I will admit that the title is due to an offhand comment made at work this evening, and probably has nothing to do with the rest of the post. Hooray non-sequiteur? I spent a goodly sum of the weekend knitting away at the first of the August socks. Once that sock was finished (in an […]
We’ve been having all kinds of weird weather lately. Everything from sunny & hot to stormy with hail. This is what I drove home in this evening. I have to admit, I had a bit of a blast plowing through all the water that was gathering on the road! We had ourselves a bit of […]
Time to get on with the August Socks! My Skinflint Sock Club socks of the month are Hermione’s Everyday Socks by Erica Lueder. Yes, I’ve knit them before, but they’re worth a repeat. When you knit them according to direction they make wonderful Lady Socks, and when you upsize them slightly to 72 sts around… […]
I kept meaning to post about last weekend’s hijinks, but got sidetracked. I’m now on a rotating shift schedule at work, and it messes with my ability to organize my posts. Either way, just in time for the new weekend, I bring you my adventures LAST weekend! We started off by driving down to the […]
I meant to blog this sooner, but the weather wasn’t on my side. For really nice photos, I like to have a goodly amount of natural light. The past couple of days? Rain. Either way, this little gem arrived in our Superbox sometime on the weekend or very slightly prior to that (when we wouldn’t […]
Last week I mentioned the socks that I’m designing. I got a little farther along and have decided to take a little rest to decide where to go from here. You see, I love the texture, but it takes a little longer knit. I’m also a little worried about whether I will warp the fabric […]
I finished up the Catnip Socks this week. It didn’t take very long. They’re a great knit. I delivered the MIL’s Socks that I knit back in February to my mother for her (belated) birthday gift. We rode down on our bicycles. Proof that Mum reads the blog? “I really like the butter-coloured socks you’re […]
It hardly feels like it’s been almost two weeks since I started these. It feels like they’ve been going faster than lightning, but maybe that’s just because I’m doing them both at the same time and the colour is so happyshiny that I don’t necessarily want them to end. Well, I obviously want them to […]
I think there’s a reason why Wendy Johnson named this particular pattern “Catnip”. I went looking for the July 2011 sock pattern for the Skinflint Sock Club (no idea if anyone is still following along, but I’m putting the choices up anyhow, at least until I can get back to podcasting). I came across quite […]
Working on the Gush socks (pattern by Yarnissima)…Starting on clue #4. I have to admit that while I was excited to get started, I’ll be happy to see the end of this pair. The yarn is a little *too* “wool-y” for this time of year, and the knit & purl pattern is somewhat fiddly. I’m […]