Hope you all have a great weekend!
Finished and relaxing on the sofa until August !
These socks were started in Europe, flew across the ocean to a coast here in the US and will fly to the other coast, where my sockpal lives . And since her blog has a watery title, I decided to go with the water theme and incorporate waves into the design. I wish you could see how they run up and down the leg , but Blogger is being cranky and won't let me upload my picture. I'll try again later, maybe I can sneak in my picture when Blogger is looking the other way....
ReginaS
This is a date to go into history!! My first pair of socks DONE! They are not as perfect as I expected them to be, but they look pretty good for a first pair of socks. Unfortunatly, it is a little too late for me to take a good picture of them to post, so you all will have to wait for some hours for the daylight. When I post the picture I will also let you know the pattern and the yarn I used.
Well, have a good night!! I will try to sleep now...
I used the February STR club yarn for my pal; the colors are perfect as is the weight of the yarn. I'm using the Waffle Rib pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks. Here's the finished first sock:
I need some opinions; would you frog back and do an afterthought heel in order to keep the striping, or would you leave it as is? If you were my pal, would you mind the blob of color on the front? It's still early enough that I could rip and reknit.
What would you do?
I finished my socks a couple weeks ago, and forgot to post to the blog here, and not just my blog.
They look great and I'm very proud of them. I just hope that they fit her!
I finished my socks a couple weeks ago, and forgot to post to the blog here, and not just my blog.
They look great and I'm very proud of them. I just hope that they fit her!
I have been trying to post my finished socks, but every time I attach the picture it won't publish.
So Iam hoping that if I link to my blog it will let me post.
Here's my finished socks.
Laura C
A couple of days ago, I was sitting in the break room at work, knitting on my Sockapalooza 4 pal's socks. I don't get much time at work, maybe two, three rounds (knitted two at the same time on two circs), but having so little time to knit these days - that's really important. Anyway, one of my team members goes past the door and sees me knitting (freaking muggles, stop looking at me funny and asking stupid questions unless you own a pair of needles and some yarn you're eager to learn how to turn into something useful). Here's the dialogue that followed:
Pal: "You're knitting baby booties".
Me: "No, these are adult socks".
Pal (raises an eyebrow): "They don't look like adult socks".
Me (stretching the toe and half the instep to show that the width alone negates baby socks): "But they are, look - that's the toe..."
Pal: "They don't look like adult socks".
Me (sighing to myself): "Every sock has got to begin somewhere".
These are the Spring Grass socks and I love them. The pattern is simple and easy to understant and by lucky alignment of the stars, the Lorna's Shepard Sock yarn on size #1 needles works perfectly for the gauge required to fit my pal's feet. Which brings me to the only bummer about this Sockapalooza project: my pal's feet are significantly smaller than mine, by both length and circumference. I'm talking about at least a size and a half down. I can't even have Ant try them on (yes, his feet are smaller than mine). I'm plotting making some sock blockers to her feet's specs, but it just ups my enxiaty levels about fit quite a bit. Cross you fingers for me everyone! Please?
There's another half a pattern repeat done on them now, but it's not yet worth more picture taking.
Dear Sock Pal,
I am done with your first sock and am halfway down the leg on the second sock. I would be done by now, but I keep getting distracted by other knitting projects.
This week I've been working on a Hogwarts scarf in Ravenclaw colors. Our LYS is trying to get a scarf done in each of the house colors because we're all excited about the new movie and book coming out this month.
What do yarn shops have to do with Harry Potter books? Well it seems that a very clever person ; ) has written a book full of patterns related to the books and movies. If you haven't seen it yet, you can look here. (I'm trying to win a prize for most shameless promotion of our hostess's publishing venture - how'd I do?)
my last post didn't come up...mebbe blogger hates me....well, after ripping back a whopping 4 times and changing patterns, I think I have some kick heinie socks for my pal! But I have to say--Schaefer Anne? don't really like it much. I think it's fuzzy yarn--it just kinda--bothers me. It's such a wee bit of angora, I should be ashamed to besmerch it's good name, but I just don't really like it. Live and learn! The colour rules, so I can't complain! I hope you love them, sock pal!
Here are my buddy's socks! Just waiting for the mailout date to (hurry up) and get here! This has been great!
Hi all! A sock yarn raffle is in place to support Annie Modesitt and family during her husband's illness. Six Weeks of Socks Contest and also a wonderful grand prize. I wouldn't have posted it here if there wasn't a chance to win some yummy sock yarn, so hopefully this is okay!
In Sockapalooza news, I am 1 repeat away from starting the heel of sock 1. I am REALLY REALLY REALLY loving Monkeys so far and I am absolutely HOOKED on Lorna's Shepherd Sock now (first time trying it.) I have a birthday in 5 days I'm trying to finish Branching Out for, so that has cramped my Sockapalooza efforts slightly, but it's full speed ahead when it's done! After learning Judy's Magic Cast-on, I never thought I would do cuff-down socks again, but really wanted to do the Monkeys and I'm so glad because it has made me realize I thoroughly enjoy both techniques.
