Check out my new sock!

I'm knitting the Monkey pattern from Winter 2006 Knitty. Don't ask me why they are called Monkey socks. I guess this is a question for Cookie A. Cookie if you are out there, let me know! This is the second time I've knit these socks; the first time they came out terrible. So here I am trying again! I knit on these while @ SnB tonight; here's a pic of the sock after I turned the heel.

More Yarn Porn and a few FO's!

I did a little more naughty yarn shopping this past week. Check out my new yarn! Of course there is beautiful Noro and Mano's Silk Blend. The red is a new yarn, or at least new to me; it's Cascade Sock Yarn. And the pink is Cherry Tree Hill in Blossom. It's so pretty in person; this is a very bad pic of it. I also finished a Headline News-boy Cap as described in Stich N Bitch Nation. The Gelato socks are complete also, I had to show them to my buddies @ SnB tonight.





If you don't recognize this cap; it's because I left the brim off of it. I thought I would like it better as a beanies but in actuality; I don't. So I'm going to go back and add it. I'll take another pic of it soon. Thats all for now kiddies! Happy Knitting!

Shopping, shopping, shopping...

I've been doing a little yarn shopping in the past week or so. I bought some of that Red Heart Heart & Sole sock yarn (with ALOE!!!). I haven't had a chance to knit it up yet but heres a pic of it anyway.



I also visited AC Moore and picked up some Lion Brand Cotton.



After that, a trip to Cultured Purl and picked up some more Noro Kureyon sock yarn in a very pretty pink color.



Thats all for now I guess. I plan to head to the yarn shop in Waterford later this week. Wish me luck!

Hey!

I'm still alive here knitting away! Here's a pic of my newest knit; the Gelato sock. This is the sock yarn from the previous post I bought from Knit Picks. I'm not sure if it is still on the site available for purchuse. I haven't checked. I love the stripes and how they work up. I find myself knitting on the second sock thinking; I'll just finish this color. Oh I'll just get to the end of this color. Whatever. Enjoy!

Fair Isle

I'm knitting fair isle! I can't believe it! I'm taking a fair isle class @ my LYS (Cultured Purl www.kniterie.com ) and the project for the class is a bag knit in the round. I don't have very much of it done but I'm very proud of myself. I also learned that while I thought I was an average knitter, I'm actually a VERY tight knitter. Guess who needs to loosen up a bit? The only issue I'm having is loosing my place in the chart. I'm VERY afraid of charts so this is a big step for me. Maybe I'll be able to do more advanced lace by being able to read charts. Anyways, it's very slow going b/c I tend to drop the color I'm not using and pick it back up later instead of trying to knit with 2 hands which I find VERY hard to do. Wish me luck!

Socks, socks, socks!

I've been knitting socks and ordering sock yarn like a mad person. Here's a pic of my newest sock knit out of Noro Kureyon Sock yarn, color # S185 on size 2 needles.


I'm knitting these socks toe up using Wendy Bernard's sock pattern using the toe patch. I've also finished a pair of sock for my sweetie. These are Knit Picks Essential Tweed on size 2 needles (I knit most socks on 2's) in the color Marina.


The only thing I have to say about this yarn was, I hate tweed. It's not really the yarns fault; I just didnt realize how much I would hate knitting those itty bitty little flecks of color. I would have liked it more had it been a plain yarn; no tweed. I know this next time I order yarn from Knit Picks.

Here's a few pics of sock yarns I've ordered from Knit Picks. The first one is called Gelato. Pretty!

Here is Alexandrea...

and Grass...


I also order from Duet Sock yarn from The Loopy Ewe. It's called Brownie Girl. I love the colors and the little mini-skien to make cordinating toes and heels. Isn't it cute??


So I think I'm pretty much set for the next few months as far as sock yarn goes. What say you, dear readers?

Secret Pal Revel!

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I got another secret pal box in the mail today! As you can see, I got a beautiful skein of Sox from Berrcco (pretty, pretty, pretty), 2 skeins of Cascade 220 wool, some hello kitty swag, a bath and body kit with scents that smell hevenly(!), and best of all A NEW KNITTING BAG WITH MY NAME RIGHT ON IT!!! Isnt it the cutest thing you've ever seen?