Jellybean got a little aggressive with dress up play and his favorite sock monkey suffered the consequences. His little hair didn’t fair well and there were tears. But no fear Mom to the rescue!!
A little bit of heavy duty button hole thread, a needles and sock monkey was back to normal. Jellybean was impressed with my “magic” skills.
Nevermind its still 90 degrees in Kansas and he’s wearing a full coverage ear flap hat. Kids man!
Happy Mending!!
I am at a decision point with my All My Stitches. I have already gone past the pattern number of increases….but I can’t decide to do more or start the next pattern section. Which is a long slow decrease section.
I don’t want to play yarn chicken but I also don’t want to have yarn leftover or not use all the colors. If I get towards the end I could manage my colors to make sure I get some of each color in but that would leave me with leftovers. I kind of have my heart set on using all of the advent. I guess I didn’t make the best pattern selection for that, lol.
Time for thinking….
Happy Knitting!!
Happy Friday! Let me dazzle you with my latest FO. My Purple Rain Vanilla Socks are done, blocked and photographed on my very very very dry grass.
Pattern: My own toe up vanilla sock recipe with 68 stitches and a gusset heel
Yarn: KFI Luxury Sock in Purple Rain gradient
Needles: US 1s
There are some SUPER tall socks. They still fit okay, especially after blocking. I have a little room in the toes but nothing untoward. And the they come up very high on my round calves. They smell wonderful like lavender wool wash so I need to tuck them into sock drawer for the coming fall.
Next up for my sock focus…..my third pair of scrappy advent mini skein socks. Just need to work up the mojo!
Happy Knitting!!
I have my Bifrost back on track and I’m really pleased with this version. I ended up with casting on 100 stitches to make this more of a wrap rather than a scarf. I have even moved into the second color!
So far this second mini skein is just lighter more variegated version of the first mini. The first mini was a tonal purple. And this second is a variegated white/light purple. And the slipped stitch edge is making my orderly brain happy.
I have set an arbitrary goal of finishing this by September 1st and before the 2021 Pigskin Party KAL kicks off. No WIPs allowed in that one so I want to crank out this yardage before I move to scoring those touchdown points.
Happy Knitting!!
I decided to set myself up for success for my third and last pair of 2020 Advent Socks by splitting the minis in half and then winding them in order into little sock balls.
After some travails on my second sock where I didn’t get the mini skeins split into half in a super even manner….I decided to be really serious about these last ones. I opened each mini and found each end. I then paired them and wound them across the room until I got to the middle of the yarn. I would then break the yarn and start winding to small balls. I repeat for the next color and spit sliced the ends together.
Oh, and I made sure to start with last mini and wind to where I wanted to start. Feeling proud that I remembered how hand wound yarn works, lol.
Now I just need the mojo to really get these cast on! Happy Knitting!!
My mom surprised me with a gift she picked up on her travels through Missouri last month.
There are two skeins of Jawoll Twin in Turquoise Tiger Stripes from Lang yarns. This is definitely sock yarn and hopefully makes a nice matching pair of socks. Next up is a unicorn tape measure that PB has already claimed as her and has disappeared into her toy stash. And last but not least is a muslin project bag that reads Peace Love Craft. Pretty sure that is a crochet hook but I love the sentiment nonetheless.
Moms who are also crafters totally pick out the best crafty gifts! Happy Knitting!!
Huzzah for paper clips as they work in a pinch when you don’t have stitch markers! I am now ready for the second cuff on my Purple Rain Vanilla Socks. 🙂
I *think* was able to match up the increases fairly well with the first sock. It really did help to have the increases marked visibly on my first sock. I could follow along and know when to add in an increase on the second. It actually made the knitting faster and easier.
I have one tiny little cuff left and I can move this project to the finished column. Literally CANNOT WAIT! 🙂
Happy Knitting!!
Another pair of socks is in the books! The second pair of my 2020 Advent Socks are finished and blocked.
Pattern: My own toe up vanilla sock “recipe” with 68 stitches and a gusset heel
Yarn: A Girl and Her Wool BFL Sock in the 2020 Advent mini skeins
Needles: US 1s
The fit is better on this pair than my first attempt here. And as I had hoped, I think I have just enough minis for a third pair of socks. Which would be nice for both my sock drawer and to completely use up the minis from this advent calendar.
Now….I just need to get the next set of socks cast on! Happy Knitting!!
After I ripped out my Wool and Waves advent shawl AND getting my Cloudborn order in, I was ready to cast on my next garter shawl/scarf project. This is the last project I need to “finish all the advent yarn before the new advent yarn comes in the fall”, lol.
I picked the Bifrost pattern by Cater Carter Evans. And I started this project as the pattern instructed for stitch count and stitch pattern. But for one, I didn’t like the garter edging and I wanted a wider project. I did go up several needle sizes to try and make the scarf bigger. I just want more….
So I ripped back the whole darn thing. Which was, if I may say, a nightmare! The soft merino singles stuck to EVERYTHING and ITSELF. I did have to rip one section out and fix it itself. But I managed to get all the yarn back to ball state.
I took some gauge measurements before I ripped, so now I just need a few minutes to run some calculations in excel. I’m going to keep the stitch pattern but work in a slipped stitch edge. And I will cast on more stitches than the pattern….I just needs to do the math to determine how many.
Happy Knitting!!
My current mojo has been more locked in to my advent/marling projects. The second advent color has been added All My Stitches. This next color is a very light pink and blends nicely with the white Opal sock yarn.
I REALLY like how the i-cord edge looks on this project. I gives the piece a nice finished or polished looking edge. My brain doesn’t always remember however and I do tend to have to tink back to fix. It’s super easy to just knit all the way across.
I’m already hacking this pattern as I’m not following their color changes. I’m a little concerned that I won’t use all of my rainbow gradient. Therefore I am considering adding some more increases than the pattern calls for. I could be setting myself up for yarn chicken but I wouldn’t mind a huge squishy wrap either.
I might set this one down for a think/time out….
Happy Knitting!!
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