Tiki

Well I finally finished the Tiki socks. My husband bought me this yarn, it is from Knitpicks, and it is their Felici self striping sock yarn, in the colorway Tiki. I really think they turned out very nice. (If I do say so myself)...

If you notice on the top of the sock where the orange stripe meets the yellow stripe there is a little pale pink stripe interrupting them? I am going to try the afterthought heel because that isn't supposed to happen and the socks look a little bit nicer in my opinion.

We are getting closer to closing on the house, they just have to put up a new front door and we will go into closing and get the key. Wish us a speedy process.

TADA

Here are the photos for the finished socks. I finished these up on Friday but wanted to wait for them to block and all that stuff. I knit these out of StitchJones color Anjelica 100% superwash merino wool. They are soooo soft. I wore them to my sister-in-law's baby show on Saturday and everyone loved them.

The blue back ground makes them look a little faded but they aren't they are very bright. Sorry for the blurriness.

Thus Far

Well I haven't been keeping up with all of my resolutions, and one of them was to be a more regular blogger. Which as you can all see I haven't been doing. One of them was to lose weight, been so busy at work I don't feel like working out (excuse alert). I have been really sporadic about reading my bible, so technically not living up to resolution of reading everyday. But the one thing I have been really good about was knitting more socks this year, in fact I have a hat to show you as well.

The hat follows the NFL Superfan hat from Ravelry. I did not however use cascade 220 for the pattern, I used Red Heart Super Saver and I think that it looks great. I made this for my husband.

These socks are part of my New Year's Resolution, I couldn't find the ball band for these so I cannot remember what the yarn is. So if you or you know anyone who does I would greatly appreciate it. As you can see these are not perfectly matching stripes, but in order to do so I would have had to sacrifice a lot of yarn which I wasn't willing to do so here they are. But I like them as they are.

Grandma's Crazy Socks

Well here they are! I have been trying to find where I put the camera chip at so I could take a photo to post so you all could see. These are my Grandma's Christmas present. Just plain vanilla sock was all that she asked for so I thought I would make them look fun with some really, really bright yarn. Just Bernat Sox, color Crazy Hot!, they are knit two toe up at the same time. They were easy and fast, now I have a little time to work on my mother-in-laws socks, which are a bit more complex.

Voila!

Well I finally finished the socks for my mother's Christmas present. Here they are... The pattern is Wendy Johnson's Dead Simple Lace socks, from her first toe up sock book. I used Plymouth Yarn Co. Happy Feet for this. Color unknown. They are approximately size 8.5 and I haven't blocked them yet. My mother wears 8.5 - 9 shoes. This picture is outside on my mother-in-law's deck. I like the trees in the background because they have the same yellow as the socks.

Now I noticed something when I was knitting these. I knit these two at a time from the toe up, magic loop. The skeins of yarn were bought at the same time but as you can see there is more green

in the sock on the left than there is in the other one. There is also not as much yellow in the one on the left as on the right. But I still love the way they turned out and hope that my mom loves them.

I am now going to work on my mother-in-law's sock and I finally found a pattern that looks good to me. I am going to knit Riff from the latest issue of knitty. I have cast on for my Grandmother's sock as well and should have a little bit to take a photo of soon.

Well I said that I would put better pictures of the Bavarian Cables Socks up and here they are. I know the pictures still stink but hazards of a bad camera.

I think that you can see the stitch pattern a little better though and that is what I was going for.

I like the colors in these socks, the only thing I don't like is how tight they are when going over the heel and ankle area. So I am very happy because yesterday my new size 1 circs came and yippee now I think that should do the trick.

These are taken out in the back yard, this is the greenest patch of grass I could find. In Klamath Falls we have canals that supply water to the farmers that live outside of town, and well all these canals go through town and through our neighborhood and some people like to rig up pumps to send free water into their yards or gardens but this year we are a little short and so some farmers were chosen over others to receive water. Also that means that water supply is short for others. So the backyard isn't receiving its normal sprinkling because the front yard is getting most of it. Also since we are using water that we pay for we have to limit out use. We also have spritzers rigged up around the eaves of the house and we turn them on in the afternoon to cool down the side of the house that gets the most sun.

