I had an Aha! moment today. You know, that moment when the light goes on above your head, an audible click is heard, and your vision clears up.
I was closing the toe of the second BYOB sock. I was also cursing praising the genius who invented the Kitchner stitch. While begging the yarn gods, the […]

I think I have taken the concept of focused knitting a bit too seriously. I was concentrating so hard on knitting the leg of the BYOB sock, I knit seven rounds past the point the heel flap should have started. LOL!
This sock is more variegated than the first one. The blue streak is thinner and […]

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 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 […]

My mom is such a good sport. She thinks this “blog thing” is a little odd but she plays along. This is her response to my post.
To: Warm Neck Committee
From: Mom
Re: March Madness
You must realize that the recipient of the BYOB scarf lives in Indiana. No matter how warm the winter season may be, “March […]

To: Mom
From: Build Your Own Birthday Knitters
Re: Mother Nature’s Co-operation
The BYOB Warm Neck committee is requesting that you speak with Mother Nature. As you are also a mother, they feel that She would listen to you more than them. They are faithfully knitting on the BYOB scarf that you chose. However, questions have been raised […]

Remember that nursery rhyme, the one about the pigs going to market? For some reason that is stuck in my head as I am knitting my first sock. I’m extremely proud of myself for starting this little adventure. I haven’t had a challenging knit in some time. This sock has filled that void.
The status is […]