Twelve Steppers

and one more

2008-01-04T11:48:00.001-08:00

First off... where is everybody?????
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?????

here my swap socks:

Lovely knit, although it is toe up(yuck, normally I don't like that). Looooove the pattern and will make another pair from it!Pattern can be found here.

socks?

2007-12-10T18:04:00.000-08:00

Why, Yes!
Here are two new pair! YAYYYY

Pink= Lorna's Laces in Flamingo stripes (oh, I adore this yarn! Definitely need more) ,little *gasp* toe up!!! anklets with a picot bind off
Brown/turquoise= madil eden print Bamboo yarn... ( I don't like it!!!Not so much the knitting with it, but the way the socks came out with a different pooling pattern, never mind what I tried!), also *gasp* toe up!!!
I know, I am a cuff down girl and always will be, but every so often....one just has to give it a shot!

New September Socks!

2007-09-18T02:12:00.000-07:00

After an excursion into thick fat shawl knitting I'm back to socks! Here are the ones I started last night. The yarn was dyed by me and I'm surprised by the effect as it is totally not what I was going for. The cable pattern is from Bäuerliches Stricken Book #2.

Here's a close-up of the cables, the colours are totally off though.

Back in the saddle again! Wooo!

2007-09-09T09:34:00.000-07:00

I know you all probably think I forgot about this blog. Well, yeah I kinda did. I was looking around my blog to see what could be spruced up and saw this blog on my sidebar and said, "OOOPS!"
I'm sorry I haven't been contributing and from time to time I wonder if I should continue, what with my own blog and now, Ravelry.

But for those that don't read our blogs or just want the sockness, here's to you:

Hedera

Stats:
Pattern: Hedera
Yarn: KnitPicks Sock Memories in Paper Dolls(discontinued)
Needle: KnitPicks Options US1(2.25mm) on the Magic Loop
Start: 8/27/07
Finish: 9/6/07

And now on the needles:

Grey Cabled Socks

Enjoy!!

who doesn't heart smores?

2007-08-18T19:39:00.000-07:00

DD picked the Knit picks Memories yarn in the Smores ( her favorite treat) color way and the lace heart sock pattern. I have to make them a bit bigger then the pattern calls for and I am using smaller size needles... ( size 1 to be exact.) Also instead of the picots she wanted a rolled edge on top.
So here is the first one of DD customized lace heart socks on the needles just a wee bit past the heel:What is everybody else knitting on?

Lace-Cuff Anklets

2007-07-02T20:07:00.000-07:00

Pattern: Lace -Cuff Anklets from "Favorite Socks"

Yarn : Panda Cotton (55% Bamboo,24%Cotton,21%elastic nylon) from Crystal Palace Yarns in red cinnamon

Verdict : Loved the Yarn! very nice to knit with! I got the Yarn with the kit from the Sock of the Month Club I joined. I would not have chosen this color for myself, but ended up loving it and probably will buy more in this colorway! It ended up being really nice and "spice " colored! Goes to show.. be more experimental! Sometimes it pays off!
Pattern was ok..I changed the toe a bit, I decreased a bit more ( in the end every round) and then pulled the last 12 stitches together with the cut off end instead stopping sooner and kitchener the toe together... makes it a bit more round and lately I seem to like that better...

The socks are for my DD, she picked the pattern.

Cherryo!

2007-06-27T18:26:00.000-07:00

Look ! The new Sock Harvest is ready!
Cherries anyone?

I lost track of how many socks I made up to date... I gave a few away without documentation and just generally got tired of counting.
I guess I just don't give a s*ck..... ;)

Meida's socks

2007-06-12T13:57:00.001-07:00

I have joined a sock of the month club from the Yarn store.
Here is the first sock from said club:
Meida's socks from the book Favorite socks ...
I made them in my handdyed handspun superwash yarn...

I got them!!!

2007-06-10T09:54:00.000-07:00

I got my Celtic Swan needles!
WOHOOOOOO... first sock is on them!

here is a picture of my new Babies:

and a close up of the detail:
I LOVE THEM! They knit like a dream!

A few pairs in May

2007-05-31T19:56:00.000-07:00

I've been cranking out the socks in May, so here's a quick recap:

Trillian and Turtlegirl pose with my socks the night before Maryland Sheep & Wool.

FINALLY some Hippy Crunchy socks:

And some accidental Red Sox:

There was a pair of test knit socks too, but those can't be shown just yet. :)

full circle socks

2007-05-22T16:43:00.000-07:00

here is the inspiration:
the dyed fiber:
the singles yarn:
the finished yarn:
the full circle:

Another sock pattern

2007-05-12T22:47:00.000-07:00

Dragonfly Socks

sock project bags

2007-05-05T09:50:00.000-07:00

These little sock project bags are everywhere now! I really think they are cute and a great idea to keep it all together. I tried making one and here is the result:

It is fully reversible and the drawstring is made form hand spun bamboo.
And here is the Sock project for IN the bag: Bernat Cotton in Neapolitan... but wait, there is more:

Remember the Cascade/Aruba lace socks?
Hubby didn't and they ended up in the washer...
Now my DD has lace fuzzyfeet....

And another two....

2007-04-22T22:08:00.000-07:00

My mom's socks. I wasn't going to post these online anyplace, but then I realized that my mom had tried the first one on already.

The yarn is Opal Rainforest Flamingo, with some other yarn from Elann for the heels and toes.

The other socks are the socks from the Sock Madness competition. I got behind on this pair, and then finished up some other socks in between. They are Wildfoote in "crystal pink" and the leftover Lorna's Laces in "vera."

Birthday/Sock Camp socks :)

2007-04-19T05:18:00.000-07:00

Socks #75 - the Birthday Socks!

Yarn: Trekking 104
Started: 4/10/07
Finished: 4/17/07

I started these socks on the ride to Anacortes right after my birthday brunch. I knit them on the ferry, did the majority of the knitting in the Grok the Sock class that the Yarn Harlot taught on Wednesday, and finished them up after I got home.

