Seems it was a good idea to bring my Socktoberfest sock to my office. I got five more rows knit this afternoon. Yee-ha.

While sitting here knitting reading Yarn Harlot’s blog and seeing her gorgeous, newly finished feather and fan socks, I discovered that I don’t have a copy of Socks Socks Socks yet. I remember […]

My knitting and stitching projects are growing, that is.
Errant Ankles socks
As I suspected, my red sweater has been taking knitting precedence over the second Socktoberfest sock. I have started the sock, though. See? I think that’s about four rounds. Maybe five or six. I don’t even know. I decided that the better course of […]

Lolly, creator of Socktoberfest, has a couple more questions this week.
Where have your hand knit socks been? What is the furthest they have traveled?
I started one pair of socks on our way to Minnesota for a family reunion a number of years back. The sock-knitting process was quite attractive to Dave’s cousin’s daughters. That was […]

I finished the first Errant Ankles sock last night. Woohoo! I tried it on, and it fit perfectly. I usually do a different kind of toe than this one calls for, but decided to try it anyway. Knitting the star toe was easier, and I love the way it fits my stubby foot. I didn’t […]

The last couple evenings I’ve spent knitting along on my sock. I even got quite a bit of time in on it this morning. I was going to work on Mountain Peaks, but Ricki decided to spend the morning in my lap, and it’s much easier to knit a sock with a twelve-pound cat in […]

Mountain Peaks shawl
I had to pull out the corner of my Mountain Peaks shawl again last night. Second time. I put it aside for a day or two until I have some quiet time with no distractions when I can sit and knit it through. The first time I had way too few stitches at […]

This from Lolly:
I am interested in hearing more about the stories of your sock yarn stash: Do you have certain patterns planned for some of the yarns? Do you buy yarn and then choose a pattern? Does a certain sock yarn you have in your stash take you back to a certain event (where you […]

My first Errant Ankles sock progressed nicely over the weekend. I knit on it here and there, now and then, waiting for web pages to load, that sort of thing. I have three repeats of the sixteen-stitch repeat done, and one row of chart 2 done.

I’m totally enjoying this yarn. It’s KnitPicks Essential that I […]

Or it will be.

So far it’s the first eight rounds of the Errant Ankle sock for Socktoberfest. I’m loving this pattern already. See how it’s leaning? Well, it is. You’re going to have to trust me on this one. I know. The photo is blurry. I can’t believe that I took three pictures of this […]

Angela asked:
Do you use pins on the bed? And what sort are blocking pins? I have a largish area on the (carpeted) floor that may suit (with the family gone) and 3 beds in the house so……
Yes, I use pins on the bed. A number of years ago I took myself down to a […]