Well I am not a crocheter be I decided to try it out when I saw this cool scarf on Ravelry, it is called the Broomstick Lace Scarf .

It is going very quickly, because you crochet around a size 35 knitting needle so each row is like an inch long.

I took some pictures of it outside and I thought that this yarn would be good for a autumn season type scarf.

I like how it is turning out and I am thinking of making another one but maybe in a more solid color so that the lace is more on display. I think that because the lace is big that lots of colors work just fine with the pattern but I think it would be nice in heather grey or something like that.

Done

Well I finally finished the Bavarian Cables from Wendy's first book Socks from the Toe Up. The one on the left is darker because it hasn't completely dried. As for the picture sorry it is sort of crummy. I need a new camera. I will take better ones when the one sock is dry.

Also in answer to Unraveled Librarian yes I did get the bird out, and surprisingly without it or me having a heart attack.

I am also waiting on some more circular needles from knit picks, I am going up a size A) because I clutch the little size 0's til' they bend, and B) even though the socks that I knit up on the size 0 fit I would prefer a little bit roomier socks, and because I am lazy and refuse to alter the pattern mathematically I will just go up to 1's. I am hoping that these will be better for my hands as they seem to get so stiff(probably from the previously said clutching) when I use the smaller ones.

Pictures!

Well I said that I would post pictures a few days ago, and then I got sick with some stomach bug or something. I was on the computer a lot but didn't feel like any knitting or anything, so I zoned out on season 3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I did promise to show pics of the one sock I have finished of the Bavarian Cables. I do not have pictures of the shrug I am working on but will soon.

As you can see I did a shorter leg than Wendy did, but I am not a fan of longer socks, I told myself that I would do it but the longer the leg got the more I didn't like the idea, so I did enough length to show the patern on the leg and then did the k1p1 ribbing. I was worried that these would be tight because of the the cables but it worked out great and I blocked the sock, it is just right.

Lily Pads

Well I haven't been on my blog in forever. I have been busy working up at the complex with my husband. I haven't had a lot of time for blogging, well I have been making time to read other blogs just not to work on my own. I knit some more worsted weight socks, for around the house slipper type things. I think the color way kind of reminds me of a lily pad, because the greens and browns are like the pad and then the pinks and whites are the flower. It sounds silly I know. But here they are...

As for the Bavarian Cables socks I am failing miserably to get them done, I am knitting on them just at a very slow pace. Oh well hope for more news.

Hallelujah

I finally finished the second sock of the blue striped pair. Even though I knit it in less time than the first it still took me forever. I need to start setting myself deadlines. But here they are...

If you look really close the one on the right is slightly lighter than the other one, that is probably for a number of reasons, A) could be because the second sock is from a newer skein, B)I have been carrying the first sock around in my purse of months, and it probably got a little faded. But you can also see that the striping isn't exactly a math, that kind of stuff doesn't bother me, it is pretty darn close though.

So I also posted because I didn't realize how long it had been since my last post, yikes. Oh well, I finally found a little part time job as well, I am sort of working for my husband, at his second job. So we will see how that works out, at least it will pay off my school loans. I get to meet some interesting people as well. We work at the local soccer club, and there is a lot to do. The fieldhouse where we are is pretty awesome, and I actually ran some birthday parties last weekend. Anyhoo that's all for now...

hooray

Well I finally finished the second sock. I frogged the heel 3 times, for some reason I just didn't like the way it kept turning out but now I am happy with it. I started the second sock 2 days ago and I now have a complete pair. I am now inspired to finish all the other pair less socks I have started. Like that kiwi cabled sock that I finished ages ago and I have been dreading the second sock because of all that cabling I have to do but maybe I will just get started on that later today. Here is also a picture of my niece from this weekend while she was eating mashed potatoes. She still hasn't grasped the utensil thing yet and since the bowl got left right where she could reach it she decided to dive right in.
Needless to say she needed a bath immediately. She was so cute before this she had her hair in little pig tails on top of her head and her little dress was so cute and clean. But I have to admit she does really seem to be enjoying herself immensely.
Well I will get to work on all those unfinished projects that I have just sitting around waiting for some attention.