Saturday, June 8, 2013

socks alive!

It's been such a productive day that I can finally feel like I've earned this beer :) ok, just to gush a little, I did my first ever Click-n-Ship from the USPS website, it was so. cool.!!! We dropped the package off at the post office an hour later, and they said it will arrive on Monday! How fast is that? It's Priority mail, but still, I feel that's lightening quick to get across the country. It's the little things, right? :)

I better share my last two pairs of socks. I finished them both last month but didn't blog about them.

Pair 3/13:

Opal Vincent Van Gogh socks finished! Pair 3/13

Pattern: a nice vanilla one, 64 stitch, toe up, 2aat, Eye of Partridge heel 
Yarn: Zwerger Garn Opal Vincent Van Gogh in the Sunflower colorway (sonnebloom I think?)
Needles: 2.25mm

I bought this yarn last summer in Portland ♥ the gauge is slightly stiff, and from what I hear about the durability of Opal yarns, I think these socks will last a long time :) the colors are beautiful, I just love this pair.

Pair 4/13:

Scrappy socks finished pair #4/13 :)

Pattern: another plain jane!! though, the idea for this pattern came from a KAL Susan B. Anderson held last year, in which you switch colors every ten or so rows
Yarn: all scraps! There's Knit Picks Tonal, Berrocco Sox, Mountain Colors (two colors), Lynai, and Regia (two colors)
Needles: 2.25 mm

They are kind of a pain to knit because of all the color changes and tails to weave in at the end! I like the Russian join because it does a good job securing the tails and requires less weaving in. It's so much fun choosing the colors and the order they should be! I keep a bag filled with sock yarn scraps and when it gets too full, I know it's time to knit some scrappy socks.

Ok, are you ready to see pairs 5&6??

Knitting socks one at time briefly because this pattern calls for stitches to moved around on the needles...and I really like knitting just one at a time!! It feels almost weightless. #iloveagoodwip

Cadence in Knit Picks Stroll Tonal (springtime)! I am knitting these two at a time (and am past the heel actually) but in this photo I separated them in order to move stitches around to change the starting point. They are super fun to knit and after two pairs of plain socks, the pattern is a great change of pace. The only problem I have with them is, I can't read and knit!! There are three charts and it requires too much of my attention.


#iloveagoodwip #summerysockkal13 #lynaiyarns

This last pair is, yes again!, Hermione's Everyday Socks for a summer KAL :) I couldn't resist; I love this pattern! Yarn is Lynai Sock in Loch Nessa ♥ I love how it is knitting up!! I am obsessive with new yarns and patterns, I have to check Ravelry for projects to see how the yarn/pattern looks. But Lynai is so new that it doesn't have projects in this colorway listed. So it was pretty exciting to see the colors emerge in pattern :)

Let's end with Berny:

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and this one I love <3>
#widn thanks for tagging me @emilykimlee :) we're about to leave for dinner but first things first

12 comments:

  1. i love your randomly striped socks! so fun to look at!

    i have a suggestion for a join that doesn't require weaving in of any ends. it's called the double knot or magic knot. i blogged about it a couple weeks ago but here's the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nq_7EXTWHE. it's SO EASY and really strong. you have to try it to believe it!

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    1. Thank you Jody! and thank you for the video link, how cool is that?! I can't wait to try it, maybe I'll knit another pair of scrappy socks just for it... :) btw your paintbox shawl is GORGEOUS!

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  2. Isn't click & ship amazing? It's the only way I ship if I can help it! I've even done a scheduled pickup so that I don't have to do anything other than pack it up and leave it at the front door. No way am I taking my two kids into the post office, that's just asking for trouble!

    I love your scrappy socks! They're so cheerful!

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    1. It's so cool!! I'll have to look into the scheduled pickup, that would be convenient. I don't blame you either hehe waiting is so hard when you're young :)

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  3. Ahhhh..this post makes me wicked happy. Why? Hello socks galore and fab socks too! love love love!

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    1. Thank you so much, Andi! my sock sister :)

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  4. love the socks! especially the scrappy socks~ makes me want to do something in stripes~
    wishing you a happy week~

    katie

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    1. Hi Katie!! thank you so much! you should definitely do something in stripes :) Hope you're having a great week too!

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  5. I love all of your socks, Jesse, great yarn choices. I'm just getting into knitting socks, it's lovely to have small projects on the go. Deb x

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    1. Hi Deb! Good to see you on here, thanks for finding my blog!! I agree, and socks are such a great on the go project!! Your recent lace socks are gorgeous!

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  6. Hey Jesse! I always get excited when I stumble across IG friends' blogs. I'm subscribing so I can watch your projects here too ;)

    I love your scrappy socks! It was fun watching you add to them on IG. I also have that Van Gogh colorway of the Opal, can't wait to knit mine up.

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    1. Ooh I agree!! and your blog is beauutiful! (honestly, I get a little lazy and just use IG photos... ;) i'm trying to be better about using my "real" camera)

      and thank you!! I can't wait to see your Van Gogh socks too! I was a Joanns today and *almost* bought some of the Patons sock yarn that you knit up fairly recently..had to stop myself! Maybe someday soon :)

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