Toddler baby cable rib socks. An easy way to use up the yarn that's leftover from my socks. If I make each pair of Little Bit's socks just a tiny bit bigger than the last pair, she'll always have a pair that fit, right? :)
The second installment of the Shalimar Sock Club. While the colors are still quite bright, I think this one has more possibility. And the pattern for this yarn sounds really interesting. I think I may actually follow it! (*gasp!)
My mom made these cute little socks for Little Bit. We even got a comment on them by another knitter in the airport!
So, I originally had made this sock for my sister, but in a subsequent conversation, she had poo-poo'd the idea of wearing knit socks. So, I decided to keep the socks for myself.
Fortunately, I ended up bringing it along with me, and when she put the sock on (and it fit like a glove), she was in love. Now I have to go finish the other one!
Autumn socks are finished! I am really pleased with the way these turned out. And I really liked working with the yarn, Louet Gems Fingering. It has a tight twist that really made the stitches stand out.
I've got the charts worked out for the acorns, leaves, and acorn/leaf combo, I just need to finish out the actual construction instructions (ha ha, say that fast 10 times).
I think these may be my favorite socks yet.
My second sock. This one I've combined the two versions I made of the stitch pattern for what I think will be a fun option: leaves and acorns.
These socks are perfectly autumn :)
Sock number one is finished! I'm loving it!
This is certainly one of the more fancy socks I've knit :) Can't wait to have a finished pair!
Here is a better shot of the stitch pattern for my SKA September sockdown sock. I'm also going to write up a version of this without the purls. My mom is going to test knit it for me, so I can't wait to see it! This will be her first toe up sock. Should we tell her its hard to go back to top down after you take the plunge? :)
This has been an interesting experience, as I was figuring out what I liked and didn't like from my original stitch pattern. I'm really happy with what emerged, and you can really see each little bit of it in this colorway. I should finish this one tomorrow, then its back to the 2nd Shalimar. Can I finish 4 socks in one month?
SKA Sockdown progress. Isn't this orange just yummy? Heading to the lake this evening, can't wait!
Second take with the Shalimar yarn. This is the Slippery Sock pattern from knitty, by Olivia M. This is perfect for this colorway. The slipped cables allow the stitches to stand out enough that it isn't competing with the colorway as much. While I am still getting pooling, despite messing with needle sizes and such, I'm much less concerned with it because of the way the stitch pattern emerges.
I modified this pattern to be toe up and will do a short row heel instead of the gusset variety.
Getting ready to wind up my yarn, I just couldn't resist this shot. Look how short those color repeats are! I think we're going to have some pooling issues. And these colors are so very bright! Wow!
Got my Shalimar sock club package today! The yarn is brightly colored, so that should be fun to find a pattern for.
They also sent a gorgeous, embroidered project bag, two chart magnets, a pin, and a pattern. LOVE it!
FO, baby! Finished my socks in record time. That 2nd one was knit in 3 days flat!
I am so proud of myself!
Today was also really special because I got a visit from a dear friend, completely unexpectedly. She called me last night just as we were getting Little Bit ready for bed to tell me she was in town. I am so glad that we were able to spend the morning together and get caught up. I really should be doing a better job of keeping up. But it is nice to know that no matter how much time has gone by it isn't that hard to pick back up where you left off last. Love you!
Almost an FO. I've got less than a repeat to go on my last sock, but I couldn't resist trying them both on to see how they looked together. Smashing, don't you think?
Look at this progress! I cast on last night at knitting group, and look at me, I've turned the heel already! Part of it is due to the fact that gymnastics are on SO late, and I just can't go to bed and leave them hanging.
I'm glad I stayed up. It was worth it to see Liukin and Johnson go 1, 2 in the all around competition :)
And check out the short row heel. I thought I'd been doing one before, but this looks way different than the other heel I put on my first sock. I really like the way this looks, and because there are no increases, there is no pooling on the top of the foot! I also think the knitting goes faster because you aren't having to work more stitches. What is amazing to me is that this toe up sock has no increases or decreases in it! Yeah short rows!
I have a finished sock! Loving the way this turned out. My first BO was way too tight, I couldn't get the sock over my heel. So I had to rip and did a BO in pattern with a size 3 needle. As you can see, I got it on :) Yeah me!
I visited a knitting group that meets in Burleson tonight, and that was a lot of fun getting to meet people that I know online (hi, mycol!). I'm definitely going to go back as soon as I get my Wednesdays cleared.