It seems appropriate that my 75th pair, such a nice big round number, was pretty significant. Although the socks are plain and were a quick knit they definitely have lots of memories!

One of my two pairs of socks done this month.

2007-04-17T17:59:00.000-07:00

I finished both of the pairs of socks for this month, but I'm only doing pictures of one, since the other pair is a present and I know my mom checks my Flickr account. That pair will be posted after Mothers' day.

Here is the pair I can share.

They are made from Crystal Palace's Bamboozle. It's basically just a worsted weight version of Panda Cotton. (I do have this same colorway on order in the Panda Cotton) They were a nice quick knit, and I used a baby sock pattern from Knitting Vintage Socks, and I didn't have to change much to have them fit, other than the yarn and needles.

Socks and Socks

2007-04-09T08:42:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of my new puppy baby Sokrates... strategically named, so I can shorten it to ...SOCKS ;)

Cascade in the Aruba collourway.with a horseshoe lace.( next big purchase: a new camera, but I keep on spending the money on fiber...)

and the socktree in full bloom:

Blue stripes: Sassy stripes with heels and toes in leftover Zephyr
the other ones are Cascade Fixation in Sam ( loved knitting with it.. will do again!)

Finally some pictures taken

2007-03-11T00:46:00.000-08:00

I did not fall off earth, I was just too busy with work and never was home when the light was good for taking pictures. All inside pictures were plain crap, so I had to wait until yesterday when it was nice and sunny.

The first socks I finished are knit from my own handspun! It's from Blue Faced Leicester roving which was handdyed by Adrian from www.helloyarn.com. It was also the first time Navajo plying worked just fine.
They are knit on 3 mm needles, which made it a quick knit.

At the moment I'm also going to school most Fridays and Saturdays and need some lunchbreak knitting. What is better than socks for this? Right, nothing.
First I finished my Knittyboard SockPal exchange socks, which I can't show here right now because they have not reached their destination yet. Then I knit the socks shown in the picture above. The next pair were knit in Colinette Jitterbug in the Magenta colour. That yarn is horrible to take pictures of, the colour is never right.

And yes, the tiny bit of yarn was all that was left. I almost had heart palpitations when finishing the 2nd sock, as I was sure to run out of yarn. So everyone who has feet bigger than a EU38 or US 7.5, buy 2 skeins, as I didn't make the cuffs very long. I knit it with 2.5 mm needles which is just what it says on the inside of the ball band where the general sock instructions are. On the outside it says to use 3.25 mm needles.

Now that those are finished too, I sure needed another pair. I could not resist the new Trekking Pro Natura yarn, which is 75% superwash wool and 25% bamboo. See what I'm knitting now.

I'll make sure to let you know how many socks I knit overall during my time at school. There they also asked me to bring all socks once we're done with classes, and we'll take a group picture with socks then.

February socks

2007-03-04T23:32:00.000-08:00

Child's French Socks, from Knitting Vintage Socks in trekking 106

Plain ribbed cuff socks from Opal yarn.

Secret Socks

2007-02-24T15:00:00.000-08:00

Well, I've been cranking out the socks but so many have been test knits or design projects that I can't post.

But here are a few since my last post:

Socks for the Knittyboard Sock Swap, for my partner String Bean in yarn I dyed myself.

Cable Twist socks for my friend knit in Artyarns Supermerino.

A sample sock in Jojoland Melody - very nice stuff!

Oblique Openwork from SKS, knit in Knit Picks Gloss for the SSS Swap.

What have all of you been up to?

my 4th and last pair of january socks....

2007-01-31T18:03:00.000-08:00

These are an adapted version of "Childs Socks in Miranda Pattern" from "Knitting Vintage Socks." I took out the leg shaping, as my legs really have no shape to them until you get to my hips. The yarn used was Lorna's Laces Shepard Sock in Vera. They were knit on size 0 needles.

Quickie Socks

2007-01-31T07:08:00.000-08:00

This is a quickie pair of socks I made in plain stitch out of Trekking Zitron color #105. They are soft and cozy and warm and I think that this may become my favorite sock yarn. Mmmmmmm................:)

Snowflake Socks!

2007-01-25T21:28:00.000-08:00

I recently finished the Snowflake Socks from Magknits and wore them for the first time today.

A pretty quick knit, considering the lace. :)

two pairs done this month...

2007-01-21T14:06:00.000-08:00

Neither are fancy, but both were nice quick knits. The jaywalkers are in Knitpicks now discontinued parade, done on 3.0mm needles, with a 15 stitch pattern repeat. The other pair are just plain old stockinette socks in trekking 132.
I'm going to attempt to get one more pair at least finished before the month is through. I have a plain old ribbed cuff pair in opal and the "childs first sock in miranda pattern" in lorna's laces OTN, both on the second socks.

POLL

2007-01-11T18:18:00.000-08:00

I have been wondering...
how many of us preferr toe up or cuff down...
Or
heelflap or short row?
Take the poll

Free Poll by Blog Flux

Take the poll

Free Poll by Blog Flux

Me? I am a cuff down girl( that's how I learned knitting sock, I tried toe up , but defaulted back to cuff down.. something about it just suits me better...) and short row all the way... I don't mind knitting the heelflap , but I like the short row heel fit better so I usually always knitt that , unless I am making socks for clogs and want something special on the heel....

I thought it might be interesting to find out who knitts how and why...

so have at it and tell us!!!

It's been a while

2007-01-10T05:47:00.000-08:00

And it's not like I haven't been knitting socks. I've knit up a storm of socks! But in the interest of, well, interesting, I'll just show you the most recent two pairs.

First - my first pair of Lorna's Laces socks!

Pattern: Wendy's Generic Feather & Fan
Yarn: Lorna's Laces in Purple Club
Details - Magic Cast-On Toe US Size 1 Needles.

Second - my proudest pair to date - The Embossed Leaves Socks!

From Winter 2005 Interweave Knits
Trekking XXL in color # 109

I did these in less than 4 days! Such a quick and clever knit! I knit these up for a store sample to sell out an extra dozen or so copies of this issue. I can't wait until I can get them back and wear them! I love the fit of the round star toe - a first for me. I do believe I'll be using that again.

