Success! Two socks, knit on the same needle; finished at the same time! Pattern: My own 64 stitch ribbed socks (this time with a slightly larger gusset to accomodate recipients higher instep) Yarn: Arucania Ranco in orangish color (Ravelry lists this as a sport weight. It is so not.) Needles: US 1 (2.25mm) More details [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Get Your Wollies Here
Posted in FO's, project photos, Socks, sweater on August 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Mush-swoon
Posted in new projects, sweater on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, so it’s a cheezy title for a blog post. But, seriously, this sweater is making me swoon. I am totally enamoured with the baby cables and velvety softness that is Malabrigo. I know it doesn’t look like much yet, but as far as sweaters go, I think this one will be a hit right [...]
I Am Learned
Posted in new projects, Socks on August 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Check these out. Notice anything different? Yes, they are pretty. And yes, you may have guessed that they are being knit magic-loop style. But what you may not have noticed is that they are both being knit on the same circ! At the same time. I picked up this handy new way of knitting socks [...]
I Saw Some Yellow Leaves Yesterday
Posted in Musings, new projects, new yarn, Socks, sweater on August 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Long after the gardening gloves are put away for good… …after the flowers have wilted and died… …and not long after the last steak has been BBQ’ed… It will be Sweater Time again! Yup, it’s that time of year again where my thoughts turn to falling leaves, Halloween, and dare I say it, SNOW! I [...]
A Little Something About Sock Summit
Posted in Travel on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shhh… it’s oh, so quiet in my house right now. TG is out on a man-date, Bunnah is at a sleepover, and the baby (who peed on the potty for the first time today – which I guess makes her a kid now!) is asleepin’. It’s time I pulled up a chair, sipped on some [...]
And, The Eagle Has Landed!
Posted in Travel on August 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We’re back!! Two weeks of camping, shopping, and Sock Summitting kind of broke me a little bit. I finally had a chance to go through some of the photos and found some that tell the story of the last two weeks. We drove a lot. Little Traveller We did some mini-golfing… Some of us did [...]
