Vacation

I had great expectations of getting lots of knitting done on my vacation last week but all I managed was a few rows on my Opal socks. It was too hot most of the time to sit with yarn in my hands and some how sitting in the sun with my knitting just makes me sleepy! We're going away again next weekend so maybe I'll get more done.

Pam's socks

These socks are for my friend Pam for her birthday so don't anyone tell her, OK? The yarn is Bernat Sox in Jazz Hot. I've never made socks for Pam before and her description of her feet is "Flintstone feet". Very wide, very flat and square across the toes. Sure hope that these are going to fit her!  

Opal Magic 1038

Opal Magic #1038 is the yarn I used for these great socks. It has a very long pattern repeat so finding the start for the next sock is going to be fun! My daughter bought me this yarn as an early Mother's Day gift because I had been talking about wanting to try it. I didn't find the yarn itself to be much different in texture or quality but the colorways are certainly different. 

Maui Magic finished!

Today I learned that taking a picture of your own foot is not all that easy! I tried putting this sock on the stretcher but it just didn't show the pattern up. Anyway, this is my finished Maui Magic sock. I like the pattern for a summer sock and once I got the pattern repeats in my head I could do it without really looking at the pattern much which is a bonus. All I need to do is finish the second sock! 

Maui Magic

Ok, so I did finish the other Lana Gossa Cool Wool sock but the Misti Alpaca has been sidelined at one sock. I started this new sock from theKnitter SOTM club for April instead. It's called Maui Magic and is made with Meilenweit Cotton. This picture shows what is supposed to be the detail down the back of the sock but I think I'm going to switch this panel to be on the front of my leg.

This picture shows the cabled ribbing pattern on the rest of the sock leg. Not hard to do and a very interesting look. I was worried that the cotton yarn might not have as much stretch to it as needed to stay up but this yarn is 45% cotton, 42% wool and 13% Polyamid so it has a much nicer body than pure cotton. By the way, the color on these photos isn't great, the yarn is a soft mauve color in reality.
 

New truck!

This has nothing to do with socks but I finally got my new truck! It's been a big debate about whether I would drive my old one until it finally just died or buy something new. I compromised and found this 1999 Ranger that is just perfect for me. 

Misti Alpaca

I finished the baby alpaca socks this morning. The pattern is adapted from a knee sock pattern in an old Patons book. They feel so soft I can't wait to finish the second one so I can wear them but they are a very fine knit so I think I'll save them for special occasions because I'm not sure how well they are going to wear.  

Sidetracked!

Here's what I got sidetracked making. This yarn came in the mail for the March 2005 SOTM club from theKnitter. It was a graph pattern (yuck) so I decided to come up with my own cable sock. The yarn is laceweight Misti Alpaca and is unbelievably soft. It says 100% baby alpaca so I hope there aren't a bunch of baby alpacas going around cold so I can make socks! 

Lana Grossa Cool Wool 2000

This is the most gorgeous yarn I've ever worked with! Lana Grossa Cool Wool 2000. It is so soft and cushy. I only have one sock done so far because I got sidetracked but I can't wait to get them on my feet. 

Broadripple Socks

These are the Broadripple pattern that I did in a Knitalong. I really enjoyed this pattern and will definitely use it again. The yarn I used was Bernat Sox and it isn't too bad with this pattern because the little holes let your feet breathe a bit.

Valentine Hearts Socks

The February 2004 sock from theKnitter.com SOTM club. I discovered that beading is really not my thing and that I'm not really fond of Lana Grossa's Meilenweit sock yarn either. 

What a bargain!

I bought a cone of yarn at Value Village that said Cashmere on the inside. I have no idea how much yarn is on this cone but I made this pair of socks and I can hardly see that it is smaller. Anyone need a pair of maroon socks? It's about a sportweight and made quite a nice boot sock. 

Mystery yarn

I created this sock to use up some yarn I had laying around. It's some kind of acylic and doesn't make the best sock. 

I'm Twining for You

"I'm Twining for You" was the January 2004 sock from theKnitter SOTM club. It's in super soft Silja, which tends to pill a bit but that may be because I knit these socks a bit looser than I do now, and uses a technique called twining. I intend to make more of these someday! 

Kroy Jacquards

This is my first pair of self-patterning socks. I couldn't believe that the yarn could actually create patterns as I knit. Once again a Kroy yarn.