A knitter's truth

It is a truth universally acknowledged (among sock knitters, anyway), that knitters who know people with feet -- want to knit them socks.  And so I did.

This is the Tom and Ethel pattern that I showed y'all a while back, and they are for my grandmother (whose name is Ethel).  They are still a bit damp, but they will be dry soon, and I'll send them off to her for Mother's Day.

I am REALLY tempted to start something else but ... since this is supposed to be #finishorfrog2014, I better stop starting stuff and start finishing stuff.  So I've picked up the Madman with a Box socks (sorry, no picture yet. But soon!).  Hmmm ... maybe I'll go knit on them now.  Until later, friends.

~mz

Done!

Can't sleep,  may as well blog about the newest project to leave my needles.

These are Simple Skyp Socks by Adrienne Ku and were an easy knit. Not sure why it took me so long to finish ...

They are for MrJ and he hasn't tried them on yet.  I can't wait to see how they fit!

~mz

Quick pic

 

My feet look like boat oars in this picture! And let me tell ya, these stripes are pretty addictive to knit. All weekend I've been saying "just one more stripe!" instead of the usual knitter's plea, "just one more row!"  I am so hooked on these that, to celebrate a really good bit of news that I got today, I have some of this yarn on its way to me so I can knit myself a pair (or two!) in red and white. There's nothing in the world like retail therapy.  I will try again to knit the next pair two at a time. 

I've also decided which project from my WIP pile will get frogged next but I'll tell you later.  Cliffhanger!

~mz

And another one's gone ...

Another one bites the dust!

Alpaca Sox Legwarmers. Pattern by Pam Allen.

I started these legwarmers back in September 2013, with the idea that they were pretty easy and would be a quick knit.  I was going gangbusters on the first one (I don't remember why I decided to knit one at a time), then all of a sudden I slacked off.  

Today, I reclaimed the yarn and put it back in my stash.  It will eventually be knitted into socks.  But now I'm happy to have one less project in my pile. 

This morning, I knitted a few more stripes on my grandmother's socks. They are kind of addictive.  I hope to make a lot of progress on them this weekend.

Until next time!

~mz

Frog one, start one

So ...

You know those fingerless mitts I told you about last week?  Well ... shortly after I reclaimed that yarn and put it back in the stash, I pulled out some sock yarn and started those socks that I told you about.  See?

Tom and Ethel Socks by Nigel Pottle.
For my beloved Nana, whose name is Ethel :-)

I just love the color combination. It's bright and cheery and I think they will make my grandmother smile.  The original plan was to knit both socks at once, on one long needle. I tried that but it was pretty much a disaster.  Yarn got tangled and it was giving me a headache so I decided to knit one at a time. It's not my preferred method of sock knitting, but it will save me the trouble of untangling yarn which is so not my favorite thing to do.  I hope to get a lot of knitting done this weekend!

Maybe I'll knit for a while before I go to sleep ...

~mz