Thursday, August 23, 2007

Yay!! ... there was enough....

....yarn to finish the socks. I even had a little left, about 4 or 5 yards I would say. The yarn is The Knittery Merino Cashmere and the colorway is Grace. 64 stitches on size 1 needles. The design is my own. I think I may need to buy some more of this yarn. I got it at The Loopy Ewe and I know it is in stock :)




And for my August UFO Resurrection, I dug out this sock. I had forgotten all about it until I was searching through the stash for something else. This poor sock hasn't seen the light of day since April. I was beginning the gussets when I last worked on it. I am almost ready for the toe decreases. Darn those size 10 feet. I thought about letting DD1 have them for her Birthday in October, but she likes a plain vanilla sock, so the cables just will not do. I don't have enough blue socks anyway, so it is just as well I keep them for myself.
And just because I had empty needles, I started this pair. It is the Spritely Goods in the Peppercorn colorway (from The Loopy Ewe). The colors of this yarn were calling to me. It knits up really soft. I made a few minor adjustments to the design I am using for the blue sock above. It is knitting up pretty quickly, I started it this morning and knit on it as I chatted with Karen on IM. If only I could type with my feet I would be set.



Well, I better get off here and take the boy child to get his allergy shots. I don't want to go out as it is 99 degrees with a ton of humidity. They keep threatening us with rain, but it is everywhere but here.

Happy knitting all !
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8 comments:

Karen said...

I remember that blue sock! So glad it's getting done. And the new one in the same design is beautiful, love those colors. Our daughters with their plain/boring (but I don't mind knitting them occasionally) socks.

Diane said...

Thank god you had more yarn to cover those empty needles.

~Tonia~ said...

So glad that there was enough to finish them. They are so pretty.

Love the cable on the other 2 as well. I can't believe that your daughter likes pain socks. What's the fun in that? :)

Janice said...

So glad you had enough yarn!! Yeah! Love all of the socks that you are knitting. My feet are only size 8 if you ever want to knit for a smaller foot! ;-)

hakucho said...

I'm so happy you had enough yarn to finish. You are such a sock knitting machine! They're beautiful. I did finish a sock yesterday...but I'm still learning as I go.

happy knitting :)

Carol said...

Your socks are awesome. Love everyone of them....

Beth N said...

Socks are beautiful!

Brenda said...

All the socks look great! The peppercorn colors are really pretty. Glad you had enough yarn to finish the Grace pair!