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Bonus Pink Tube Socks

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I forgot to you show you all the finished Pink Tubes I made for Jellybean after finished his regular socks.

I had Jellybean try these on as well to make sure they were a good fit. I didn’t tell him what I was doing and he’s used to me knitting all kinds of stuff that he didn’t ask any questions. He did wonder how I got those spirals to happen. I told him Magic….

These tubes with the sock yarn and mini skein, I added 340 yards of yarn to my KAL total. And I really like how the contrasting cuff and toes look with the variegated yarn. I also put these in my cedar chest to chill out until the holidays…

Happy Knitting!!

More Kiddo Christmas Tubes

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Duke and I are working hard on Christmas gift knitting. I am really excited about making tube socks for Jellybean that will maybe have a longer shelf life with his growing feet.

I pulled out another sock snake and started installing some toes and cuffs. Amazing how fast those go without adding heels! The main yarn is unlabeled from my stash. But the contrast is some Knitted Witt Smarties mini skeins in Mighty Oak (green)

These tubes are exactly half of the sock snake. I did cheat a little and have Jellybean try them on to see if he balked at the feel. But he liked them! So I feel better about starting the second set of tubes, phew!

I may even go back to my pink sock snake and get those worked up too! I hope he is going to enjoy them. Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Kiddo Christmas Socks

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Surprise! I have a finished pair of socks….

Jellybean has REALLY been wearing his hand-me-down wool socks when he sleeps at night. I decided he needs some of his own. So I pulled out some sock snakes and got to work. I was knitting these on the down low so he couldn’t see and I didn’t even show the blog the cast on!

These are some Tofutsies variegated yarn with heels/toes/cuffs made from Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper base. These are about 1 inch shorter than mine and they will have a life expectancy before his feet outgrow them for sure. But the yarn is soft, washable and kid perfect.

I worked these on US 1s over 72 stiches and the finished yardage ended up at 257 yards of yarn. Now I need to keep these safe and clean until Christmas!

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Penguin Socks

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My next set of socks are on the needles! I pulled a sock set from GingerSnap out of Canada. This yarn is called Penguin Plunge Deluxe so I’m calling these my Penguin Socks.

As is almost always the case, I am working toe up with 68 stitches on size US 1 needles. I did choose to just do a wee little pop of yellow on the toe. No idea why other than I felt the whimsy to do so.

I wanted to work this pair in tandem like my self striping socks, but alas I did not wind my yarn in a tandem friendly way. I need to stew on if I want to mess around with pulling off 50% of this yarn and making two balls or not. Or just chug along one sock at a time….

Happy Knitting!!

Halfway (Ish)

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My blanket mojo is making it hard to work on other projects but my Mom really wants this shawl so I am making sure it gets some love as well.

This is In The Light and I have made it three times before so I am very comfortable with this pattern. Normally this would call for fading but I skipped this to use the yarn my Mom bought. I may be playing yarn chicken…so I am keeping track of my balls of yarn and where I am in the pattern. The edging starts at like 180 stiches and I am at 90 something.

I probably won’t be able to knit the full pattern but I should be able to knit to a stitch count that fits the multiple needed and still add the edging. This will just mean it will be a tid bit smaller, which won’t affect its warmth at all. I just need to keep knitting!!

Happy Knitting!!

All Wound Up

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I finished plying, washing and skeining my sock yarn spinning project before I realized I had ZERO pictures of it. So here it is in cake form!

I think I am not going to have enough for socks and I’m a little bummed. I have over 100 grams here but only 130-140 yards of heavy sport weight yarn. I think I will pull out my size 4 needles and start a toe of a sock. This will show me gauge and how far this yarn goes.

If it doesn’t work then I can rip it back and make something else. This also taught me that I need more fiber for a sock spin at my current skill level and singles size. So not a complete loss but did dampen my excitement.

Happy Spinning!!

The Second Bobbin For Socks

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The first bobbin is complete for the sock spin I’m working on. Just last night I started putting fiber on the second bobbing.

The dominant colors in these chunks of fiber are pinks, purples and a some muddy browns. I still have to concentrate pretty hard on spinning fine so that my plies don’t get to fat. Once in awhile my mind drifts and the thickness starts to come back. It’s just my default I guess?

Now I just need more hours in the day so I have more time for crafting during accounting busy season!

Happy Knitting!!

Memory Mojo Unlocked

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My blanket mojo has fired up after the holiday haze has lifted. I have added NINE squares since last I showed this off last time.

I finished off an entire row and started a brand new one. This newest row is leftovers from my tiny sweaters and tiny socks from the 2021 Chromatic Yarns advent calendar. I still have a tiny nub of yarn leftover after I complete all three things. So those are going into my scrap stash.

I have 24 minis and 17 squares across, so when I hit the end of the row I will have to decide to go to another row or add an additional column. What do you think??

Emergency Thor Cast On

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The hubs and Jellybean convinced me to see Thor: Love and Thunder on a whim this week. I like the Marvel movies so I was in, I just had one problem….I had no dark knitting! My Victorian Mauve Vanilla Socks were at the heel turn and not appropriate for movie knitting.

So I grabbed a skein of self striping from my stash and hand wound up the skein. I FEVERISHLY got the toe cast on and the increases on the needles with three minutes to spare before leaving for the show.

What you see is exactly one Marvel movie’s worth of vanilla knitting. This yarn is really interesting. The colorway is called UniZerbraCorn prototype from KirbyWirby. It has a warm colored rainbow variegated stripe, followed by a black/white zebra section that then is followed by the cool side of the rainbow.

It is fascinating to watch how this variegation inside the stipes works up. It pools in some areas and stripes in others. This dyer is a sneaky genius!

Happy Knitting!!

Hat For Dayzzzzz

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I am SOOOOO close to starting the deceases on my Variegated Musselburgh hat!

My hat is almost 18 inches and I still have a good sized yarn cake left to knit. So I am fairly certain that I can knit to the full 20 inches before the decreases. I might be measuring more often that is necessary for the speed at which I knit.

My family really commented that they love the micro stripes that seem to be appearing in the body of this hat. That is really the fun of variegated yarn, you can really get some cool effects depending on your gauge.

Now…off to the knitting! Happy Knitting!!