Which-Crafts?

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So in my last post I mentioned taking Galina’s Embraceable Lace class. This certainly helped me get over my lace phobia and so with a little coaching from HK and some stitch pattern books, I am working on my first lace project. I decided to do a fairly simple scarf. What you see here is my test swatch. (in its 2nd or third incarnation) I made a deal with myself that I could start on the scarf once I was able to knit two complete rows of the pattern I had selected. Its “horseshoe lace” from more than once stitch book. The sample is knit in Malabrigo Lace weight - the actual scarf will be done in the “Verde” colorway. [singlepic=12,320,240,,right]
BTW I am experimenting with some new gallery/picture plugins here (i suspect you won’t see them if you are seeing this on LJ), if done correctly you should be able to click on each picture and see a pretty blow up of it.

Hey! It finally reached its home! If you want to see my Spring Blossom Sock on the foot it was intended for — head over to ZigZag Stitch and take a look at it.

The short recap - not suprisingly there was yarn, and knitting, and a cubic butload of fun. I bought beautiful stuff, learned a lot, and touched more yarn than I could ever possibly afford (hmmmmm quiviut, hmmmm cashmere). And while apparently I had a fetish for fuzzy stuff like angora and mohair this year - I didn’t end up buying any. Maybe I’ll just have to learn how to spin it.

The longer recap with some whining and complaining, but in general goodness and Yarn Pr0n to be had behind the cut  . . .

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Look at these excellent Zebra striped socks!  They flew here all the way from Germany courtesy of Frau Deutz . They fit fabulously and are double excellent, because I love the Zebra stripes, but don’t particularly like to knit colorwork, so I would never have knit them myself.  Also she included a ball of Opal in a beautiful purpleish colorway - I’ve never knit Opal before, it will be fun to give that one a try sometime soon.

THANK YOU!!!

Sockapalooza Spring Blossom Sock

Started: July 13th, 2007,
Finished: August 8th, 2007
Pattern: My Own Eclectic combo - Magic Cast-On, Misocrafty/Wendy Short Row Heel, My own Slipstitch leg, 1×1 ribbing, 2 row cast-off
Yarn: Koigu 2 colors a green a brown blend, and a pink and green blend

Needles: Sizes 0,1 and 2 to handle leg increases Addi Turbo, and KnitPicks circs
Dimensions: To fit a 10.5″ foot with a 10″ width and a wide ankle

Outside of the size these were easy to knit, although there was quite a bit of trial and error as I got the leg pattern and color swapping worked out. I am not sure I would use the cast-off again, one time it might have been a bit tighter than I wanted, the other a bit looser. As always the koigu is a dream to knit with and very tolerant of my need to keep fixing things.

Well as usual I’ve said yes to way more things than I really have time for.  And of course many of the things I have said yes to are all crashing onto my calendar in a fairly short space of time. Of Course many of the things I have said yes to were things I *really* wanted to do, and many of the things I said yes to were for other folks. BLah Blah BLah  Whine Whine Whine. But it does keep me busy, and I like to be busy.  Although sometimes —- sleep is good too. (BAH! SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!!)

I finished my Sockapalooza socks almost on time, and they have been mailed out a bit late - but not egregiously so. And now I have to finish the baby blanket for my nephew Liam (to be born next month), and get some socks for Rowan, so he isn’t terminally jealous of his new baby brother - especially because I am NOT going to get his Teddy Bear done in time for his birthday.  Rowan has picked out the yarn he wants his socks to be in - Garish isn’t it? Also I think he’ll get a pair in STR Lover’s Leap (red) if there is any left when I am done with the baby blanket. Red is his favorite color - the color of Elmo.