Goals

We are now just ONE week away from the Summer of Socks KAL. I, in usual form, have three socks in progress. None of which are for myself, again, usual form.

SO. I have decided that the SOS KAL will be ALL SOCKS FOR ME! That's right. It's the summer of knitting for self! I have four yarns plucked from my stash that I have decided to knit up for the KAL. If I get further, than I'll do more, but I'm trying to be slightly realistic.

I am also going to work on Something Brown this summer.

But before I can start all that I need to get a few things done.

1. Complete second Roza sock - which will complete a pair. Whew.

2. Complete Peter's Sock. This is only the first of a pair, but this is a super fuzzy warm yarn not suitable for summer wear, so I've got time to make it's mate.

3. Vintage and Modern sock will wait until fall to be worked on. Hub's getting all the socks and my feet are jealous.

4. Must complete 3 pair of shorts, 1 for Miss E and 2 for a friends boys. THEN I can start Something Brown.

This will certainly not all go as I'd like, but it's what I'm aiming for. I'd love to have all the other knitting done by next week, but that is NOT going to happen unless I grow a second pair of hands and someone else cares for my family.

I got a bit of knitting done yesterday. I had an afternoon doctors appointment (just 2 blocks from LYS) so after that I explored another LYS (not as good as mine) got an iced latte and headed for LYS. I puttered about for an hour and then everyone arrived for knit night. So between waiting rooms and knit night Roza got a couple of inches. It was good to be away from home for six hours in a row. Time for my mind to get a break from my usual.

SO, I'm off to work on some socks, and shorts so I can enjoy a summer of knitting for ME!

Saturday's are for Soakers!

I've been putting this off. Stretching her night soaker as much as I could and tying it real quick before it could slide down. However, it's gotten to be a bit much. I sucked it up and knit up a new night soaker for E this weekend. I made up my own pattern because I was not satisfied with the patterns I have. It worked out REALLY well! Yay! I can't believe I got it right on the first try. The rise is a little extra tall, but E has a tall rise and those night diapers give her a giant booty so I did that on purpose. And, I only used scraps from other projects which was really cool!

Yarn: Peace Fleece scraps for body & Lion Wool scrap for trim
Pattern: My own
Needles: Addi Turbo's, 4,7 & Knit Picks DPN's

Runneth Over

My sock yarn basket is has now officially runneth over. I know you experienced stashers are laughing at me. Stop that now. Miss T sent me my birthday gifts and spoiled the heck out of me! She bought me more Vesper! In the Knit & Tonic colorway which I love! What a sweetheart huh? But wait... she also bought me bare yarn and koolaid. She's an enabler. I've not dyed yarn and I was not going to go into that deep dark hole but it looks like I'm there. Miss N wants to help! Agh! lol! There were more treats too. She's too generous. Makes me feel special!

Also, there is MORE COMING! Yes, I for the first time in my life... won a prize! Sarah held a contest for her vacation which I did not win. (She finished a whack of fab socks! Check them out!) She was in the giving mood and started just giving stuff away left and right! And I actually won some Tofutsies. Can't wait to check it out. My LYS doesn't carry it. Thank you Sarah!

I am now TOTALLY ready for the Summer of Socks! Hopefully I'll get that basket under control!

Speaking of children... Miss E is a yarn monster.


Aghh! Good thing I had a hold of the other end of that. And good thing she's this cute. She loves yarn. Puts gobs of it in her mouth if I let her. Future knitter for sure.


I'll have an FO report for you tomorrow. A "must get done" but didn't want to do kind of thing. But it's over and done with and drying as I type!

Crazy Friday

Question of the day... Can socks be a jag?

I don't think they can. How could something so useful... that you could possibly never have enough of, be a jag? I don't think so. So then what? I have a "problem". lol! At knit night a woman peered into my bag to see 3 socks going and looked at me like I was a bit nuts. Apparently she hasn't caught the insanity bug. I actually felt myself blush and said "I have a bit of a problem with the socks right now".


There's one finished Roza and her mate started. I'm sorry to say that until I can get my MIL to come visit and model them, I have no nice way to show them to you. They are far too small or big for anyone in this household. Unfortunately it's a most pathetic looking sock without a foot in it. Miss N's crown is still going. Please discourage me from trying to do felting projects... they really make me cranky.

