Sweet summer afternoons 😍😁
My project: Antimuon Vanilla Socks
Jellybean’s project: Getting soaked and making a mess
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WIP Wednesday: Antimuon Vanilla Socks
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Cast On: Antimuon Vanilla Socks
With my Nangou almost done I started scheming for my next project. (Let’s forget the box of WIPs hibernating in the basement and the two pair of socks I already have on the needles.) I dug through my stash with glee and pulled a shiny skein of self striping.
For my last birthday my husband got me some String Theory Colorworks in the Entanglement base in the Antimuon color. This is a fingering to light fingering sock yarn. And the best part was this is sold in two matching half skeins. All I had to do was wind them up!
I will have to pull out a little of the skein on the right to make sure I start with the same color as the one on the left. My needles and notions are tucked in the bag just waiting for me to start. 😃
Happy Knitting!
Washerwoman
Summer in Kansas has arrived. The humidity is here to stay and the temps are climbing into the nineties. So I begrudgingly tackled Mt. Woolen and started washing all the pretties for packing until Fall.
Socks, shawls, scarves, and hats. I haven’t tackled the sweaters yet. Four loads of hand wash was enough for one weekend.
Took my whole clothesline in the basement! Happy Knitting!!
Conference Call Knitting
I haven’t mentioned my Strands of Drunken Watermelon socks in awhile. Well, they have been living in my office desk at work. I have had a spate of webinars and conference calls lately so they have seen a little growth.
I’m pleased with the pattern and it’s use of slipped stitches. It’s blending the highly variagated yarn so nicely!
I do need to take care to make sure I know what row of the four row repeat I’m on. I’ve had to tink back a time or two….
Slowly but surely these will grow! Happy Knitting!!
Family Reunions and Knitting
Hurrah! I come triumphant and exhausted from a family reunion. There were lots of hugs and lots of knitting! My Dad’s socks are almost done!
I turned the heel and started up the leg! I know for sure I didn’t count extremely well while conversating because I had to fudge the final couple of rounds of the heel turn before continuing in the round. Shhh….no one will tell!
For now I’m now I’m going to attempt to dig out of the major sleep deprivation of a long wonderful weekend…
(My grandma and I ❤️)
Happy Knitting!!
Halfway There, Thank You Sport Weight Yarn
I can’t help but love how fast big yarn on big needles flies by! Relatively speaking that is….this is only sport weight yarn on US 2s…
The first sock is done and used about 73 grams of my 150 gram skein. This is just the toe up vanilla sock pattern that I devised that works for both my dad and hubby. The second sock is under way and for sure won’t be an identical twin. But I’m more concerned with yarn maximization than aesthetics.
This Regia yarn has a good tooth to it so I’m hoping it wears well. The gusset heel fit nicely on my hubby’s foot when I made him test it. I can’t wait to cross this off my gift list!
Happy Knitting!!
Update: Watermelon Socks
My Miss Babs yarn finally spoke to me! I found the Strands of Gold sock pattern by Linda Garland and thought the yarn floats would be awesome in this highly variagated yarn! It a simple toe up socks with short sections of holding the yarn in front and slipping the stitches behind it.
So these are now called my “Strands of Drunken Watermelon” socks. I set aside some time this week and cast on both toes. The first I put onto my 9 inch circ to work and the second is on DPNs inside the WIP minder that came with the bag.
These are probably going to wait until after I finish my sister’s socks. here’s hoping that helps me fight SSS!
Happy Knitting!!
WIP Wednesday: Nicole’s Christmas Socks Take Two
I kinda let time get away from me. I’ve been in the thick of many large projects at work and at home. I didn’t even think I was getting much knitting time. Then I looked in my purse and saw these….
I managed to finish the first sock of my sister’s second Christmas pair! And then I’m past the heel of the second sock! I could possibly finish this soon. Those words of course could be the death knell for this project, lol.
Happy Wednesday and Happy Knitting!
FO Friday: Nicole’s 2017 Christmas Socks
Boo-yah! Another Christmas knit is in the books! The first pair of my sister’s Christmas socks done done done!
The heels went swimmingly. And look pretty great in my opinion. I even managed to make them almost identical! My project details are here:
Pattern: 68 stitch toe-up vanilla sock
Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in Splash
Needles: US 0s
These babies are now tucked away in my cedar chest awaiting December. They also counted for my May entry towards the Down Cellar Studios 12 Months to Christmas KAL!
Happy Knitting!!
Cast On: Crazy Watermelon Socks
I decided I needed a little selfish sock knitting after the last couple of pairs of socks have been for gift knitting. I have a golden skein, so to speak, sitting in my stash. It’s my first ever Miss Babs yarn. I got the Hotshot base in the Drunken Watermelon color. I have had it since 2016 and it’s been calling me for months.
Well, I listened and it’s wound up and ready to go in my 19 stitches bag. I just haven’t decided if this variegated yarn wants to be a pair of vanilla socks with gusset heel or if it wants to be some other pattern.
I can’t wait to dive into this summer inspired yarn! Happy Knitting!
My Tangled Yarn Knitting Adventures 