Currently, I'm working on a pair of Whiskers and Paw Prints socks out of some Koigu. One of my resolutions (besides knitting from my stash) was to knit with all the lovely sock yarns I've bought. First up was the Lorna's Laces, now the Koigu, next the Socks that Rock! I can't wait!

do you belive in casual socks?

2007-01-09T18:44:00.000-08:00

I made the bow tie socks as kind of hous slippers for the kiddos but it was not enough yarn to make a whole pair in DD size so I made one in DS size and the mate for each in a different collour ( still stashbusting!!) the kiddos like them so all is well!
and the blue ones are a special order pair( cotton yarn).. ( # 5,6 and7)

#4

2007-01-07T11:43:00.000-08:00

sockage

2007-01-06T13:10:00.000-08:00

here are 2 more pairs I finished this week...

and the one I am working on now .. with some stranded knitting in the cuff.
They are all acrylic for easy care and because that is what I had on hand... STASHBUSTIN' BABY!!!

50 pairs of socks!

2007-01-01T22:10:00.000-08:00

I put together a flickr set with the socks I've knit this year. A few of the photos aren't visible yet because the patterns were test knits, but once I get the go ahead I'll make them public.

But this pair is one I'm particularly happy with:

It's a pair of socks I knit for bryghtrose with her yarn (JKnits Light) as "payment" for her checking on my kitties while I was away for the holidays.

The kitties are fine, I hope she likes the socks.

first sock

2007-01-01T20:32:00.000-08:00

this is the first sock entirely started and finished in the new year! Stariel and her "a pair a week" thing has captured my attention and I have decided to try it myself this year...(Thanks for the inspiration Ariel!!!)

The first pair is only a very simple 2x2 rib cuff with a little rolled edge for the elderly mother of a neighbour... her feet are always cold and with the recent blackout we went through theyhave gotten even colder. I went and gave her my fuzz feet to warm her up a bit and now I am making these for her so she can have toasty toes in style ;)

just a multi sock picture.....

2007-01-01T13:02:00.000-08:00

Just a bunch of socks I've knitted over the past year and a half. For more info on the yarn, look at my flickr site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmtigger/341169736/

The goal is within reach!

2006-12-16T21:14:00.000-08:00

Socks #42 and #43 are completed. Just 7 pairs to go before the new year!

Socks for Dulaan in Claudia Hand Painted Yarn

Dublin Bay socks in Trekking

ok done

2006-12-15T19:13:00.000-08:00

here are FO pics:

I mirrored the chart on the second sock so the leave would be on the other side... moving on now to the next project......

MMHHHH FRUITY

2006-12-14T08:59:00.000-08:00

here is a first pic of the cherry socks:

I ended up dyeing the red Yarn again and it is a bit nicer red now. Plus I used different main Yarn for the sock. Where first I had the Jagerspun Wool I now am using AuntLydia's "shimmer"fashion Crochet cotton in linen collour.
it gives it a bit of a sparkle from the rayon without beeing too garish.
Love them so far and love to knitt with aunt lydia's.. I will definitely get mor in different collours for more socks.

The chart I used was my own , but CK ( now known as the chart goddess) was sweet enough to put some up on her blog so swing by there, if you want fruity socks! they are great!!!

kick up your heels ;)

2006-12-13T17:34:00.000-08:00

I am done with hubby's skully socks! here is a picture:

(he'll never look here so I am safe putting up a pic or two.After all, they are his pressi!)

Now on to the cherry socks!!!

New pairs are creeping in slowly

2006-12-12T06:50:00.000-08:00

My momentum has slowed a bit, but here are a couple more pairs of finished socks.

#40 - Feather and Fan in Fixation

#41 - Jaywalkers in Claudia Hand Painted Yarn

I've got a few more pairs in various states of completion, three even have single socks! I'll be working on wrapping those up to make it to 50 by the new year. :)

Well ain't that just peachy....

2006-12-11T23:18:00.000-08:00

I charted this afternoon some cherries for the heel of some socks .. then I started knitting and scrounging for leftover Yarn in the right collours ( green and red) I found green and died some of my handspun in red...
Hubby just came home and I asked him, what he thought and if he could tell what it was I am knitting into the heel and he dared to say... NO...
he said the cherries weren't "red" enough to be recognizable as cherries....grrrrrrrr... well ... maybe just maybe he has a point.But here are some pics anyway...I will make them again with a bright red for the cherries ... but here is the start of the first one for you all to see. once I figure out how to get the chart on the computer, I will put it on this blog, just in case someone else wants cherry socks...

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Moisturizing Socks...

2006-11-26T20:13:00.000-08:00

I finished the socks I was knitting in Austermann Step - the yarn with jojoba and aloe!

The yarn feels a little weird, but it's kinda cool. :) I'm excited to see how my feet feel after wearing them.

Ooops..

2006-11-25T04:32:00.000-08:00

I sowwy... I forgetted my sockies..

Seriously, I've been so wrapped up in Lacevember and now, Xmas knitting I've put the Six Sox for October socks in the to-finish pile. Nevermind that I didn't get up the heel on the FIRST sock yet.. whoopsie. It's a-comin.. just you watch. :)

Line up

2006-11-19T11:51:00.000-08:00

I finished the German Santa Claus surprise for my neighbours but I decided to make them miniture socks instead of full sized ones... so I was able to make all of them in one sitting.
Here they are : Turns out they make 4 pairs ;) ( excuse the pictures I know they are not the best . My camera isn't all that great to beginn with , but I think my dropping it might not have helped any...)

Socks on Parade!

2006-11-14T20:50:00.000-08:00

I've been neglecting you, my poor 12 Steppers...

My sock obsession is getting worse and worse, and I'm beginning to think I might even make 50 pairs for the year.

My end of Soctoberfest finish, Dublin Bay in Blue Moon Fiber Arts Sock Candy in Lapis.

