Year of Projects: Week 47

I HAVE AN FO!!

These are almost my most quickly done socks. That last sentence doesn't sound grammatically correct but it took just over 2 weeks and the Newtons socks from last year took 10 days.

The pattern is from Cookie A. and it's called Kai-Mei. The yarn is from Wollmeise. It's twin in a WD colour I can't remember but it sure is pretty.

I haven't fully decided what socks I'm going to do next but I'm leaning to the Selkie socks by Janel Laidman in the MissBabs Cosmic in the colourway Inkwell from the Cookie A. sock club from last year.

Year of Projects: Week 46

I am actually very pleasantly surprised with my week this week. I just finished 1 sock of the pair I had cast on last week.

They are the Kai-Mei socks by Cookie A. I really like them even though I had to suffer through the 6.5" of 3x3 ribbing for the leg. The panel on the foot more than made up for it challenge-wise. I hope to start the next sock very soon, like later in today, before the 2nd sock syndrome has a chance to kick in.

That's it for this week.

Year of Projects: Week 45

I have apparently reached the point of my knitting life that it no longer bothers me to frog a project and start again.  Remember that free form project I had started last week? I was working on the gusset before I tried it on. Let's just say 72sts on a 1US needle where most of the pattern is stockinette is WAY too big.

So it was either keep it and have it too big after the cuff or rip it out and start again. I ended up opening up a sock knitting book, trying to figure out how to free form a pattern and coming up with the gauge. I ended up starting a pair of socks that I have wanted since I first saw them in the Sock Innovation book by Cookie A. Right now, it's a lot of ribbing...and more ribbing til 6.5". I think this will be an excellent time to catch up on tv watching.

I worked a bit on the Tree of Life socks and this time, I got the colour order right and I am loving them.

Yesterday (Saturday) was the 1st year anniversary of one of my LYS's, Handknit Yarn Studio. I did a quick setup to celebrate with this today after lunch and I took a couple of my cousins with me. I made sure to pick up a button they had made for the occasion and I added it to my knittin bag.

Still Knitting

Progress on the Lissajous is coming along nicely. I'm pretty sure I can finish the left sock tonight. I have already started the right sick but I don't think I can finish it by the end of September but that doesn't mean I won't try. I still got a week and a few days.

I think I've decided to do the Kai-Mei's next in the Cascade Heritage in the colourway Teal next (especially since I was supposed to do them from back in April for my birthday).

PS, I really hate the fact that I can put the pictures in the order I want to via iPhone.