As you can tell, I changed the look of my blog. I'm still going to tweek it some, but for now, this'll do.
I finished some socks! Actually, I finished two pairs of socks! Firstly, I
finally finished the
Summer of Love Socks. These fit nice, and they're cute little socks to wear around, especially with a pair of Mary Janes. I don't know why it took me so long, because in truth they're incredibly easy to knit up, and they don't take very long. The longest part is the lace, and after that it's a breeze.
Even though these are super easy socks, I messed them up. As you can see from the one on the right, the toe is not quite right, but in truth, I don't care. I only ever show off my socks when they're in shoes, so nobody's going to see that I messed that u, so please don't look at this sock. If I get frustrated enough later, I'll redo the toe, but I redid this toe about 3 times and still messed it up. The error was totally my error and my not paying attention to what I was doing with the stitches.
Another pair of socks I finished were the Leafling socks. These socks were
fabulous to knit! I can't explain to you guys what a dream these socks were. Firstly, I usually don't like knitting cuff to toe because I like to be able to try on socks as I go and I've found that knitting toe up is easier for trying on purposes. You get a true feel for how it'll fit that way, but once I cast these on, I could not stop! The pattern is awesome, the way the heel was knit is awesome! I truly liked how easy the heel was to knit, without the dreaded picking up of the stitches along the gusset, nor the short row heel that always leaves extra space so it gets all poofy in shoes. I had
none of that with these socks! Love them! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THEM! I'm probably going to knit a whole army of these with some of the other yarns I have laying around the house that I really should start using up instead of buying more yarn.
Here's a quick close up of this sock. This ridge was made with a series of k2tog and picking up stitches, and because of these methods, you get a great ridge in the middle, and great little bumps that makes the leaves. It took me about a week to two weeks to finish these because it was one of those knits that you wanted to find out how it was all going to work. Since it was a technique I'd never used, getting to the next portion of the sock was a fun and exciting thing.
I know it's been a while since I've blogged much of anything, but that's what happens when you're a full-time stepMOM, when you're a full-time student, and when you do everything that I do in a day, which I really don't understand how I get everything done.
My last knitting related post I asked you all a question regarding this fabulous yarn I've had sitting around the house for practically a year. I decided to use it. I'm turning it into a Lace Leaf Shawl from the Evelyn Clark
Knitting Lace Triangles book. I know this picture of it is HORRIBLE beyond words, but I took it with my phone real quick. I'll have to take another picture a little later showing the actual lace and how it's coming out. I think since the pattern is a simple leaf motif that it's coming out nice, but I would love a critique. If you think the lace is getting lost because of the colors, let me know.
Lastly, I know you can't really see it in the picture of the shawl, but I was finally able to pick up something that I've always wanted! Let me introduce
MY NEW NEEDLES! I've been wanting this set for a long time now, and I finally had a little extra money to be able to afford the set. Oh.my.Goddess are these needles sweet! They're pretty, they're sharp, they don't snag, and I actually think these are faster than my Addi's. These needles are FABULOUS beyond words!
I would like to leave you all with my Cocoa and I having a quick conversation. I promised some of the girls from my Stitch n' Bitch that I would record and show her talking to me, so I thought I would share with you all. Hope you enjoy, and please let me know what you think of the new look .