Fearless Fibers! I'm excited to see how this yarn wears because the colors are just gorgeous!

These are an old pair in Knit Pics Sock Garden that I just managed to photograph.

So, what's on your sock needles?

My contribution to Socktober

2006-10-30T04:02:00.000-08:00

Though I should have concentrated on my sweater, the sockyarn was just too much temptation and so I gave in. This is my first sock in Opal Bamboo yarn for my husbeast. He's thrilled! The second has to be knit yet, but I already started.

Here we have some sock in Wildfoote yarn that I started quite some time ago. I do.not.like. to knit that yarn. But someone promised that it will get softer when being washed. Changing from metal to bamboo dpns already helped a bit. The second sock is not begun yet.

And now to my new favourite socks! It's Opal Cotton, which you will find on the top left in my last post. I did not imagine that these lovely colours came from the skein. The pattern is from a current issue of "Sabrina Accessoires" where it was hiding amongst hideous hat patterns and other stuff that has a bad influence of the 70s. ;-)

Socks again

2006-10-28T09:42:00.000-07:00

After a brief break to knit my Rhinebeck sweater, I'm back to socks!

This pair is two sample socks I knit for my LYS.

My most recent wearable pair is this one:

from Limbo yarn sent to me by Skitten when she was my SP.

Currently I have a pair on the needles for my friend Rachel and a simple pair for me in Sock Candy.

No new socks, but lots of sockyarn!

2006-10-25T03:52:00.000-07:00

I currently have 3 pairs of socks on the needles and promised myself to finish at least one pair before starting something new. As I've often talked about my inlaws living very close to the Opal factory store, I used the visit last weekend to stock up on sockyarn.

Here's the whole haul:

And there's a close-up of the bamboo yarn, which might be my new favourite.

I'll get more sockyarn from a swap with Stariel and am impatiently waiting for that package to arrive!

socksperiments

2006-10-22T19:51:00.000-07:00

I was trying to make some selfstriping yarn without dyeing it... so I used 2 different shades of some New Zealand top I have.
I seperated the roving into 25" pieces and then seperated those pieces lenghtwise into 3 strips.
I spun the strips alternating the light with the dark shade.
The singles yarn came to about 20 wpi, the individual colloursequences are about 5.8 feet long ( some are longer , some are shorter) . I decided to leave the yarn without plying, I did not want to mess up the colloursequences with andean plying and I did not spinn long enough stripes to navajo ply it
Now I am knitting it up into socks.

Moral of the story?
I would do it again , but make shorter strips of roving, so that the stripes come out thinner.
other then that , the fabric is realy rather soft and I like them so far a lot...

I also made some more fuzzy feet ( the first pair did not shrink as much during felting as I hoped and I gave them to a friend of mine , who loves them a lot!Thanks Theresa for that great pattern!!)

and I made a pair of socks for a friend of my son's, but I forgott to make a pic of them before I gave them away... so you will have to take my word for it ;)

One sock down, one well on it's way...

2006-10-20T18:50:00.000-07:00

I have a couple of pairs of fingering weight socks that are just taking too long to finish knitting so I went digging through my stash and pulled out some toasty toes in carbon dioxide. (it's the same weight as the DK superwash that I dye) and decided it needed a jaywalker type treatment. The picture is just taken with the iSight on the Macbook, so it's not the best.

The second sock is well on it's way to being completed this weekend. Just what I needed, a quick project for me!

Ack, I need to post more!

2006-10-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

Catching up before the next sock FOs...

Baby socks in STR Fairgrounds

And adult-sized, the Rock and Weave socks from the second Rockin' Sock Club kit.

One Sock Wars sock:

And one sample sock:

And a group shot of all the handknit socks currently in my possession:

Whew, onward with the sock knitting!

elusive opal sock sighting

2006-10-15T11:12:00.000-07:00

I have seen the opal sock in it's natural habitat!!! I made pictures for you all to see!

I made these for my DS. Opal lollipopp leftovers

And another sock avalanche!

2006-10-02T21:39:00.000-07:00

To finish off September, Sock Wars!

I knit socks for my target:

Finished her socks and forgot to take a picture, and received socks from my assassin:

Then October began and I got back to my previous socks and finished a couple of pairs to kick off Socktoberfest:

Milanese Lace

And rainbow Opal socks for my sister's birthday in November:

So, what have you guys been up to?

Wow, I've been a slacker...

2006-09-21T19:50:00.000-07:00

I just popped by and realized that the last socks I posted here were my Broadripples!

What have I done since then?

Leaf Edged Socks, I only knit one since these were from my Summer Sock Party pal. :)

My Baudelaires! I loved this pattern and I love how the socks came out, I might have to knit it again if I ever get through my endless list. ;)

Some lacey socks I knit for Artsygal with some of her handdyed yarn.

And I have a few more on the needles, but Sock Wars starts tomorrow so I'll be putting them aside for that. :)

Baby Socks!

2006-09-21T16:55:00.000-07:00

My sister is having a baby in January, so it's inspired me to knit some baby socks- of course I'll make more than the baby will ever wear, and my sister prefers machine washable so some of these will go to the art show/sale I'm doing in November. Anybody close to Sacramento CA, is welcome to come. I'll have my handdyed yarn for sale there! As well as some finished items.

Anyway, back to the sock. This sock is made from some silk/merino handdyed fingering weight yarn that I had left over. The mate is already made, but I didn't get a picture of both. I'm also having fun with the new camera on my new macbook....

Karen's Red Socks

2006-09-17T16:24:00.000-07:00

I asked Bean awhile back for a suggestion on a new sock to knit and she sent me the link to Karen's Red Socks. Only fitting that I do them, since I am Karen. :) I did them in orange, since I have an abundance of orange sock yarn, courtesy of Laura.

