Ribbed Roses

Yep, another project off the needles...


Heel pic!


Toe Pic!


Lookee here! A Sock Rosebush!!

Evolution Ribbed Socks by Gilraen
Crystal Palace Panda Cotton - Roses Colorway, 2 skeins
2.5mm 40"circular - magic looped
Started and finished June 2010

No mods really, just wanted short cotton socks. Don't like the yarn that much, it is pretty splitty, however.....it wears so well and gets softer and softer in the wash..you know like a good pair of jeans! 3 yrs later and they are still holding up, no holes and soft!

Having pooling trouble....

with your sock yarn? Well have it no more! Knit these :)


You may see clumps of colors, but no big areas of one color....the slipped stitches help. Plus it's quite the stretchy sock.


I just love all these colors!

Oh, we must have the toepic pic



The heel, it is an interesting construction. No holes for me for the first time with a short row heel.

SSP-Wrap hints are here to help understand. I really like it, and will use it a lot.

A view from below


Oooops! There's some pooling...well I think it looks kinda cool on the cuff.

It is a double knit cuff, my first and pretty neat. Of course the bind off, I love to K-stitch.
The cuff is a little bit wide and wants to fold down on mine. I did try them on and it doesn't fall and holds up well. No picture of that...don't want anyone to faint for seeing a ghost ;)




Everyone Out Of The Pool socks by Artsygal
Socks that Rock Lightweight in Waterlilies, which was a lovely gift from my Knitty SP Irishgirlieknits so long ago! It was waiting for the perfect pattern.
2.25 mm circular, magic looped

Go on...you know you want to stop the pooling, so knit these socks instead! ;)

Wip's and Winners!

Well it is Wednesday, update time for the Wip's I'm gonna confess about...(shhh...don't tell the other ones I'm not giving them any glory right now ok! ;)

6 rows and bind off away from my Waterlilies Outta the Pool sock 1...


Taiyo sweater is coming along, not as fast as I want, but one can only knit with this yarn for a little while. Most likely 4-5" and then ribbing to go..we'll see. Trying to embrace the Noro striping whatever the way it wants to.

This is great purse knitting...um...no my purse isn't that big LOL! This has it's own purse, but it is perfect for mindless and knitting around others...

This one however, right now is only hometime knitting....you see that middle cabled section...yeah, that's why. You are doing something on both the knit and purl side, whew, and some of them stitches are a doozy. But I love it!

Creature Comforts Cardi (sorry only on Ravelry) by Madelinetosh It's called a cardi, but no buttons and is more like a shrug...you'll see later ;)

Yarn is Dream in Color, Cloud Jungle colorway. I've been collecting this yarn for a while. A destash here and there and the last couple of skeins on sale from Woolgirl (sadly closed). Because of this, I am knitting from 2 skeins (2 rows each skein). I didn't on my Mr. Lipstickjeans and I wished I had...I thought it would be a pain, but not so. Another reason it's not so portable.

Oh and I know you're all gonna ask about my yarn bowls. Souviners from the 2 SAFF trips.
Left is from Potterknitter and right one is from Knit Witch.

Don't let me forget the Winners!! Thank you to everyone who left a comment, and for visiting the Knitcircus site where I hope you've found something that catches your eye!

Knitcircus Subscription Winners are:

Sandra and Stariel!

The following 3 have won a copy of the Spring 2010 Pattern Collection:

Rosebelleknits
Knit/purl mama
Dianamican

Ladies, please Email Me so I can forward your email addresses to Jaala.

I never learned this in Physics class??

String Theory which is the name of this colorway. My Physics consisted of Radiation things and I got lost after reading like the first sentence explaining what ST was. I have no idea if the colors here have anything to do with ST or not, but I loved them. Guess I was liking orange way back when ;)

Anyhow, if you knew the who dyed the yarn, then the name String Theory would make sense. Adam, the man behind Yarn Nerd Yarns. Unfortunately, he no longer dyes yarns for sale as he's pretty busy in his new career.

I tried knitting this colorway before cuff down. It pooled like crazy, and I didn't like it. Knitting with this yarn though, it was wonderful. The base yarn is so very soft!

Sometimes for me, just reversing the knitting, a toe up sock changes the colors the way I like it.

Methinks my cuff knitting was a bit tense on sock 1...hmmm, it's the same number of rows...

The pattern is just my normal toe, foot knit to my normal length, and Wendyknit's Sportweight Toe up Gusset Heel. (oh I did use her stitch count too, but that's basically it) (linked to her free pattern page as I didn't want to link to a pdf)

I'll be teaching a toe up class in the future at a Guild meeting and I wanted to give them more options on heels. I've knit this heel before in fingering weight yarn, it's pretty easy to do. This time, it did pool a bit, but that's a normal spot for many colorways. I can live with that.

Gotta have a toe pic!


Ahhhh...

My favorite bind-off in rib. I've used this in hats as well, it's awesome.


Here it is again... Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-off aka JSSBO


I never learned this in Physics Class Socks
Yarn Nerd 1700 MHz Merino, 220 yds (considered DK weight)
String Theory Colorway
3.0 mm circular, magic looped as usual :)
My own generic sock pattern with heel from Wendyknits

Now this is what I love about knitting toe up.

Sometimes, all you have is a wee ball left. Not bad seeing how I didn't divide the skein like I usually do...

Petite Pansie Picots

Say that 10 times fast!

With all my time in February knitting a hat, scarf, and a shawl, I knew I wouldn't have time to finish my current sock in progress for SAM 9 . So I decided to knit my usual stand-by socks. Magic 28 Socks

This time, I wanted to try a picot cuff.

I wasn't sure it would work due to the number of stitches (28) but hey, what the heck, it's a small sock if I have to frog it. Aren't they cute???

This yarn may be familiar, it's the leftovers from this pair. As you can see by the toe pic, I didn't have enough leftover.

Of course, I didn't find that out until I had already finished toe 1. I also realized, I have no purple sock yarn. So in true last minute style, while watching the closing ceremonies of the Olympics, I frogged back sock 1 and knit the toes in some leftover Cascade 220 superwash from these socks.

No plans for these, but I'll save them for some future little baby girl.

Magic 28 Socks
Zen YarnGarden Superwash DK in Pansie (bought from the Etsy shop, which has since closed. Not sure if she still dyes this yarn.)
Cascade 220 in Red
US 3 dpns
Started: February 27th
Finished: February 28th

Now hoping to finish an adult pair this month.

Wee socks

On Wee blockers!


Magic 28 Socks
Bellamoden Superwash Sport-The Historian Colorway (thanks for another rescue Megan!)
US 3 dpns - ha, can you believe I still use them!
Started January 27 - Finished January 31

This yarn is pretty nice to knit with. Very soft and as you can see no pooling. I have plenty left from the skein to knit some other accessories. The best part, it matches another yarn I have...well you have to stay tuned to see what that's all about ;) Although I wouldn't mind having a pair in this colorway...hmmm...

This is a neat pattern that you can go and customize however you want.

Plus, it uses very little yarn, great for leftovers.

Now to tackle more WIP's.....