Friday, June 15, 2007

Not Much Going On.......

I really have been knitting, but it seems like there is not much to show. I think the kids being out of school has drastically cut into my knitting time. The afghan looks the same , only a bit longer. I think I have about 20 inches knit on that, woo hoo only 40 more to go. I won't bore you with a picture of it since it looks the same as it did in the last post, just imagine it twice as long.



On the sock front, I am close to being finished with the SWTC socks. I should be able to get these finished today, that is if the kids will let me. I really like the TOFUtsies yarn, it is soft and the finished sock is wonderful. DD1 is in love with the color of this one (color 789) so I may have to get more of this for her. I am almost finished with the gusset decreases and then it goes really quickly. If only the "Mom Cab" didn't have to make so many runs a day, I could get stuff done. I really need to clean my house. Now that they are home, it is a total disaster.... not that I was such a great housekeeper to begin with.



Sheri at The Loopy Ewe had a little of the new Cherry Tree Hill Sockittome sock yarn. I don't think this yarn is expected to be in shops until early fall, but she had a small test run sample. I was very happy to be able to grab some of that while it was available. I bought the Moody Blues colorway. This yarn is nice. It feels a little thicker than the supersock, well to me it does anyway. I was worried I was going to wear all the good off of this yarn before I even got half a sock knit. I frogged it about 5 times before I decided to go with this. I don't know why I chose the rosewood needles with this dark yarn, my eyes are not liking the dark yarn on the dark needles much ... I know better than to do that. All my other needles must be occupied...anyway, that is my excuse for this error in judgement.
Last night DD1 and I drove up to just south of Indy. A friend of mine used to have a yarn shop, she closed last summer :( She still has some yarn she wants to sell, so every now and then she will open a small shop and have a knit in and try to sell some yarn. She had one lonely hank of Soxie Great Adirondack yarn left in the Beach House color . I had to have it. This is a sock yarn I have never knit with, it is soft. It seems a little thinner to me than what I normally knit with. I may have to knit this on 0's, and it only has 360 yards, so that will limit my pattern choices since I have such huge size 10 feet. I will hopefully be able to go back up to her shop the next time she is open and buy more sock yarn.
That is about it for today. I better get knitting on that sock if I hope to have it done by tomorrow. Enjoy your weekend and happy knitting!

10 comments:

Karen said...

I love both your patterns. See, you knew lace would look better with that dark blue than a cable pattern. And your new yarn is so pretty. Can't wait to see what you come up with for that.

~Tonia~ said...

Both socks are lovely, but I really like the Moody Blues one. I am a sucker for blues and that colors is gorgeous!

Oh look at that new yarn. I am sure you will come up with a great pattern.

Deb said...

Another "Mom Cab" here!! Love the socks and that yarn is beautiful!!

hakucho said...

I love the moody blues colorway! You are quite the sock knitter. I love all of your socks.
I'm very happy school's out for the summer; I love not getting up at 5:30 am, BUT they drive me crazy, making messes and eating me out of house and home :) Oh, well...

happy knitting :)

Beth N said...

I thought you would be busy with the kids--Mom Cabs to take time, but I bet you are enjoying that also. I think the really hard time is when they want to take YOUR cab and drive themselves! Love your socks as always and I love that new yarn--can't wait to see the socks from that yarn.

Diane said...

hummm.... clean the house or knit. Yup, my house would be a disaster too. Love the socks.

Carol said...

I just bought Tofutsie yarn last Wed...I like the pattern you used...which one is it???

Janice said...

I love the moody blues sock! The pattern is beautiful! I can't believe how many socks you get done! I need to cast some on now that life has slowed down somewhat!

Brenda said...

The socks look great! The colors of the Moody Blues is really fantastic, especially in the lace pattern you chose.

Rhonda the Stitchingnut said...

I also like the Moody Blues and the pattern you're using. I've seen lots of socks on the needles lately [including my own] ... great Summer time knitting I guess. I just ordered a couple of TOFUtsies sock yarns today also ... just because I've never used it and hear so much about it. Happy knitting!