We've all got the standard photos of finished socks: laid flat, on sock blockers, on our feet, etc. I had the Yarn Harlot pose with mine for something new and exciting. And I am showing off that she touched my socks. :)

DD's cute feet

2006-09-17T08:56:00.000-07:00

ok here are the socks I made for DD! From leftover Opal Petticoat...
Now I am on to knitt little red and white christmas stockings for the neighbours ( partly because I have so much Yarn leftover from the fansock project....) so I make one stocking for each ( only like five people ) that I plan on hanging on the doorknob on the fifth of december . It is a german custom, on the fifth is when Santa Clause visites german kidlets and brings them Fruit and nuts and little toys... so this year the german santa will visite a neighbourhood in NM. Watch out!

Hedera! Finally! Hedera!

2006-09-13T05:47:00.000-07:00

Yay! I finally finished them. I would have finished them much sooner, but they were the victim of knitting A.D.D. Heh. So here they are. My modified Hedera socks.

How did I modify them? Well, for one, the pattern is written cuff down. I prefer the toe-up method so my challenge was to modify the pattern so that it could be knit toe-up but not visibly so. This required me to learn how to do a heel flap from the toe-up. I used Judy Gibson's instructions for a Toe-Up Sock for the heel flap directions. The toe, I used Wendy's Generic Toe-Up Sock pattern for the toe. The bind off, I faked. I read on Heather's blog back when she finished her mom's Koigu socks, about a sewn bind-off. She vaguely described it as entering the first two stitches on the needle as if to purl then back into the first as if to knit, rinse, wash, repeat. It works out pretty well! Nice and stretchy. They're nice and comfortable. I used Plymouth Sockotta in color #14 ("Green" - how clever a name!) and had plenty left over. I could have done several more repeats of the pattern on the cuff were I motivated at the time. Some people that have knit this report using more yarn than they thought they would. This was another motivation to do it toe-up. No running out before I got to the toe! I love these socks. They were my first successful venture into lace knitting. Even Ripple likes them!

Fuzzymmetric Feet

2006-09-12T00:13:00.000-07:00

I finally jumped the bandwagon and made a pair of Fuzzy Feet. They were finished last evening, dried over night and I am wearing them as I type. I'm definitely going to make more, as they are an excellent project to use up oddballs of which I have plenty.

And who says that Fuzzy Feet always have to be identical? I had lots of fun knitting and before that spinning. Knowing that felting will hide every eventual mistake I tried the long draft while spinning and messed with the colours when knitting the second sock. I'm very pleased with the results.

Socks Everywhere!

2006-09-10T21:06:00.000-07:00

This lovely pair of pink Broadripple socks was knit in Cascade Fixation. I started them on 9/8 and finished them in the wee hours of the morning 9/10.

And now the 2nd pair, baby socks again!

Fansocks

2006-09-06T13:55:00.000-07:00

ok here is a pic of the first redsox sock done:

lollipopp

2006-09-06T09:32:00.000-07:00

here are hubby's socks in the opal lollipopp yarn...
I'm back to cuff down socks....

I am not sure , if fuzzy feet count as socks... but Ik nitted a piar over the weekend... after felting I will put up some pics of them..

These are going to be Socks for my DD in opal petticoat. See also my nifty pointprotectors? they are little erasers in the shape of a monkey head... YAYYY !

and I am knitting a pair of fan socks for a costumer as a pressi.. he is a Red Sox fan...so they'll be red socks...picture later

Well, alright!

2006-08-31T09:35:00.000-07:00

Ok everybody I finally have something to post here. Behold, my very first pair of handspun socks!

These toe up socks are made from Columbia top which I got from Coppermoose, on ebay. I took half the fiber and divided it up into 4 strips, and placed the Kool Aid/Rit colors on each strip approximately in the same place. After the dyeing was done I broke off each color section and spun them out of order. Made of 2 plies of laceweight singles, I had approximately 280 yards at the onset. I'll have to measure the leftovers to see how much these socks used.

Two more pairs of socks!

2006-08-28T10:00:00.000-07:00

In the last couple of days I've finished two pairs of socks.

These ones out of handspun and Knitpicks Palette

And my first Socks That Rock club socks (I know, I know, it's taken forever!)

More details on my blog. :)

Yet another Generic Toe-up Sock

2006-08-22T13:36:00.000-07:00

Just your plain old generic toe-up sock a-la Wendy. Only difference in these from my past ones, I tried out the Magic Cast-on from the Spring Knitty and I LOVE IT! This was Sockotta in the lovely color name "5616". Or as I like to think of it "Sweetarts". I'm sold on the magic cast-on. I'll be doing that on my next pair as well. I also finished a Hedera:

I'm doing these toe-up as well. I used the regular provisional cast-on for it, and a reverse heel-flap. I love the fit and am halfway done the 2nd one already. Yay!

Finally a finished pair of socks, Yay me!

2006-08-21T08:54:00.000-07:00

It's the pair of Jaywalkers in a slightly different version. I made yarnovers where the original pattern calls for kfb. I love that pattern, it brings out every yarn in a very nice way.
Picture will follow, Blogger does not want my pictures right now. *grrr*

They are on my blog though.

Forgive me

2006-08-15T08:44:00.000-07:00

I've been knitting, I swear. But not socks. Oh ok. I've done a few pairs or so but they're nothing special. Just those self-striping/fake fair isle socks. With just a regular stockinette pattern. I need to come back with a BANG. I need solid colors ;) This way, I can do some cables and lace and stuff. Make a sock WORTHY of being a sock(to me). I shall return...

I overcame the doominess

2006-08-15T08:10:00.000-07:00

YAYYYYY !!! I made a new sock! all the way through and it worked... without disturbances!!! I did it ! I singlehandedly defied the sock of doom!

Here it is! The collours don't realy come across though in this pic. It is greens and blue. very lurvely.
The cotton yarn is soft as butter, I bought it off a " yarntree" at the LYS and did not even look what brand it was, but I promise I will go and find out and let you all know.
The yarn is very soft and feels good on the foot almost like not wearing anything at all , but the sock is rather listless when not worn. You know.. just kinda hangs around.... uch dunno how else to explain it, but there it is: the VICTORY SOCK!

* throws some glitter and confetty in celebration! ;)

Even more socks!

