The color is more true in the second photo.
Yarn: Manos del Uruguay #109, less than one skein
Needles: US 9 Lantern Moon
Size: 5″ wide (7″ at ends) x 30″ long
Pattern: My own

I have fallen in love with sock knitting!
Yarn: Koigu KPPPM #608, less than one skein
Needles: US2 DPN
Pattern: Garter Rib from Sensational Knitted Socks

I’d like to introduce my next sock. Sock, meet my blog readers. Dear readers, this is Louet’s Gem Opal in Handpainted Trout colors. This finely wound skein of Rainbow trout colored yarn is destined to be my husband’s pair of socks. I’ve chosen a pattern from Knitting Vintage Socks and am ready to cast on. […]

The BYOB sock and I have come to an understanding. It has agreed to after school tutoring. I agreed to finish the toe. Having never done the Kitchner stitch before, it took me three tries to get the tension right. But the sock is finished! My very first sock, it’s enough to bring tears of […]

I am good at math. It may mean I’m a little strange, but I actually like math. My favorite subject in school was math. My BYOB sock, however, despises it. The sock and I are not talking.
I had knitted almost the entire toe. Then, I realized that while my total number of stitches was spot […]

I’ve been a knitting fiend the past few days. Alas, it’s been nothing but swatches for my lace class tomorrow. Very boring swatches. I did start my Silkroad Aran Sweater a few weekends ago. It’s finally a length that is worth posting.
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I interrupt this blog post to bring you the […]

My answering machine was blinking when I got home. Woot! My lace class is back on. Of course, now, I have to do a feather & fan swatch, two more swatches that increase needle size every few rows in fingering and lace weight yarn, and read two chapters of my lace book. This is my […]

This weekend has thus far been a good one.
Reason 1 - Sisterhood of the SHEEP
Friday night was the first meeting of the SHEEP. It is an every other month event held at my LYS. For the curious, details are on the last page of their newsletter. It was a blast! Twenty-one woman fondling yarn from […]