Sock W.I.P.s

I thought I'd better post some pics of my current works in progress. The top photo shows just a plain sock that I'm knitting on my new Addi Lace 3mm Circs. The yarn was a present from my Mum who went to visit her family in Austria. This was the only sock yarn she could find. It's not exactly my colour choice but they'll make nice warm socks for the winter. I wanted to knit a plain pair so that I would have something easy to knit whilst watching t.v. that I didn't have to concentrate on too much.
I'm also knitting the Vog On pattern from Knitty. FatCat (from the Crafty Threads n Yarns forum) has knitted this pattern twice and they looked so pretty that I ended up buying a skein of Lorna's Laces Shepherd sock yarn in the exact colour that FatCat had used for her first pair. The colour is Layette and it was on special offer at Get Knitted. I'm just hoping I can squeeze a pair out of one skein!

Chrissy to the Rescue.....

Here are a couple of photos of the wonderful parcel I received in the post this week. It's some more Gryffindor coloured yarn from Chrissy at Brightdyes. I sent her my Horcrux socks (the ones that don't fit me) and she will be using them in her displays at the shows she goes to. I think I may just knit myself a plain pair of socks with this yarn. Must finish my other socks first though. I finished ready Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this week which I really enjoyed. Now I've just got to find the time to get to the cinema to see the new film.

Waving Lace Socks

I'm currently knitting the Waving Lace Pattern from the fabulous book Favorite Socks. I love the patterns in this book and this is my first pattern knitted from it. I chose this pattern to knit first as it was designed by Evelyn A Clark. I love her patterns as she writes them so well that they are easy to understand and they look beautiful. I'm knitting this pair with Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock yarn in Powder Blue (I think). Will have to check the ball band when I've finished the pair. They also feature on the front cover of the book too. You have a choice of knitting a standard rib at the top of the sock or a scalloped edging. I chose to knit the scalloped edging as it looks so pretty :-)

Horcrux Socks Finished

Pattern: Horcrux Socks from the Six Sox KAL

Yarn: Dyed for me by Chrissy at Brightdyes

Colour: Gryffindor
Needles: 2.5mm Clover Bamboo DPNs

I finished my Horcrux socks recently but I've been a bit too busy at work to blog about it! But here is a photo of the finished pair. There is just one major problem with the socks.....they don't fit me!!!! I tried them on before knitting the toe and they seemed to fit fine but when they were finished I tried them both on and found I had a problem with the heel shaping. It's a new type of heel for me and it obviously just doesn't suit my feet as I end up with the oblong shaped heel shaped bit sticking out at the bottom of my foot. I guess I should have taken a photo to show what I mean. It looked very funny! Anyway, the lovely Chrissy at Brightdyes offered to send me some more yarn and she would like my socks for display purposes. How wonderful is that!! Knitters are so kind!

Recent Yarn Acquisitions

I forgot to blog about some recent yarn purchases that I made. I placed an order with the excellent Get Knitted for some Fleece Artist Sea Wool yarn. I had seen other peoples Bordello Socks and wanted to knit some. The pattern comes free when you buy the Fleece Artist Sea Wool yarn. I also bought some Colinette Jitterbug in Marble for another pattern I'm interested in knitting. Oh and some Addi Lace Circular Needles managed to find their way into my virtual shopping basket!! Close up shots of the Fleece Artist yarn below!

Fleece Artist Sea Wool - Sorbetto

Fleece Artist Sea Wool - Marine

Harry Potter Horcrux Socks

I've started knitting the Horcrux sock pattern from the Six Sox Knitalong Group on Yahoogroups. I'm knitting them with yarn dyed in the Gryffindor colours by Chrissy at Brightdyes. The Horcrux zigzag pattern doesn't show up too well in the photo but you can see it better when the sock is stretched out a bit.