2006-08-14T19:58:00.000-07:00

The socks I knit for SharonP, and managed to finish on her birthday without realizing it!

Yarn: Trekking #100

The picture is dark but the colors are fairly accurate.

Another sock, but just one this time

2006-08-11T12:56:00.000-07:00

This is the sock I sent to my pal Cary (along with some goodies) for the Summer Sock Party swap. The picture was at a funny angle, it wasn't really that lopsided.

The yarn is some Opal Magic, can't remember the color off the top of my head, and the pattern is Jaywalker, of course.

SOCK OF DOOM!!!!

2006-08-11T09:33:00.000-07:00

I haven't been posting in quite some time and now I have to let you all know why...
I ran in to a SOCK OF DOOM... this little sucker is just defying me... I have no idea why, but I knitted this sock ( just a regular toe up in opal lollipop) 5 times now... and the heel juat about 3 times every time I get there... I am getting realy discuraged . I have been knitting socks for years and years and here I am seemingly unable to complete this one...
* ripping out hair *
here is a pic of the culprit...

I seriously need help... I started a new sock in different yarn just to see, but this one sock seems to have a permanent hold over me ... I got to the heel of the new sock and ... NOOOOOOOOOOO ... not again ..... it is not working... stupid short row heel .. I have made them a million times , now they have holes or lost stiches...

what is wrong with me???

Don't look at me I am hiddeous!!!!

*scampers off

Bee Stripe Socks

2006-07-28T11:37:00.000-07:00

I finished these earlier this week, but somehow forgot to post them here (oh the horrors!)

Anyway, they're simple stockinette socks, knit toe-up in Lorna's Laces Bee Stripe. Nothing else notable except the fact that they're quite tall. :)

More socks, but you don't get to see these...

2006-07-15T19:33:00.000-07:00

I finished test knitting a pair of socks yesterday, but of course I can't post pictures until the pattern is published, but for your amusement here's some parts that proove they exist:

Cuffs:

Feet:

Now to finish the other few pairs I have on the needles (Bee Socks for Ana, Cedar Creek and Conwy for me) That's actually somewhat of a record for me, only 3 pairs of socks in progress!

Getting "Stranded"

2006-07-15T06:51:00.000-07:00

Just so you all didn't think I was full of horse pucky, here's a quick pic:

This is Crusoe. For anyone who may not know, I once had two pairs of this at once on a very long circ. I have since regained my sanity and took one pair off and moved this to a short circ. The other yarn will become a different pair of socks, pattern TBD.

I'm only using the pattern for stitch detail.

Maybe I'll try a different heel, something fancier than a regular flap or short row. The original pattern has a rolled down stockinette cuff; I changed it out for ribbing.

Hedera, coming right up!

2006-07-10T20:41:00.000-07:00

I actually finished these a while ago, but I couldn't find my sock blockers because of *the big move* and so I didn't photograph them until now.

Pattern: Hedera
Started: 5/12/06
Finished: 7/1/06

Best Foot Forward Socks

2006-07-09T08:41:00.000-07:00

Oh my Freakin' hell. I started these suckers back on April 28th. Only now have I finished them. I can't believe it took that long. I'm so ashamed. In my defense, they're knit out of KnitPicks Dancing ("Swing" Colorway) on size 1 needles, so yeah, they sucked up the yarn like nobodies business. Once I hunkered down and really put an effort into it, I had the second one done in about 10 days.

Here's detail on the patterning:

I know the yarn competes with the pattern. I kinda lost my mojo on them due to that. But I still liked the way they were knitting up. They fit like a dream!

I'm Back!

2006-07-08T17:41:00.000-07:00

Took me for freakin ever to get on here. I'd forgotten my USERNAME of all things, so I couldn't retrieve my password. Then the old pooter took a nosedive and I was MIA for two weeks. Then I get back in the saddle and STILL can't remember my freakin name.. Well that's all taken care of.

What have I been knitting? I HAD two pairs of socks on one long circ going, but that got to be too much to handle. So I took a pair off the thing and am down to one pair at a time.

I've dyed some sock yarn for my little girls and will soon have some done for my son and a friend's son.

The tulip socks are no more. The yarn will be recycled to become mittens, instead.

Too many socks, so little time, not enough hands.

Pattern FINALLY typed up

2006-07-06T21:08:00.000-07:00

I can't guarantee that there aren't typos in it- actually I would be very surprised if there were not typos- so watch out for them.
ZIG ZAG SOCKS

Currently I have a couple pairs on the needles, but I left them both at my parent's house. I think I'm going to have to cast on yet another pair since I won't be back there until Monday or Tuesday! (almost done with my opal prisma jaywalkers, and done with another pair of eyelet cheveron socks from my own handdyed yarn and pattern)

I'm still here...

2006-06-30T23:45:00.000-07:00

... and I'm also knitting socks. I finished the pair for the husbeast in charcoal Regia silk, that I have started a long time ago. They're actually in the wash because they went from the needles to the feet within minute. So pictures will follow soon. Then I'm knitting my 2nd pair of Jaywalkers - the "springified" version, with yarnovers instead of kfb. (Pictures of both are in the April 23rd entry.) Third I'm knitting some socks for my SecretPal. So no pictures at the moment of those either.

More socks!

2006-06-21T20:03:00.000-07:00

Pattern: out of my head
Yarn: Brown Sheep Naturespun sport weight
Started: 6/10/06
Finished: 6/19/06

If it seems that I've been lagging with the socks lately, well it's almost true. First I finished about half a pair, and then I started these. These socks are extra big, and I'm in the middle of moving. And then I finished them and blocked them and didn't photograph them until after they were done drying, so really it's not as bad as it seems.

Plus I've been concentrating on reducing the WIPs, and my first order of business is a piece of test knitting, which is secret and also not socks.

Secret Sox

2006-06-21T14:52:00.000-07:00

I know I haven't posted for a while but I have been busy, its a beggar when life gets in the way of your knitting!!! However I have managed to knit 3 pairs of sox, 2 of which are "secret sox" for my secret pals!, and are pictured here. The other pair is for myself (I think) and I forgot to take a picture of them, so will post them later! (Must have had a senior moment!!!!)