Ok, that's all! Hope everyone is well and having fun in Sockapalooza land!!!
-kb out
Oh, have I had some serious bad luck with my sock pal's socks!! I've torn 'em back several times, but now...*whispers so the sock can't hear*...I think it's working...I turned to Charlene Schurch, who always comes to my sock rescue (wonder of the Stones ever thought of THAT title? prob'ly not...). And went back to my beloved and well bent bamboo DPs. I really need to have the yarn held nice 'n tight for me. Ha Ha, Schaefer Anne!! you will not beat me!!
thanks, Charlene!! Oh, and the colours don't really look like that...I promise, they're much nicer in real life!
Oh, have I had some serious bad luck with my sock pal's socks!! I've torn 'em back several times, but now...*whispers so the sock can't hear*...I think it's working...I turned to Charlene Schurch, who always comes to my sock rescue (wonder of the Stones ever thought of THAT title? prob'ly not...). And went back to my beloved and well bent bamboo DPs. I really need to have the yarn held nice 'n tight for me. Ha Ha, Schaefer Anne!! you will not beat me!!
thanks, Charlene!! Oh, and the colours don't really look like that...I promise, they're much nicer in real life!
Working along on my pal's socks. It's a bit tricky because her foot measurements are very different from mine. Fun nonetheless. :)
Pattern: Springgrass Socks
Source: Craftoholic
Yarn: Merino Semi-Solid Sock Yarn in 'Baja' by Mama Blue Knitting Goods
Needles: Knit Picks US2
My socks are finished !!!! Now I just have to work out how to get a photo of them on here.....
My socks are finished !!!! Now I just have to work out how to get a photo of them on here.....
My pal's socks are done!
Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to get a picture onto this blog - the disadvantage of not having one of my own. I will see what I can figure out in the next day or so because I really want to share. They look good to me - it's lucky for my pal that my feet are 4 sizes bigger than hers!
You may remember seeing these at the end of May - they were made using the Sockamania May Day pattern. I used Fyberspates 100% Bluefaced Leicester sock yarn and 2 x 2.75 mm Inox Greys.
I knew as soon as I started knitting these that the combination of pattern and yarn was just perfect for my Sockapalooza pal. Trouble is, they're so nice, I *almost* don't want to give them away ..... ;0)
Dear Sock Pal,
Sorry I haven't been making a lot of progress on your socks lately - I've been busy working on the comfort blanket project for the VT tragedy. We have received 6100 squares so far (I made about 20). Unfortunately, about 1/3 of the squares came without the ends woven in, so I've been really busy with that. Yesterday we had a "joining day" and got 19 blankets sewn together so 41 to go. Here is a picture of one of your socks in front of a completed blanket - I'm almost to the toe. Emmie
Sorry, un techie, couldn't figure out the plig! But I need feedback too....which one?? My pal says she's happy with most colors. And thicker and wilder are okay. :) Please help me choose!
I'm halfway through knitting for my Sock Pal! I am a bit concerned because my pal lives in a warm climate, but does prefer longer socks so I've knit them to be 8" from floor to calf, but they are solid versus lacy. Do you think this is a bad combo? This is my first swap ever and I'm rather nervous about creating something that my pal won't like / be able to wear!
---ETA---
Thanks for the comments. I'll be sure to let my Sock Pal know there are others out there who want them haha.
As for the pattern, well I followed the Butterfly stitch pattern that appears in the first Vogue Stitchionary and offset it each repeat. Otherwise I didn't follow a pattern, exactly. I know that there is a pattern available to buy called Whiskers and Paws that is similar. I do plan to write this up since several people I've shown this to have asked.
Thanks again!
I loved knitting these socks from the first 'till the very last stitch.
I only regret that they knitted so fast... I will definitelly cast on for another pair of teosinte socks in the near future ;o)
I do hope my sock pal will love them as much as I do ;o)
I've been sitting around, trying to think up something suitable for my pal. By "sitting around", I mean knitting gratuitous grad and birthday gifts, but whatever. I kept coming up with things that were the wrong guage for what I have in the stash, or the colors I have look ugly or any number of things that could dead - end an idea.
Today I was working at The Wool and the Floss (Detroit area knitting and needlepointe shop), when a very large box arrived. Inside were several bags of Panda Cotton, which my boss had been telling me about since she saw them at Crystal Palace's booth last month. Crystal Palace is right where I grew up, so I love them to begin with, and as soon as I picked it up, iI fell totally in love with it. I had a hell of a time picking the color, what do you guys think?
Why haven´t I heard from you? Don´t you like me anymore? Meow at me, please, and I'll stop pawing at your door. I promise :)
Hugs
Pilar
http://tejiendoenlaisla.blogspot.com/
The yarn was picked, the pattern was set, I had completed lots of ribbing and one whole repeat of the pattern when we realized... it was going to be tooooooo small. So the little froggy came a courting and he went rip it, rip it, rip it all out. I have restarted the sock, no fear and it is coming along nicely. Lets hope that mr. froggy doesn't have to come this way again.
