More Socks!

I’ve finished the Monkey Socks!

Pattern: Monkey from Knitty
Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock in Lakeview, purchased from The Loopy Ewe
Needles: 2.75mm Crystal Palace bamboo DPNs for the ribbing and first two repeats, 2.5mm Brittany birch DPNs for the next two repeats, and 2.25mm Brittany birch DPNs for the last two repeats on the leg and the rest of the sock
Time to knit: First sock started July 19, 2007 and finished August 2, 2007 and the second sock started August 7, 2007 and finished August 10, 2007
Places knitted: My apartment, the hotel in Blairsville, GA, and perhaps a few times in the car

They look just fabulous, if I do say so myself I will definitely make another pair in the future… I love knitting the pattern and I love the finished look. Next time I might try a different type of heel. I’m so proud to have finished my second pair of socks and my first lace socks! I entered these in the Q3 Challenge at The Loopy Ewe

Of course I have cast on for some new socks. I didn’t like this pattern at first, but now I’m loving it. I’m knitting Jaywalkers! Aren’t they pretty so far?

I like the colors, too, which are lining up quite nicely on the sock. It’s Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock in Foofaraw. I tried to do the Uptown Boot Socks from Favorite Socks with this yarn, but it was pooling something awful. I’m glad I switched. I’m farther along now; I’ve turned the heel and everything, but I’ve got to get Paul to charge the camera (I’m not sure where he’s hidden the charger) before I can take a more updated picture. I’ve also done some more on the log cabin blanket… someday I’ll put pics up for that, too

Oh, and for the record, less than 1000 people in front of me before I get an invite to Ravelry! I’ve already uploaded the stash and projects and everything to Flickr, so I’m all ready. Hopefully the invite will be here next week!

Finished and Half-Finished

More knitting has been done! On Sunday, while trying to keep my mind off food because it was Fast Sunday, I finished a dishcloth I started for myself before vacation. Isn’t it pretty?

Pattern: Ballband Dishcloth from MDK and the ballband on PnC

Yarn: Peaches ‘n Cream in white and peppercorn ombre

Needles: Size 7 KnitPicks circular

Time to knit: Started sometime in mid-July… I forget exactly when, and finished August 5, 2007

Places knitted: My apartment and the beach and pool in Myrtle Beach

Here it is in action on my faucet!

Of course I’m knitting socks, too.

A finished Monkey sock! The other is being cast on as we speak.

They fit great and I love the pattern. I really love the square-ish toe on this sock, too.

Before handknit socks become socks, though, they begin as yarn. And this is how the second Monkey sock began:

Lorna’s Laces Spaghetti. No, that’s not the colorway… it’s what the yarn looks like in this picture! WHAT a pain to untangle. I told Paul he needs to make me a swift this weekend. He didn’t sound too enthused, but as evidenced by this, I really need one!

Even though this doesn’t look like I’ve made any progress, this is Lorna’s Laces Spaghetti in it’s untangled version. All ready to be wound on the ball winder.

And now it’s ready to make the second sock… finally! It was a 2.5 hour journey to get to this point!

And some eye candy:

I went shopping today! I bought two skeins of Cascade 220 for a hat for Dad for Christmas (and maybe Jimmy for his birthday), 9 skeins of Hempathy for the Hip in Hemp skirt from Knitty, and since I couldn’t resist, 2 skeins of Claudia Handpainted in blue terra cotta. It was too gorgeous to leave at the shop! I also bought some needles for the hat: Brittany birch in size 6. That was all from Knitch, a LYS in Atlanta that I really like. The Favorite Socks book was purchased at Borders (I had a coupon!). I LOVE the socks in that book!

Today was a good day