The first pair of sox are knitted on 64 stitches on 2.5mm bamboo dpns and knitted in Lana Grossa Meilenweit Multieffekt from Italy, 80% virgin wool and 20% polymide. The pattern is a pattern I really like and have used on several occasions, it came free with Opal sock yarn.

These ones are also knitted by casting on 64 stitches on 2.5mm bamboo dpns and knitted in Opal Traumfanger from Germany, 75% virgin wool and 25% polymide. The pattern is ribbed lace which I found in "Sensational Knitted Socks" by Charlene Schurch , the heel flap is knitted in "Eye of partridge" stitch and gives a double thickness to the heel area.
(I think that traumfanger is the pattern of the yarn, but it is difficult when the lable is written in german and you can't read it!!!)

Here is a close up of the ribbed lace stitch, which I really quite like.It has 24 rows to each repeat.

Fortissima 1776 Socks

2006-06-13T13:00:00.000-07:00

Well, am I spangled?

I suppose they look more like stars once you put 'em on. But still, it's stretching the imagination.

Wendy's Generic Toe-up sock pattern again.

Over the knee socks

2006-06-04T18:02:00.000-07:00

Not quite done with the first one, but have just finished the gusset decreases. Should be finished tomorrow.

This is what the lace up the back looks like:

The ribbing at the top:

I couldn't get a good picture of the heel, but this is a little bit of it, with the measurement from the top to the bottom of the heel:

I'm looking forward to doing the second one, and maybe a pair for myself!

A couple pairs of socks over here too :)

2006-06-03T22:15:00.000-07:00

I've been cranking out the socks lately. I just finished my 12th pair this year and I think I should really knit something else before it gets too hot. ;)

Pair 12 was the Lava Flow socks from Sockbug:

And here's pair 11:

I started the Cedar Creek socks from the first STR club package, since I hadn't gotten to those yet.

Opal ROCKS

2006-06-03T16:35:00.000-07:00

I am finally back !
and- oooh I got myself into something new now... I tried Opal selfstriping sock yarn... and it ROCKS.. I love it... I had some leftover and made some wristlets out of it. I will go back and get me a stash of opal ... Oh here a picture of the socks... not the best one but for now it has to do!

I also made a bunch of babysocks for a bunch of pregnant friends but sadly forgott to make pics. but I promise the next pair will be photographed... promise...
so here the picture now

Ack!

2006-06-02T06:53:00.000-07:00

I am such a flake! I finished these socks about two weeks ago, thought about possting them, and then totally forgot. The yarn is Wildefoote in the Rhapsody colorway. I put 9 stitches between the matched increases and decreases on these Jaywalkers to make them fit better and the pattern ate yarn like crazy. Two skeins made two socks with about 18" of leftover yarn.

Babysockline!

2006-05-30T12:52:00.000-07:00

Have a look here at pictures of the sockline!

http://www.sockenwolle.de/index2.html

They got a total of 12.262 pairs of socks! The line was 1.289,50 m long!

There are still packages with socks arriving!

More socks!

2006-05-22T11:19:00.000-07:00

My 4th pair of socks this month coming right up!

Details on my blog.

Stars and Stripes?! My A$$

2006-05-19T10:37:00.000-07:00

One down, one to go. Done in Fortissima 1776 - overpriced given the rumors and apparent popularity of this stuff. Do those look like stars to you? Me neither. There are some star-suggestive blobs here and there, but whoever first said that this was supposed to be stars and stripes, got the stripes part right, but the stars? Not so much.

Meh.

I will do the mate. It's on the list. *sigh* All that anticipation for a cheesy looking sock. I did it in Wendy's Generic Toe-up sock pattern as well.

Ariel's famous socks

2006-05-13T20:06:00.000-07:00

Aren't they cute? The whole story is on my blog.

Wendy's Generic Toe-Up Socks

2006-05-09T05:55:00.000-07:00

As Bean would say, "Weeeeeee!" Oh wait, no, she'd say "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"

These are my first Toe-Up socks, and I'm sold! Love them! They actually fit me! And the short row heel feels good too. But I had holes, even though I picked up the double wraps, so I wove some extra yarn back through the holes and closed them up. Bean mentioned adding extra stitches in the gaps (I assume that meant the holes?) to take care of that problem. How so? Some KFBs? When I pick up the wraps, I transfer the wrapped stitch to the right needle, lift up the wraps with my left needle onto the right, then I knit them or purl them all together. Is this the way y'all do it to? Help! I love the short row, but the holes bug me! Am I going to have to weave everytime?

As mentioned in the title, these are Wendy's Generic Toe-Up Socks.

Yarn: Sockotta 6670 "Fruit"
Needles: US 2
Started 5/4 Finished 5/8

Will I do these again? Many, many times and many adaptations, I'm sure.

Tulip Socks

2006-05-07T07:40:00.000-07:00

Becky sent me the Tulip and Gingham socks kit back in March. I've started one of them and so far, not too bad.

General thoughts: Wow! I didn't realize Fair Isle projects would come out thicker than normal. So I won't get to wear these socks any time soon. Yeah I know summer is coming but I even wear my other hand-knit socks in the summer. These, however, not gonna happen. What's sad is that by the time it's cold enough to wear socks this thick it'll be too cold to wear a skirt! I'm not into pantyhose and I'd need something under my skirt. How else am I going to show off the pattern on the cuff!?

The heel: I'd been told the heel gives people problems, and that I should just ignore the heel instructions. I did and put in my own short row heel. I use a heel with wraps, turns, and double wraps on the way back out. This leaves me with a little gap between the end of the wraps and the rest of the stitches. I had to add 4 stitches in each gap which meant there would be a few extra rows between the heel and the beginning of the chart repeats. The original pattern would have you go straight into the chart right after finishing the heel.

