Still alive and knitting!

For a while I didn't knit. But recently the lace bug bit me and I started the Swallowtail Shawl by Evelyn A. Clark in one of the Interweave Knits magazines.

Progress:


Yes, its orange. It's sock yarn. Not even the 100% wool kind, its got 25% nylon in it. I was desperate and didn't have any lace weight on hand.

Alive and knitting

I haven't updated in forever. Its not that I haven't been knitting much, its just that I haven't blogged much.

So of course, here are some pictures! Working on Baudelaire on the left there and Unknown Sock Pattern on the right. I haven't decided to make it boring old k3p1 rib or do the Twisted Sock Pattern from Knitpicks.




Pattern: Baudelaire from Knitty
Yarn: Knitpicks Gloss in Burgundy
Needles: size 2
Comments: Why oh why did I decide that I needed to make the large size. The sock is kinda loose. I think I may finish these and give them to one of my bigger foot friends.

Oh bother :(

I wish I could go to this!

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I successfully dyed!

I dyed these today and they are for sale at my etsy website

Succes! Success!

FO: Jaywalkers! and more!

I finally finished them! aren't they beautiful?
Some stats and a picture!
Yarn: KnitPicks dye your own sock yarn (100% merino wool)
Dyed with varying strengths of Grape Kool Aid. Striping method found here
Yardage: 440 yards with a few left over.
Comments: Due to the diagonal stitches inherent in this pattern this sock is really inelastic. Its difficult for me to get on and off but is SO comfortable once its on. I didn't like the slip2together-knit-pass2stichesover, but it worth it in the end and gets easier as the sock goes on. Definitely would make again.


And now, some Lava Flow Socks from Sockbug. First time I tried the short row heel. I'm not really diggin' it, but there's a first for everything!



UPS dropped off a beautiful package for me today! My very own ball winder! yay! Time to make yarn cakes like a mad woman! I have to say though, this skein of yarn... the color is... less than desirable. It was my first experience with wiltons and I screwed up majorly by mixing tons of wrong colors.

Yarn! *rawr*

You see this? I know you want this!

What you see here is...
2 skeins of Daffodil
2 skeins of Hydrangea
FOUR skeins of Star Gazer Lily (This colorway caught my eye... and then well, I looked around some more and that's why I have this huge sock stash now!)
2 skeins of Zinnia (didn't turn out quite as nice as I would have liked)
2 skeins of Gladious (was iffy when I bought it, but now that I have it in my hands, I. LOVE. IT.)
2 skeins of Fawn (to make Embossed Leaves Lace Socks Mk II)

I'm SOOO happy excited! :D I'm gonna finish my Jaywalkers quickly now so I can knit my next SEVEN pairs of socks! Here's where I am on those... almost done with sock one!

I see socks in my future

My DBF just got me $40 worth of Knit Picks yarn. I'm in sock-land lately so it's ALL sock yarn! All of them are colors that are on clearance. I can't wait to see them and knit with them! They'll last me through the summer.

I have an FO to share!



Pattern: Broadripple from Knitty.com
Yarn: Paton's Kroy sock yarn that was green and then Kool-aid dyed in a different shade of green.
Needles: 5 double pointed size 2s
Notes: I really like this pattern. Its easy to work and very easy to memorize. The zigzag is really fun. One bad thing is that this sock has no stretch even though the yarn is 75%wool 25%nylon. I'm not sure if its the yarn or the pattern. This pair is a gift to my DBF's mom for her birthday! I hope she likes them!

Here's another picture of the stitches at the cuff. I really like it.




Not ten minutes after I finished the Broadripple socks, I cast on for Jaywalkers! From the first moment I saw this pattern I fell in love with it. I can definitely see me making tons of socks with just this pattern. This is what I've got so far!



The yarn, in case youre curious, is my own dye-creation. The super long hank (450+ inches around) was a pain to manage, but I really like the result!