Zonda Found her Rainbow!!

Didja know I had lost it??


Yummy colors or what!!

Very soft and has a good twist! Not splitty, very enjoyable to knit.

Superwash sock yarn, colorway based on Find Your Own Rainbow, but she customized this one for me. I told her the base color I wanted for my rainbow and said have fun.

Sock started on 2.25mm needles (ML of course!)

Fabulous or what!! Look Momma, no pooling!! Looks like stained glass, but I like Zonda Found her Rainbow best! These are going to be Temptation Top Down Socks by Wendyknits

My knitting pal, aka spinning guru, now aka yarn dyer has opened her Etsy shop. Great name huh!



Drop by and see if there is a colorway that catches your eye. If not, she may be able to help you with a specific colorway or how to find your own rainbow!!

Cabley Embers

Yay for an FO! Despite all the stuff going on around here, it's nice to finish something.


If I don't have a sock completed by the 15th of the month, I usually cast on something quick so I can finish by the end of the month for the Sock-a-Month KAL. I know I don't "have' to finish a pair, but I've been doing it for so long (like 5 yrs) it's really a habit. (could have a worse habit you know ;)


These cabled footies fit the bill, although it still took 15 days to finish...worsted weight even. Told you it's crazy busy around here. Even with college guy gone.


Toe pic! Gotta have that one. It was nice to knit cuff down, I like a little change once in a while. I love the colors, even have a bit leftover for a little hat I think, well for a baby, not for me! I have to make sure not to use my pointy needles though...it was splitting like crazy. I've used LL worsted many times and no trouble at all. So that's why I think it's the needles in this case.


Cable Footies by Leigh Radford from One Skein Book
Lorna's Laces Shepard Worsted Multi
Embers Colorway (not a common colorway, think you can only buy it here!) Started August 15, 2010 & Finished August 30, 2010
US 6, magic looped of course!

Now I have a case of the sock startitis....I have 2 pairs OTN and about to start a test knit, yes you read that test knit ;) Sport weight and yum! Details later ;)

Look what's in my garden!

A pair of Gnomes, garden ones at that!

Hehe...no pointy hat or beard though!

They have a pair of heels, not a bad color match either!


Of course we gotta have the toe pic! Um..er..they do look a bit strange though ;)

As you can see, I'm a bit "particular" with self-striping yarns, I really can't let them be, I "have" to make them match as much as possible.

Of course, JSSBO!


They loved visiting my garden

Gnomey Socks
sKNITches Syncopation in Garden Gnome
2.5mm circular, ML of course :)
3 x 1 rib with afterthought heel in Cherry Tree Hill Supersock in Bark (I really didn't like the base of this particular skein. I have a few other skeins of this brand of yarn and like the base. This is way too skinny for me! Oh well, it works for the socks though :)
Knit for SAM 10 and sKNITches Summertime KAL oh and just to wear too :)

Happy August!

Wip's of the Week

Well here we have my Gnomey Socks

Afterthought heel row holder is in place (shhh just scrap yarn knit for 1 row) and about 1" of the leg is done so far. Yarn is Garden Gnome by sKNITches. Good relaxing knitting.



Started another shawl...

Wandering the Moor in Pluckyknitter MCN worsted....this is a gorgeous color (Bugle Boy) and is pretty true to the picture.


Liesl is getting some action, 10.5 needles...would love to be at the sleeves soon.



TdF progress 2 out of 6 bobbins plied.

Just waiting for a bath and photo shoot. Later today...maybe ;)

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!

What's up Wednesday!

Well, since the frogging of the sweater, I kinda lost my mojo for any sweater knitting for a bit.
Instead I decided that almost a year on the needles...um...this needed to be finished.

It's great comfort and tv knitting. I have 16" done and I'm hoping to have the body done by the end of the weekend, so I can work on the ruffle. Not sure if I can get it done by the 25th but I'll try.


Shawl that Jazz

I'm teaching a toe up sock class for the knitting guild this Saturday.

I better get crackin' on 4" more of this sock so I can show them just where to start the heel.

Thanks for your comfort food comments. I see a lot of similar ones I like too :) Why the comfort references lately? First of all, we are all healthy so it's not that. Just a lot of change that may be coming our way in the next few months. Rather than stress myself out too much, I am just trying to knit it away. Stay tuned, life may get pretty exciting around here. "gulp"

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! ;)

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.....