The GFOA sock has re-entered the wild. Fall gymnastics have re-started and we have 60 minutes now to kill every week.
The first color repeat is officially now. I am starting the second repeat and have to pay attention now. My increases will start in the bright peach section. I have my first sock in the project bag so I can mirror the increases. I just need time and brain cells now, lol.
What am I going to do for heels? Who the heck knows, that is a future Rachelle problem.
Happy Knitting!!
I am questioning my life choices, I agreed to co-project manage not one but two software projects. I am accountant….on a good day. So here I am for four weeks watching vendor demonstrations. Silver lining….knitting time!
Not a ton of progress yet, but I am SUPER close to finishing the first repeat of the rainbow. These are my 2023 GFOA socks and that name means I have been working on these since the end of May. The first tube is complete except for the heel. So all combined that is not bad progress considering I have zero mojo lately.
Happy Knitting!!
My Punch Bug Vanilla Socks are inching to the finish line. I find it intriguing that some socks practically fall off my needles where others take MONTHS. It’s not that I don’t love these socks, they just languished, lol.
The second full tube is done and almost perfectly matched the first sock. All I need now is to measure and cut in for the last afterthought heel. I have plenty of yarn left so that is a great feeling. The matching hat for this is languishing and I need to rip it out and start on better needles. #summerplans
Happy Knitting!!
How To Survive Accounting Conference Lectures: KNITTING!!
I did really well through the morning sessions but I was dragging after lunch. The economists started talking about statistics and I had to break out the knitting to stay awake since I don’t consume caffeine after lunch. I finished exactly one stripe on my Punch Bug Vanilla Socks and decided life was to short for boring classes so I left the conference early to get a jump start on my 2.5 hour drive home.
The winds here in Kansas have been brutal this spring. It was a long hard drive home and I literally collapsed in bed after my kids went to bed last night. Time for coffee and head off to work!
Happy Knitting!!
I have reached another adult milestone, my allergies have changed. I have been miserable for months with clogged sinuses and ears. So I am trying a hybrid ENT and Allergy practice. They wanted to test my reactions so I did a full fledged skin test for the first time in 15 years. So there I sat in a paper gown DESPERATELY trying not to itch, so I knit!
I’m still on my second Punch Bug Vanilla Sock. I think *maybe* I have added another color stripe since I last showed you all. But this is my travel purse knitting that only gets worked on outside of the house.
The nurse was very complimentary of my knitting and then exclaimed “Whelp, you are allergic to ALL of Kansas!”. To which I responded, no shit! And she was kind enough to slather me in Benadryl and give me a sample Zyrtec. These socks might see some mileage now that I will be getting allergy shots every three weeks where I need to wait 20 minutes to make sure I don’t die.
Silver linings I guess? Happy Knitting!!
Happy Valentines day!! I added some self care this morning while the household was still sleeping. I made some strong coffee and started the second toe for my Punch Bug Vanilla Socks.
I am almost done with the first tube and I wanted the second toe to be ready for when the circular needle is empty. I managed 4 rows before PB bounced down the hall and asked for breakfast. Such is mom life!
Happy Knitting!!
The knitting mojo is low right now as I’m kind of in between projects that aren’t my tiny socks and sweater. I finished my Bumbles Bounce socks and so I decided to pull out my Punch Bug Vanilla Socks.
A few work conference calls over the past few months only added up to two new color stripes. But with renewed vigor this week I made it to the cuff. I think two color stripes will give me a 1 inch cuff and I’ll be done. Then of course I need to start the second sock and put in the afterthought heel in sock number one.
Happy Knitting!!
The heels are fully installed in my Bumbles Bounce Vanilla Socks. This means I have a newly minted finished pair of socks!
Pattern: My own toe up vanilla sock recipe over 68 stitches with an afterthought heel
Yarn: MustStash Yarn Must Match Sock in the Bumbles Bounce colorway
Needles: US 1s
I love MustStash as her skeins are dyed to a perfect match. So my socks are perfectly identical with no work on my part. The socks used up 57 grams of the skeins so roughly 262 yards. I have enough for possibly another set of shorties with contrasting everything. But I will probably use the leftovers in my scrap projects.
Now I think I need to get back to my Punch Bug Vanilla Socks before I get distracted by more pretty yarn!
Happy Knitting
I had a FULL week of training at work. Like 8-5 every day for a week. The only way I could survive was to bring some knitting. I chose my Bumbles Bounce Socks.
It was SUPER productive. I finished both sock tubes and even got the first heel knit in. The training was leadership related and lots of thinking and talking so it was very easy to knit. And I caught a couple muggles mesmerized as I was knitting, lol.
So I just need to wrap up this last heel and I will have a finished pair of socks! They won’t be super tall but they will undoubtedly be super festive!!
Happy Knitting
Another week and another gymnastics lesson. The older teams were at a meet so the waiting room was not as packed with just the littles practicing. I snagged a couch and managed to put my feet up to knit!
My Bumbles Bounce Socks are both almost at the heel. I need to finish this white stripe and add a grey stripe and they will be the perfect length. I will add waste yarn for the afterthought heel. I still have some the blue from the advent socks in this project bag. Past Rachelle saved it for just that purpose, lol.
Happy Knitting!!
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