1 down and 25 more to go

My Spock socks are done!

I had already started at the toes last night but I think that at 2:30 in the morning, it was safe to put the socks aside and go to bed.

I went to pick up the Tiberius socks a couple of hours later, only to find that I could not find it. I have no idea where it is. So I went to my stash, pulled out 2 balls of Knit Picks Stroll in Dandelion and started again. It's not like I had knit the other sock that far anyways.

It's not the "Commander" yellow (circa TOS) I was looking forward to using but the other yellow I have is called Sunshine; the name alone tells you that it's too bright for socks referring to Capt. James T. Kirk.

Almost there!

I was going to bake today; not cookies from Cookie but cupcakes from the box. No muffin tin or muffin paper to be found. I put the box back and ate fries instead. Thanks bro for stashing the freezer with such essentials!

I got to finally go back to the Thursday knitting circle. It is nice to know that you've been missed. I worked relentlessly on the Spock socks and a little bit on the Shapely Boyfriend when I noticed a dropped a purl stitch and didn't know how to pick it back up. Once T was able to help, I went right back to the Spock socks. I hope to have them done by tomorrow at the latest and I'm sure it can be done. No more pics until it's done.

I came home after Knitting Circle, planning to wash my hair and have my aunt do my hair. She wasn't home and I had no clue when she was going to be home. So I didn't wash my hair since it is easier to deal with my hair when it's not sipping wet at this time of night.

I decided to try something new. I'm trying out a twist out on my hair and if it's successful by the time I pull it out tomorrow, I'm going to wash my hair and try it again for church in Sabbath. I'm kinda excited. 

So here's a shot of my hair twisted and hopefully, I'll have a good shot of the twist out tomorrow.

It was a good day, I think

I did a lot today. I knit, I cooked and I went on a long walk.

I made a good amount of progress on the Spock socks. I've made it past the gusset and I'm working my way down the foot. I'm going to continue working on it after I finish this update. I feel like I'm on a roll and I want to strike while the iron is hot, so to speak.

I started contemplating what colours to use for the Tree of Life socks, which won't be started for months; but hey looking through the stash is fun. So here are the options so far:

The two on the right are the same skein, just different ends. Keep in mind that this is all subject to change. Besides, after I took the pictures, I remembered some Knit Picks Stroll sock yarn that I have in 50g balls that aren't out on display. I'll do comparison shots with those later.

I cooked chicken. Before I even started to season it, I decided I wanted a stew. I looked up the recipe online, drooled over it and wished I had the ingredients. So it was just a regular oven baked chicken with rice and callaloo.

After dinner, my aunt, cousin B1 and I went walking. It wasn't until I got home, had a shower and relaxed a bit that I looked up how far we walked.

6.6 km! That's over 4 miles to the Americans.

I am envious!

I finally manage to make it to Tuesday's Knitting Circle and apparently I was well missed!

I caught up with everyone and their knitting/crochet projects. What really surprised me was Claudine's project.

Claudine has been there since the first time I attended over 3 years ago. She always been the go-to person for just about any knitting help and other than T, she was the one to help me learn how to knit socks.

Apparently my Blankie convinced her to knit her own.

Yea, hers puts mine to shame. She's been working on hers since April of this year and I have been working on mine since June 2012. Mine is twice as wide, I think though. I can't wait to see her finished Blankie.

Well that was quickly established

The email stating that the new patterns for the sock club are available. For the first time ever, I am not intrigued, nor am I interested. I had a brief epiphany when walking past my aunt (who is privileged enough to have the same shoe size as me). I showed her the 2 patterns and she said that the Artemis sock was okay, but not in the club yarn.  Perfect, in my mind since I wanted to keep the yarn for myself.

On a soon to be related note, I finally managed to untangle a skein of yarn that I had dyed back in March I think. Auntie liked that one so if I do get around to making the Artemis socks, it will be in Grapefruit Sunrise, my Tosh-along skein.

I think I'm more excited about knitting with the yarn than knitting the pattern. I may have to pull out the long circular needles and go for the 2aat method again.

Year of Projects: Week 6

I am so behind schedule; not based on my Blankie or my Shapely Boyfriend cardigan, because those are pretty much all I have worked on since the New Knitting Year. It is now the beginning of August and the 6th week of projects and I have not finished a single pair of socks! I have 26 to do and I have not finished a single one. The only redeeming factor in this sock knitting endevour is that I haven't cast on a new pair, not that I haven't been tempted.

As mentioned earlier on in the week, I have received my August/September skein of yarn for the 2013 Cookie A. Sock Club (it's from MissBabs and it's gorgeous) and it brought to my attention that it means the patterns are coming. I am not done with either pair of my June/July shipment [bang head against pillow because a wall would be just too painful]. I really need to catch up!

Therefore, I shall decree to make sock knitting my exclusive knitting project once the cardigan is done! So let it be typed! So let it be done!

Now onto this week's pride and joy; my Shapely Boyfriend Cardigan.

I tried it on this week and realized a few problems. Nothing wrong with the design but as I have previously mentioned for the past few YOP entries, I am short. And as a part of this shortness, many things that are not supposed to be long, are long on me so...I had to make a little adjustment.

If I had stayed according to the original instructions, the cardigan would almost reach my knees. Waaaaay to long. After I finished the hip shaping and tried it on, it was a quarter of the way past my bum. I still had almost 20 rows of stockinette knitting PLUS 10 rows of ribbing. I shortened the stockinette to 3, and so far, I have only one row of ribbing done with further 9 to go before I bind off. 

After that, it's sleeves, neckline and button paneling. The end seems so much closer.

I have the cardigan hanging on my closet door to take pictures for this entry. I took a shot of the front, and then a shot of the back and realized I want to knit a boat neck, cap-sleeved summer sweater. Off to hunt for a pattern to put in the queue!

Note: I already found it! It's called the Summer Scabbard by Jennifer Hansen.

Year of Projects/26 Pair Plunge Update List

Planning a wedding is hard work

Especially if you're not the bride! One of my friends (let's call her A) is getting married very soon and her wedding shower is tomorrow afternoon.

Let me just assure you, I am not the one planning any kind of wedding but one of her older sisters (let's call her L), is doing most of it. I really admire the dedication that L has.

All I have done so far is help decorate for the shower tonight and that was enough for me. I'm sure a good time will be had by all and I am looking forward to a good time tomorrow and on the wedding day.