a little time off

What have I been doing lately? Well, Dorothy gave up the ghost a couple weeks ago. Just *pop*. Gone. The computer part of Dorothy is still alive, but not much good for you or me, since her screen is deader than a doornail.

A few (very long) days later: Alice!

Alice is a Dell inspiron 1420 in blue, which is pretty funny because Tiphanie’s Bonita is the exact same computer, but in red! Go figure.

I am in love with Alice. So much so that I plan to have a Alice in Wonderland yarn club soon - please comment if you’re interested in any way!

sweet as a tart

Carrie - finally! Here’s a lovely pair of socks, from the Sereknity yarn in the sweet tart color.

I confess, though, that I didn’t knit these - on a lark I tried out this seller and sent her the two skeins Carrie gave me - and I think she did a great job! Don’t you?

I’d definitely send more sock yarn at a later date for more socks - it’s a great alternative option for people like me, who can’t buy commercial socks and hey, I might have a few sock yarns lying around….

So that’s a pair of socks done! What? I didn’t knit them, so it doesn’t count? But they were from stash, and I did facilitate their completion. I think that counts!

bellamoden friday

I am soooooooooooooooooo close to finally finishing those socks. They are a dream to knit and I love the colors, but my sockly ADD has gotten the best of me. Those who are counting: this is unfinished sock number FIVE. FIVE.

But soon, soon, a pair a pair a pair of socks!

As an aside, I’m considering opening up pre-orders for this color/dyeing method, which will not be sold on the loopy ewe or be available for random purchase. Anyone interested? I’m considering offering pre-orders in fingering and sport. This is lolita complex graffiti. I really like this color, I do, but it is pretty labor intensive, so. Speak up in the comments or send me a PM on Ravelry.

Sigh. I can’t believe it’s friday already. Where does the week go? I did send Sheri the first 1/3 of the shipment of fingering yarn the other day, hopefully the next 1/3 tomorrow, and then the last next week. And then….. and then. I have so much to do! It’s a good thing I love what I do, right? All that knitting, all that dyeing, all that *skein winding*. I’m lucky, I really am. And I wanted to thank you, all of you, for your support. Seriously. Can you believe I’ve been in business for six months! Six months and eleven days today!

a little cheeky

Sundara Yarn fingering in tomato confit.

How many ways are there to say love?

In the quest to not size up stitch count while having to go down in needle size, I came up with this pattern. Granted, not the most unique one on the planet, but sweet nonetheless, I think. It’s been stuck at the heel flap for a few days now, but still. Lovely. Lovely. So lovely. I hope I do justice to the yarn.

Maybe I’ll cast on for the second one and then decide on the heel flap after I finish both legs! Is that a good idea… or a recipe for further madness? Hmmmmmmm. Opinions?

Four! Four socks on the needles! Four! Ah ah ah!

struggle

I swear, not every impulse should be followed up on. As a knitter, you understand this. And yet, sometimes you just won’t give up, even when you make mistake after mistake after mistake. Fess up. You’re like that sometimes too, aren’t you? Especially when the design “should” be simple and clear… and yet, you find yourself frogging and restarting and frogging and restarting.

Sort of like this:

Love it. Love the yarn very much - sportweight claudia handpainted in peppermint mocha.

Conquered it? Not yet. And yes, I feel silly for being defeated by this simple pattern.

*shakes fist* Anastasia, you will not win!

(Are you keeping track? That’s three single socks. So far.)

soothing stockinette

Every time I think I’ll never knit another pair of stockinette socks again, suddenly it seems like a good idea, and yet another stockinette sock springs forth from the needles.

This one was cast on because, well. A few reasons. One, I had the exact same Koigu socks already made, two years old and kind of too short, badly short-rowed, and there might have been an incident one might call “washing them with the red clothes”. Maybe.

There was also possibly the whole “wow I feel so sick I can barely knit horcrux #2 without making mistakes” thing. And I can’t screw up stockinette. Much. So there you go.

Who doesn’t love a pair of simple well fitting socks? I know I do.

Hey! Did you see the new Knitty? I really like the honeycomb vest.

peering out the foxhole

Whoops. It’s been a while since I’ve posted, hasn’t it? Small thing… strep throat. Yum yum. I sort of felt flattened and out of it for a while, barely doing more than knitting.

Knitting what? This week I’ll show you some of that carnage. First up, a new set of horcrux socks, because my original pair were heavily felted at the toes, poorly grafted, holey at the heels, badly decreased at the lace patterning, and poorly cast on. And these were from a year ago! How much I’ve grown in a year, eh?

They look pretty great, don’t they? I’m not sure what I was thinking about knitting them in that color, though. But I don’t mind. They’ll be great with my ravelry tshirt! The yarn is pretty darn nice, I hope it wears well, we’ll find out. It’s knitpicks swish in aloe. It’s really soft… and yes, I knit it longer than necessary because I’ve heard it shrinks.

And a pair? I lied. I still have the second one on needles…. somewhere around here.