Jury Socks

Yes, I finished another project this weekend :) And again, I had barely any of sock #2 started after work on Friday.



Pattern: Basic Sock Recipe by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Needles: Size 1 Clover Bamboo DPNs (evil, evil)
Yarn: Opal fingering weight (beyond that I have no idea)
Started: April 15, 2008
Finished: May 26, 2008

Salish Sea

Yes, this is the one I had started about 10 minutes before Friday afternoon's post. I rocked through sock #2! :)



Pattern: Salish Sea Socks by Cat Bordhi (December 2007 Rockin' Sock Club)
Needles: Size 1.5 Knitpicks Circulars
Yarn: Socks That Rock mediumweight, Bella Coola colorway
Started: May 5, 2008
Finished: May 25, 2008

Cooking fun

So last night C was chopping and prepping for supper (chicken stir-fry). The recipe called for 7 cloves of garlic.

He got these 6 peeled:


And then went to a new head of garlic and added clove #7:

:)

It turned out to be a pretty perfect amount of garlic, actually :)

Not what you think

Well, it's true that I have three single socks...


...but I don't have Second Sock Syndrome. See? I am working on the second sock for all 3 pairs!


I have to say I am really enjoying the Salish Sea socks. I am going to have to get Cat Bordhi's New Pathways book. I did end up getting some stitch markers for her patterns (used in the Salish Sea pattern, but you technically can get away without them, as I did for the first sock of the pair).


Have a great holiday weekend! Let's see if I have any finished pairs by the end of it ;)

Lots to tell.

Once again I took too long to update the blog because work is completely wearing me out. I have no interest in the Internets when I get home. But knitting is keeping me sane.

Mom drove out for a short visit last weekend, which gave me an excuse to get a cake from Deerfield's:

Yum!!! They have the best buttercream icing EVER.

Oh, I can also post her gift, now that I've given it to her...this is a coffee cozy meant to replace the cardboard ones used at Starbucks and similar places. It was easy, quick, and fun - made of leftover Noro Kureyon from a Booga Bag I made long ago.


We made chocolate covered strawberries too, but no photos of that. They were delicious, though!

And I suppose you'll be wanting to see the knitting progress... :)

I did finish Jury Sock #1 yesterday, but forgot a photo. It looks the same though, except it has a toe ;)

I got this far in the first Salish Sea sock...

...when I realized there was no denying the fact that it was absolutely GINORMOUS and I was going to have to frog it. You all know how much I hate frogging, but I did start over from the beginning.

It's now a little past where it was before I ripped it out:

It is sort of funny looking but I've tried it on and it actually fits superbly well. Also, I like the pooling effect better on the smaller size, so that is a bonus. I expect to finish this one in the next few days. After this pair I get to move on to this year's Rockin' Sock Club! Which is good, as I hear there is another installment on its way very shortly.

I also finished the first Aquaphobia today:

I really like it. Kind of funny that it actually is pooling, but very different from the un-patterned bottom of the sock. I think it's very pretty, but the colors are just not me, so this pair is going to be set aside for a Christmas gift...just not sure for whom. (My relatives are all suddenly crossing their fingers....LOL) This is a fun one, though.

Good stuff.

I haven't yet shown my "Jury socks," which I started while I was on jury duty. I usually knit a few rows on this during lunchtime at work, and I keep it in the car in case I have to wait for any reason (but I never knit while I'm in the driver's seat!).

These are just the Yarn Harlot basic sock recipe. I'm using US 1 bamboo DPNs, which are icky icky icky (I so much prefer the metal circulars). The yarn is some Opal that I had sitting around (but the ball band has long ago disappeared). These will be for C, when I get around to finishing them. Might be a little while but he's not in a hurry anyway.

I will be casting on tonight for 2 new pairs of socks...

First is the "Salish Sea" socks, which are the last installment of the 2007 Rockin' Sock Club. Here is the yarn - STR mediumweight in "Bella Coola":
(sorry for the huge size, I tried to re-size but apparently the yarn wants to show off its color). It appears I never blogged this yarn when I got it, nor did I stash it on Ravelry....but then we all know how December goes.

I am also doing Aquaphobia as part of a KAL with Ktog. I have no yarn with enough yardage, so I had to call upon the Loopy Ewe for help:

(All the yarn seems to be show-offy tonight.) This is Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Thin, in the Mardi Gras colorway (exclusive to the Loopy Ewe). I really have to hand it to Sheri - I ordered this on Thursday morning, and received it yesterday. Now that's service! This is totally not my usual color choice. I was looking with 2 criteria in mind: 1) yardage, and 2) lots of color variation. I may not keep the Aquaphobias for myself - someone lucky may end up with them for Christmas :) But for right now I'm undecided.

I also have to show off the fabulous pizzas we made last night:

We have been eating a lot of pizza lately as we experiment with crusts (such a sacrifice!). There will be more experimentation, but this is my favorite so far. You can't see it, but there is a mix of wild mushrooms under the cheese there. Yum! The crust recipe is here!

Kitchenered to Death (ie., Sidewinders)

All done - finally!


Pattern: Sidewinders, by Nona
Needles: Size 2 Knitpicks circulars
Yarn: Socks that Rock lightweight, Fire on the Mountain colorway
Started: April 10, 2008
Finished: May 4, 2008

Lenore, no longer lost.

Finished today!



Pattern: Lenore, by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Needles: Size 1 Knitpicks circulars
Yarn: Socks that Rock Lightweight, Lenore colorway
Started: March 31, 2008
Finished: April 26, 2008

Stuff.

So, I took 1/2 vacation day yesterday and went with some fabulous local knitters to see the Yarn Harlot. We got there super early, picked up our tickets, shopped for yarn, knit at Starbucks for awhile, had some dinner, and went to the event. Alas, it was not to be as Stephanie's flight(s) were cancelled. The weather was pretty brutal. Not all day, but when it decided to whip up, it was intense. When we got back to our meeting place, we decided to go to Caribou Coffee and knit for a bit anyway. It was still a really nice time.

I did finish Sidewinder #1 last week:

You can see it's a little baggy in places...but it's wearable. Not so fun to do all the kitchenering (not miserable either, just loooooooong). I am casting on for #2 tonight.

I did pick up a little goodie on the excursion yesterday:

Kureyon sock. This is to make some rainbow stripey socks for C. It's pretty scratchy but I've heard over and over that it really softens up with washing, so I'll have my fingers crossed.

Sock Updates

Lenore #1 is done.

I really love this sock and it was so easy - now just to cast on for #2!

The first Sidewinder is done being knit and now I need to graft 250 stitches :/

It looks really really cool, doesn't it? Now I just have to pray that it actually fits after I do all that grafting.