I’ve been knitting madly on the latest sock. I’m having a ton of fun with this pattern. The intensely blue yarn definitely adds to the knitting enjoyment. I haven’t knit with anything this bright in a long time. And just look at the lovely patterning. Between the stitch pattern and the color shifts there’s a […]
I’ve had a couple of requests for pictures of the smoke in the air. I actually took one yesterday afternoon, when I thought it was kind of bad. See? No mountains in the distance. This was taken about 4 pm. It was a lot darker outside at that time than it would have been without […]
As Susan so astutely noticed, cables are involved in the stitch pattern for my new socks. At least, cable needles are. No, actually, I didn’t mis-type that. Two cable needles are involved, used at the same time; one stitch goes on one of them, three on the other, and various manipulations ensue. It’s not difficult, […]
With only a little prodding, and the help of the excellent suggestions you provided me, Dave decided on a name for his special socks: Diamonds in His Shoes. The name’s a somewhat obscure reference to Paul Simon’s Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes.
That’s my hubby.
Though I’m not quite done knitting his […]
It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve had time to post. This week has been one of those if-it’s-not-one-thing-it’s-another sort of weeks. I haven’t even had much time to read blogs, much less write a bit here. So, here I am, finally, with a little time to post, and I hardly have anything to […]
Dave’s sock
I’ve been making grand progress on the second sock, all those toe increases are done, as are the first few rounds of the pattern. Yippee!
I’ve been thinking that I should name these socks something other than “socks for Dave.” The stitch pattern is called Dainty Diamonds, but that doesn’t work very well for a […]
Swift
I got the package today from the swift people. It took some doing, but I finally managed to coerce it out of the box. And… They sent me a smaller, but brand new swift! You could have knocked me over with a feather when I opened the box to find a replacement swift instead of […]
In a continuing effort to clear out the WIPs so that I can start something new, and at the same time to bring a smile of joy to my husband’s face, I’ve been working a lot on the socks for him. The knitting’s going pretty quickly so far. We’re both pleased with the results. The […]
The second sock
Yup. I finally finished the second Socktoberfest sock. Finally. Now I have a pair! Not that they were difficult. I just got side-tracked for a while with this and this. And, well, honestly, they’re only almost done. I still have to weave in the ends. But I’ll do that later today. I want […]
Yes, I am still working on my second Errant Ankles sock. It’s not that I’m displeased with it. Actually, I’m still loving it. It’s just a time thing. I simply had to knit my red shell. Then I knit the pinwheel lap blanket for Dave. I knew the weather was going to turn any day, […]