Socks, ghosts, and links, oh my!
Posted by limedragon | Filed under general, knitting, socks, yarn stash
For a while, I was working on my current SOS08 pair, Big Basin (from Six Sox Knitalong). This is the first time I’m using a wool-tencel blend
Tags: big basin, black, bunny pullover, cashsoft, gift, harmony, knittingdragon, mom, orange, purple, randall's ghost, reunion, roo designs, rowan, six-sox-kal, socks, tencelicious, white, yarn diet, yarn stash
Veni, vidi, vici
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
Remember these terrible, horrible, no good, very bad socks? I was tired of them hanging around, unfinished and making this knitter all kinds of unhappy.
No more!
Tags: challenge, crystal-palace, footies, gift, grandma, hidden in my shoe, mile, orange, panda-wool, sheron, six-sox-kal, sock-yarn, socks, stashdown
At long last!
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
Thanks everyone for the well wishes last week. I’m mostly over my cold now. Strangely, it was mild (as in I didn’t need much medicine), but also was lingering and annoying. I was very glad to finally get a good night’s sleep!
I managed to finish three garter squares for Warm Up America, but [...]
Tags: fluted-banister, knitalong, secret-pal, six-sox-kal, socks, trekking
Frankly, it’s not a UFO
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
I’ve been working on several projects using worsted weight yarn (more about these next week) and I started to get tired of the sameness in gauge. My solution was to pick up my abandoned Fluted Banister socks from last September.
They looked like this when we last saw them, one leg and the second cuff [...]
Tags: brown, fluted-banister, frank or martha, greys anatomy, know thyself, meme, sideways, six-sox-kal, socks, stockinette, the loopy ewe, trekking, tv
Small Items
Posted by limedragon | Filed under baby stuff, kid stuff, knitalongs, knitting, socks
Have you ever misplaced a needle, only to find it in the laundry a few days later?
I’ve been busy! I finished the Flamingo socks and mailed them off, sans mutant Zebras. The person who will receive the Zebras has already returned to the Cities, so I will gift these separately. Pictures are forthcoming.
I took [...]
Tags: baby, blue, caps for the capital, chain link, children in common, gray, hats, kids, pink, red, six-sox-kal, socks, tan, toddler
MN State Fair = End of Summer
Posted by limedragon | Filed under general, knitting, socks
The Thursday before Labor Day, Mom and I went to the MN State Fair. Our first stop was the Creative Activities building where you can see all the entries in the crafts and baking competitions. Here are a few pictures of interesting things I saw or liked. (Sorry, no sock monkeys! Actually—we couldn’t find the [...]
Tags: color-blox, contests, six-sox-kal, socks, state-fair
Show & Tell
Posted by limedragon | Filed under accessories, baby stuff, kid stuff, knitting, socks, stranded or fair isle
Other than the Color Blox socks I posted about last weekend, I haven’t been able to share my recent FOs.
Tags: baby, blue-moon-fiber-arts, brown, charity, child, children in common, colorwork, green, hats, kid, lion-brand, six-sox-kal, socks, socks-that-rock, stranded, very easy colorwork hat, wool
Color Blox Sox
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitalongs, knitting, socks
They’re done! And just in time for the 6Sox deadline! : )
I didn’t spend much time on these socks for most of July for two reasons. I was so busy and tired from work, I needed “faster” projects (using thicker, worsted weight yarns). And I stalled on the swirling pattern. Last weekend, I picked them [...]
Tags: blue, cherry-tree-hill, color box, six-sox-kal, socks, supersock, toe-up
Sock Progress
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitalongs, knitting, socks
During the past week, I finished the toes and insteps on the Color Blox Sox for 6Sox. I haven’t taken a real progress picture yet because it’s all stockinette. I did finish the heels last night, and they look great and fit very well, yay! I enjoyed this type of toe-up heel-flap-gusset construction. It seemed [...]
Tags: blue, blue-moon-fiber-arts, cherry-tree-hill, color-blox, cropped-cardigan, lace, rock-and-weave, rockin, six-sox-kal, sock-club, socks, socks-that-rock, supersock, toe-up
I’m back!
Posted by limedragon | Filed under general, knitting, personal
We got back on Sunday, but I haven’t been able to post until now. I’m still feeling tired from a combination of the trip, work, and lack of allergy medicine. It was a good weekend, we looked at various properties, and I shopped at Bemidji Woolen Mills, Ben Franklin, and Pamida… Yes, I bought yarn [...]
Tags: bemidji, ben-franklin, blue-moon-fiber-arts, cereal, color-blox, cropped-cardigan, pamida, personal, rock-and-weave, rockin, six-sox-kal, sock-club, socks, syac, travel
