Magically 28

I wish it was in age LOL!

Wee socks this time. I like to keep a few pairs around for gifts. I have enough yarn leftover to knit a baby hat too.

Magic 28 socks I love all the different ways you can customize them.




Dream in Color Classy - Lipstick Lava, leftovers from a sweater
US 4 needles

Sorry for the quiet! Tour de Fleece and now Ravellenic games, stay tuned for an FO or two ;)

Tour de Fleece 2012

Wasn't too bad of one!  I didn't spin many skeins as I had wanted to, but I spun almost every day and have something to show for it.  It didn't help that I injured my right wrist/elbow by tripping over a non-existent curb LOL!  No broken bones thank goodness, but just extra resting time I didn't want :(

Anyhow, here is the loot!


I  had previously spun 2 bobbins before the tour.  As you can see I finished bobbin 3, plied 2 skeins worth of 3-ply, spun a mini skein of 2 ply, and still had some on a bobbin so I practiced my n-ply.  The fiber was 6 oz. total, so I had divided evenly...just didn't spin evenly.


Fatcatknits Merino/Bamboo Blend 6oz.
Moxie Colorway
218 yds of 3-ply sport
28 yds of 2-ply sport
4 yds of n-ply DK

Here's the before picture of the FCK, awesomely soft fiber to spin and I have 2 more braids of another colorway :)


In between bobbins of another spin, I wanted something fast and mindless.

Two if By Hand  SW BFL in Public Market
4 oz.
300 yds of fingering singles


As you can see it was a gradient and I spun it right from the braid just like it is.  Will be interesting to see what turns out from it ;)


My favorite color spin was this Falkland.  I get pretty good yardage with it...

Nest Fiber Studio Falkland in Gaga Air
4 oz.
190 yds of n-ply (faux 3 ply) of dk/light worsted.  Stay tuned, you'll be seeing this on the needles before the weekend. Not the yardage I was hoping for, but if you times it by 3 for a 3-plied yarn, I didn't do too bad.


Here's a shot of those gorgeous colors here!

Cupcake Fiber Company  BFL/Nylon

I finally got over my fear of the batt.  These batts are awesome!  You open up a cupcake, tear it up and spin away.  Wonderfully prepped and easy to spin. Go get yourself some!!

Unfortunately, due to my being sidelined on/off I didn't get to finish these for the tour.

As you can see, they are much darker IRL ;)  Make me drool for chocolate when I spun though!  This was my first of *cough* many cupcake purchases.  At the time I didn't know BFL would be my worst fiber to spin yardage wise. It's my nemesis, I'll get better at it.  Hoping to at least make a pair of ankle socks with the handspun.  We'll see :D

Wordless Wednesday--Tour de Fleece Style!

Italian Cotty's

My 3rd pair of Cotty Socks and this time I made them anklets.

Toe pic!


Heel pic!  See a familiar heel??


It fits really well!


and looks like this on the bottom!


Here's the finished socks!

Cotty socks by Irishgirlieknits
Collinette Jitterbug in Toscana Colorway
US 1 circs - 2 circ method (normally I knit ML, but well...um..they are all in use ;)

Mods: knit anklets instead of full socks. Knit 5 rounds of cuff, then 4 rounds of stockinette before I knit a slipsitch heel.  Then I knit Cristi's Double Gusset Heel.  I love this heel mod.  As you can see above, it fits very well and it's really easy to do. I like how you can use this to "hide" the decreases. I knit the rest of the sock according to pattern.

Now for it to cool down so I can wear them!

Next sock will be a blast from the WiP past ;)