Fair Isle: Ouch. Way too many ends to weave in. Not used to doing that much weaving in on socks. I know I could have weaved in as I went but my mind can only work on maybe two different knitting instructions at once. Throw in the fact that I was carrying the unused colors up the side of the sock, and we're talking Tangle City. Every so often I have to stop and untangle the freakin yarns! But the design is beautiful and so worth it.

Knitting: I started out with a 2.5mm needle on these socks. After significant puckering, and a little snugness around the ankle I went up to a 3.0mm. It's much better now. I'm trying to keep the floats as loose as possible without making them too loose. And the burgundy yarn at the top of the cuff? That's waste yarn. The pattern calls for ribbing. I did ribbing once before but I'd screwed up the chart pattern. I had to rip out after I couldn't get the needles in the right places to just rip back to the base of the ribbing. Then I said I ain't doin the freakin ribbing again right now; I want to get into the pattern. so I put the stitches on waste yarn and will go back to the ribbing later.

For once I can't wait for it to get cold again so I can wear these socks! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Ladybug socks!

2006-05-06T23:05:00.000-07:00

I made these with leftover Opal Ladybug that I traded with cmtigger for. Add a little bit of black from the lovely Jenn's heart socks and you have a pair of socks made of 12 Steppers leftovers!

Sixth Sense Socks

2006-05-03T22:21:00.000-07:00

These are the same ones that turtlegirl made. I actually liked the garter stitch short row heels and didn't have problems, but they look really weird when they're not on a human foot.

Pattern: Sixth Sense Socks from the Six Sox KAL
Yarn: Alpafina a 50/50 alpaca/wool blend
Started: 4/16/06
Finished: 5/3/06

Sockpalooza sox arrived today

2006-05-02T18:59:00.000-07:00

Here is the sox I recieved from my sockpalooza pal this morning.They are knitted in Lynn's Colour Joy Sock Yarn in Lynnabell which is a gorgeous blue colour. The sock pattern is Shell Lace Socks from "Knitting Vintage Socks" and they have a 3 point star toe.

My sock pal also sent me some gorgeous hand dyed sock yarn.The skein of yarn is 100g of "A Good Sock Yarn" in Grapes of Wrath colour way. Hand dyed by Rae of Rae's Yarn Boutique in Lansing Michigan, USA. It is 80% wool and 20% nylon. I can't wait to start a pair of sox with it.

Well who sent me these fantastic sox......None other than Rae from "Rae's Yarn Boutique in Lansing Michigan. Her blog can be found at http://extravayarnza.typepad.com.

Sixth Sense Socks - Done!

2006-05-02T10:02:00.000-07:00

This was my first time with a short row heel, and to top it off, it was a garter stitch short row heel. My first sock ended up with some holes because I wasn't wrapping the stitches correctly. Turns out, it's completely different for garter stitch! Here's a close up of the heel:

The one on the right is the first one, done wrong. See how much neater and tighter the left one is? Ya live, ya learn. I don't like the way these fit me, I think if maybe I had made the foot a bit longer, it might help, but even on the blockers, it looks low. I think I just don't like short row heels. But I'll reserve judgement until I try a regular one. So I dub these "Birthday Socks" for my other sister. So that's two sets in a row I'll be gifting. Grr. I have a pair on the go now - 2 on 2! They'd better fit!

The pattern is from the yahoo "Six Socks" KAL group. They closed membership recently, so hang in there if you want in. Stariel, I know you're in. How did you like this pattern? Me, I don't think I'll be knitting it again. All that KTBLs drove me nuts.

Thank You Gundel!!

2006-05-02T09:58:00.000-07:00

Here is a pair of socks made out of the beautiful Opal yarn that Gundel sent me during SP5.

New socks

2006-04-29T17:35:00.000-07:00

I needed a break from the entrelac socks, so I started a new sock this morning...these are Spey Valley socks from Knitting on the Road, in Trekking, what else?

I've done these before, Trekking as well, but the cuff was a bit too tight. So I did the cuff ribbing/pattern in size 2s, and switched to size 1's for the leg. We'll see how that works out.

Oh, and a big thanks to Susann for sending me the Trekking.

Daffy Socks

2006-04-29T12:44:00.000-07:00

Voila!. These are regular old toe-up socks, made with Knit Picks Sock Garden in Daffodil. For me. I like this yarn and would use it again. I've got more KP sock yarn in the wings but I must finish some mystery socks and the Tulip socks first. They're a little stretched at the top because I just took them off before snapping the pic. They're drying from a wash, as we speak.

Entrelac. Eh.

2006-04-26T18:51:00.000-07:00

I started the entrelac socks. I don't mind doing the entrelac. I actually quite like it. But, on size 1 dpns? Eh. Not liking it so much. This is what I have so far.

My problem is this: the entrelac causes small seams on the inside, and the sock is entrelac all the way around. Something tells me that this isn't the most comfortable thing. Do I make just one to say I've made one? Do I make a full pair? Do I say F it and rip it out and use my precious Trekking on something else? Help!

Socks at knitting group

2006-04-24T22:33:00.000-07:00

Catherine and I both brought socks to knitting group tonight! Catherine is working on her 2nd Jaywalker for Sockapaloooza and I'm working on my Sixth Sense Socks.

Seems I'm either blabbing too much here or...

2006-04-23T08:24:00.000-07:00

.... really productive. Make your own choice please.

First I started a springy version of the Jaywalkers using yarnovers instead of the kfb and the beginning and end of each needle.
I'm using a 100% Merino yarn from Helloyarn.

Then I finished the thrummed socks, which will go in the mail tomorrow to find a caring home.

Then I started a pair of socks for my husband with the Regia Silk I got on Friday. It knits up really lovely and feels good to touch.

When I continue knitting at this speed, I'm back with new pictures soon.

2006-04-22T14:52:00.000-07:00

Well, I finally finished a pair of socks- just plain stockinette in regia silk.

once they were done I worked up a pattern for my DK weight yarn and knitted it up. I'll write the pattern out in more detail and follow it to proof it for the second sock- then I'll post it on cavyshops.com for other people to try.