Last night I finished my Spring is Coming socks:
Pattern: an improvised, basic vanilla sock, 64 stitches, cuff down
Yarn: Crazy Zauberball in Spring is Here
Needles: 2.25 mm Hiya Hiya Sharps, 32" circular
3/13 pairs for 2014
I LOVE them! The Crazy Zauberball is my new favorite yarn. There is just something wonderful and cozy and happy about how the color changes from one to the next...
I still very much enjoyed knitting these one at a time, and I'm planning my next OAAT pair.
I am still working on Socks on a Plane. I knit my first Fish Lips Kiss Heels on them and it went so well! I forgot to take a photo, but maybe next time I blog they will be finished! The FLK heel fits me very well and I am planning to use it again. However, one of my problems with toe up socks is the soles always end up longer than a pair that was knit cuff down! Does that make sense? It drives me nuts when I wash the week's worth of socks, and I can tell which ones were knit toe up. They still fit me well, but the foot really grows when wet. Where I am going with this is, these Socks on a Plane socks have super long feet!!! I suppose my remedy is to just start the heel sooner. Does this happen to anyone else?
Last week I noticed I had forgotten to cross a cable about twenty rows down. At first I was going to leave it because I didn't think I would be able to fix it! I did a little Googling, frogged down, and am so glad I did!!
Last week I noticed I had forgotten to cross a cable about twenty rows down. At first I was going to leave it because I didn't think I would be able to fix it! I did a little Googling, frogged down, and am so glad I did!!
It was very thrilling and so much easier than I expected. The biggest thing is being able to read the cable and know when to cross. I used two dpns to rework the stitches.
I have learned my yarn diet lesson: it does more harm than good...
from left to right: Liberty's Yarn Jabbersocky in Yule, Liberty's Yarn Sockingbird in Montol, Black Market Wool in No Use for a Name and H2 Go, iKNITiatives in Visions of Spring Flowers
I think I would have similar results if I ever went on a real diet. No chocolate bar or bowl of gravy would be safe.
It's safe to say I'm ditching my yarn diet. I did go about one whole month without any yarn purchases though :) and then I went waaaaay overboard (I still have a box coming in the mail). I did look at my expenses in January and am planning a budget (this is boring stuff, I know). It will feel better buying yarn without overspending.
Ok! I must make a taco dip to bring to the Superbowl Party!!
Go Peyton! :)
xx
What fun sock yarn. I like how your Zauberball came out.
ReplyDeleteThank you Stefanie! I am really really enjoying the Zauberball socks!!
DeleteI love both of these pairs! The Zauberball came out great, and I love that pink speckled yarn!
ReplyDeleteOh thank you so much! Isn't the pink one fun?! :)
Deletegreen green green - they are gorgeous, cannot say it enough!!! and your crash the diet yarns are fabulous, too! i especially love the pink one!! enjoy!!
ReplyDeletehehehe thanks Dag!!!
DeleteYep, every time I say I'm 'not buying any more yarn', I buy some more, it's the best predictor I have. Much better for me to say 'I'm knitting with what I have already'....it doesn't always keep me working with my existing pretties, but it helps.
ReplyDeleteYep, that's what I'm going to stick with too from now on :)
DeleteLove the socks. ... and all that fabulous yarn!
ReplyDeletethank you thank you! can't wait to play with all of them!
Deletevery fun socks, they turned out so bright and great! I have always been a oaat sock knitter, and I'm actually attempting toe up two at a time for the second time, the first didn't go so well… we'll see what happens. I think the fun part of the diet is coming off of it, looks like you had a lot of fun! i'm still on my stash diet except for one skein from trailing clouds.. couldn't help it, I love me some stripes!
ReplyDeleteOh I hope your second attempt taat socks work for you!! There are some patterns that I know if I didn't knit them taat I just wouldn't finish the second... ooh stripey yarn is the best!!
Deletelove your socks! my yarn diet didn't last long either...i just can't help myself :(
ReplyDeletei need to get some socks on my needles. i'm on the lookout for a stripy yarn in green...i don't think i have ever knit with green!
enjoy your snowy weather!
~hugs
haha that makes me feel better, Katie!! blech to yarn diets ;) stripey green yarn sounds so nice!! I made a pair with Knit Picks Felici in Aquarium that are very green :) however, the yarn is discontinued :( good luck finding your green stripes! xx
DeleteI find my reaction to deprivation is pretty similar to yours. Better to allow myself occasional little indulgences! Those socks are super pretty.
ReplyDeleteyes exactly right!!
DeleteI love those socks! I want to cast on some Zauerball!! But I'm not quite ready. I need to make some further progress with my WIPs first. I'm so impressed you fixed the cable! Good job!
ReplyDeleteI love all the yarn you pick out. One day we will have to do a sock yarn swap! Enjoy it all. I love seeing them come together.
thank you!!! I loved the Zauberball and am hoping to buy more!! :) hehe and thanks! it was so daunting at first, but ended up being very easy to fix! definitely worth it.
DeleteOoooh I would love to do a sock yarn swap!!
I admire your ability to rip back cable stitches and reknit in a column like that. I tried to do this with a pair of mittens once, and it was a disaster! I ended up ripping back completely and reknitting.
ReplyDeleteLove your sock yarns!
Thank you, Kimberlyn! I was really worried that once I ripped it, I wouldn't be able to knit it back. Hopefully it never happens to you again, but if it does, I hope you are able to fix it!
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