Speaking of felting projects look what I dug out for you!


I mentioned the French Market Tote made it's way out of the back of the closet to go on a picnic last week and she's grown on me so I thought I'd let you take a peak. She's not my favorite FO that's for sure, but she's useful for picnics. The only downside is the mohair stuck to the rubber sippy spouts.


Have you ever seen this wine? It's a hoot. Hub bought it while I was pregnant with Miss E so it's been sitting around a while. Last night we decided to give it a try. The label cracks me up.


Then Hub noticed something else on the label... see that Alcohol content? A bit steep! Apparently they want you to be the drunk housewife. Which I quickly was finding my way towards seeing as after 2 kids in 4 years I rarely if ever drink anything.


All the while Miss N was putting on quite a show last night. She was inspecting this Knit Picks catalog and telling Hub all about it. I asked her here if she was learning a new technique and she very animatedly replied "I'm trying to, but it's just not working!".

Knee High!

This afternoon I had Hub try on the pair of socks I'm working on for him. I just wanted to make sure he could get them over his big heel. So she wouldn't feel left out I had Miss N try on the Roza's since I myself could not. I was surprised to see that they were actually fairly close to fitting her. Hub and I both gasped and he said "You have to make her some socks like that!". Knee Highs! They are SO cute! I think I can cast on the same as these, but I'll need to learn how to do some calf shaping and take them down by a dozen stitches at the ankle to fit her. Need to do a little research and planning on how to do that. But... I see some Roza Knee Highs for a soon to be four year old coming up in the fall!

Saturday's are for Socks!

One could say I have a bit of "sock startitis". This Saturday while Miss N played out in the sunshine with Hub I stayed indoors and worked on a few socks while catching up on some long distance phone calling. These are all the first sock of the pair...

Roza is ready for her heel though, so at least she's moving along into something else. In sad news, I tried them on and... they are too small for me. So I'm going to complete them as a gift for a wee footed love.

Peters Socks for Brother J moved along at a nice clip. I'm working them on my Knit Picks needles. At first try I didn't care for these needles, but working with them this time I am REALLY enjoying them! I think the first time I tried them the gauge was too loose and with their weight it was just not working out at all. But this time the gauge is right, so it's working out well. I don't mind the weight and I might actually like it. My hands (like my feet) are a bit bigger, so the weight makes me feel slightly more coordinated. As does the 6" length. I really like that as the 5" seem a bit short at times. These should move pretty quickly!

I worked a bit on the Vintage and Modern Socks for Hub. They are based on the "Gentleman's Plain Winter Sock" from Knitting Vintage Socks, however I worked a different ribbing (which I'll explain later) and quite frankly, there is NOTHING plain about that yarn. Which brings in the "modern". The yarn is Kona Fingering Superwash dyed at Little Turtle Knits in the Elijah colorway. Hub picked it out himself! Yes, a bright man sock! Although he did think it would be more blue, but is still willing to wear it! It's worked on 2.0mm needles, so the gauge is wee wee tiny. It's working up fairly quickly now that I'm onto the plain stockinette.


And Yarn PrOn for you... I scored some Vesper last week and it arrived on Saturday. I am so excited! I'll be starting some jaywalkers with this. I love all the ones I've seen worked up in this. I'm really excited to get these started... but as you see... I'm not exactly lacking for sock projects here.

Hey look! Miss T joined the party!

A little falling down

Well, I didn't go a whole day without knitting. I just didn't make it. It was 9pm... I'd folded every piece of laundry I could find (including the basket full of socks that never get folded). And well, I simply CAN NOT watch TV without doing something else. It's just wasted time. So uh... I cast on two new projects. You know... because if you're going to fall down you might as well do a good job of it. Above is Miss N's felted crown. It's a very loose gauge, so not hard on the wrists at all. I was going slowly too... trying not to race through it. And then... I couldn't wait. I had to cast on the new Bearfoot sock yarn...


Isn't it so gorgeous? When you first look at it it seems to be a charcoal. But then the light catches it and you see all these colors. It's simply stunning to me. It reminds me of a mallard duck... you know how the light catches the dark parts of their feathers and all of a sudden you see brilliant color. That's what this reminds me of. I love it.

So I fell down. Where's the 12 step?

And that book, it's great. The most honest look at Motherhood I've yet seen. Love it!