Sock.Knit.Love

Diagonal Lace Socks

I just finished up the Diagonal Lace Knit-Along socks last night.  And a week early to boot!  I can’t say that I’ve found the love for the toe-up method even though these are my 2nd pair of toe-up socks.  It just seems too awkward. And I don’t really understand how to alter all the sock anatomy parts to make them fit better like I do on top-down socks. I guess it just takes time to gain an appreciation for this method. None-the-less they are a nice pair of socks. And I’m going to give them away to my best friend who recently commented  that the other pair of brown socks I made her had shrunk in the dryer.  These should fit much better!

Pattern – Diagonal Lace Socks from Socks From the Toe Up by Wendy Johnson
Yarn – Cascade Heritage, color Brown
Needles – 2.25mm

Eunice Socks

And… last week I finished the Eunice socks.  I love how these turned out even though I’m not a big fan of knitting cables on teeny tiny sock needles.

Pattern – Eunice from Sock Innovation by Cookie A.
Yarn – Dalegarn Baby Ull, color Black
Needles – 2.25mm

Next up in our knit-along:

April/May = Jagged by Through the Loops (Ravelry link) OR alternately Pinked from Interweave Knits, Winter 2010 issue (Ravelry link)

I also started knitting the Turkish Bed Socks because my sister-in-law gave me the pattern for Christmas.  Plus, they look like good summer socks to have on hand, don’t you think?

*We watched the movie Eat. Pray. Love. and it wasn’t much better than the book.  My apologies to anyone who liked it, but I just didn’t enjoy the book and the movie didn’t improve the story for me.

Gold Toes

Two Weeks Later

Started on January 12 and two weeks later… a pair of finished socks. It was like I was a knitting fiend.  I couldn’t put these down.  Sock knitting is relaxing to me.  And I think that when things get busy I need to have a pair of socks to knit on to unwind from the day.  Nearly every evening these were in my hands.

The yarn was frogged from another pair of socks that were a wee bit too big and I had only worn a couple of times. But I didn’t quite have enough to finish the toes. So a little leftover yarn from another pair was used to finish them off. The leftover yarn has a touch of gold running through it and so my husband started calling them Gold Toes.

Pattern ~ Ariel by Debbie O’Neill from the book Sock Club

Yarn ~ Sundara and Lorna’s Laces

Needles ~ 2.25mm

There’s just something about having a freshly knit pair of socks to wear…

Gold Toes

And now I am sick

One Pi sock done, one to go

There’s nothing like coming home and then promptly getting sick.  So, what have I been doing between moaning & groaning & whining about how I feel?  Knitting socks.  This was my airplane knitting to and from Houston.  One down, one to go. The second sock was started but not finished.

Jogless Join in the calf

They have given me lots of opportunity to practice my jogless join.  Before I really knew what I was doing, I kept the join in the same spot on the leg section. It doesn’t look quite as good as the foot section where I switched to the traveling join.  Unintentionally.  My first I thought was that I had to keep the join in the same place so that the heel would come out right. But  in hindsight, I think the traveling  jogless join looks better and I don’t think it would have effected the heel at all.

Traveling Jogless Join in the foot

These are for my hubby  and the geek in him.  We are calling them the Pi Socks.  Each stripe represents a number in Pi:  3.1415926535897932384626433832.  They will be finished in plenty of time for National Pi Day.

Project notes:

Yarn – Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine (50% Peruvian Wool, 20% Super Fine Alpaca, 30% Nylon) – and slippery than the dickens to knit.  I almost lost it when I dropped a stitch!

Needles – 2.25mm

Pattern – basic sock anatomy using Pi as the stripe sequence, 1×1 ribbed cuff, s1 k1 heel and toe in all the same color (just because that’s how the colors fell)

Going Down the List

pinwheel block-of-the-month quilt

One quilt top finished. Pattern coming soon.

Thank you for pet sitting quilt

Another quilt started. For the neighbors who always so graciously take care of our furry 4-legged children when we are gone.

Socks for Kelli

Some sock knitting. For a birthday gift. I hope they aren’t too bright for the recipient! The pattern is Spring Forward on Knitty.com

Yay, it's Socktoberfest!

And more sock knitting. For Socktoberfest. Free mystery pattern over here on Ravelry. Which isn’t so much of a mystery any more if I’m showing you what mine look like. We are on Week 2.

I love the giant pretzels!

A little Oktoberfest celebrating in between.  I love the giant pretzels~  with mustard! Prost!

What are you up to?

Airplane Knitting

Airplane Knitting

At least domestically, it seems that knitting needles are passing through airport security with no trouble. It’s a good thing, because look at how much knitting I got done!  Well, a little bit was done while visiting my family. But most of the longest one was done on the  flight out.  On the flight back, my book had me totally engrossed so I didn’t get much knitting done.

Between quilting, I’m almost always working on a pair of socks. These two below are fairly recent finishes. I’m thinking that many of my friends are in need of socks for their birthdays or Christmas.  The only downside to sock knitting is that my Dear Jane blocks are feeling neglected.

Socks for Orene

Pattern ~ Monkey by Cookie A. (free on Knitty.com)
Yarn ~ Enchanted Knoll Farm Superwash Sock Yarn, color Tia Dalma
Needles ~ 2.5 mm

Socks for me

Pattern: Wanida, from Sock Innovation by Cookie A.
Yarn: Fibernatura Yummy, color Mojave Dessert
Needles:  2.25mm