents that caused said frogging, and it was really starting to get on
I will first quickly mention that vacation day 1 was taken up with the epic task of cleaning up my desk. This somehow turned into the epic task to clean up my crap in the bathroom cabinet, the pile of badness on my bureau, and the stuff on my desk. I’ve completed the bathroom and
Slight change in socks I’m making for L. I switched over to the River Rapids sock pattern, since I’m working with a more or less sport weight yarn, and the Waving Lace pattern was not doing it with the yarn I’m using. It’s a pretty simple, cool looking pattern, and I’m definitely enjoying it. It’s
The Embossed Leaves socks are done! Finally! Yes, the second one came out slightly smaller, even though I did it on larger needles, and even compared it side by side with the first one as I was going along, so not sure exactly how that happened. However, my socks tend to slouch enough that it
The Nutkin socks are done! I’m overall very happy with the pattern, even if the short row heels (and toes) did initially kick my butt. Once I found a short row method I actually liked, I was much happier with that part of the project, and pretty much breezed through those sections in the second
