Crosshatch Lace Socks

Pattern: Crosshatch Lace Socks

From: More Sensational Knitted Socks
Yarn: Koigu KPPPM

Colour: P450

Needles: 2.5mm Clover Bamboo DPNs

These are my first finished pair of socks for 2008! In a previous post I mentioned that I wasn't too keen on the way the yarn was knitting up (I don't like the pooling of the purple and blue) but I am pleased with the finished socks and I think they have grown on me. I did start knitting these socks with a 60st cast on but they seemed really tight and I had made a mistake in the pattern so I frogged them and cast on 72sts (the next size in the book). They fit a treat so I'm happy the frogging was worth it. I really like the pattern so I may knit it again but there are lots of interesting patterns in More Sensational Knitted Socks that I may have to knit first ;-)

Yummy Sunshine Yarns

I haven't treated myself to any yarn for ages and I've really missed getting yummy yarn packages arriving in the post. I find it really gives me a happy boost when I get yarn! Anyone else feel the same way? I placed an order with Dani at Sunshine Yarns on Etsy for these two skeins. The problem with looking at Dani's yarns is that she has the most amazing colours and it's soooo hard to choose which ones you want to buy. Of course, if I were a millionaire I wouldn't have the difficult choice of only choosing two colours at a time ..... I'd buy them all ;-) OK, silliness over!

Dumbledore
I ended up choosing Dumbledore and Seacoast both of which are Twist (100% Superwash wool with a tight spin). Dani has a new website where you can see her lovely yarns. There is also a photo gallery where you can see lots of lovely socks that have been knitted in Sunshine Yarn's yarn.

Seacoast

Crosshatch Lace Socks - WIP

Here's a rather bad photo of my current sock project. It's the Crosshatch Lace pattern from the fabulous book More Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch! I think this may be the first pattern I've knitted from this book and also the first time I've knitted with Koigu yarn. The yarn feels lovely but I'm a bit disappointed with the way the colours are appearing on the sock. They looked so pretty when they were in their skeins. I've been trying to take a photo of my sock progress all week and I've taken lots of photos but practically all of them are blurred and dark. This is the best of a bad bunch. I took this outside of work propped up on the window sill! Hopefully I'll finish these socks over the weekend and will post another finished photo then.

Purple Socks and Pressies

A rather belated Happy New Year to everyone!! I don't know where the time has gone but I thought I'd best write something on my blog in case you thought I'd disappeared !! These socks were the last pair I finished for 2007! I did post a piccie on the Crafty Yarns n' Threads forum but forgot to post a piccie on my blog!

Pattern: Plain Pattern from Get Knitted

Yarn: Opal Magic

Colour: Purple

Needles: 2.5mm Clover Bamboo DPNs

I also got some lovely knitty Christmas presents for various people. I got some more sock blockers in size medium this time. I already have a set in small but I was finding them too small for the socks I was knitting, so I asked for a set of medium for Christmas. Unfortunately, my new set are very rough on the edges and when I put some socks on them I thought they were scratching the yarn too much. I think I'll have to do some sanding, if that's possible on plastic sock blockers!?

I also got some lovely Cherry Tree Hill yarn in Natural. I already have an idea of which socks I want to knit with this yarn. I also got two balls of Crystal Palace Panda Cotton. The colour is Painted Iris. Although they say 50g on the ball band the balls are just soooo small. I've seen lots of socks knitted in Panda cotton so I'm guessing it's not a problem. Fingers crossed! One of my friends bought my a lovely set of blue stitch markers which will come in very handy too.

My friend in America sent my this Knitting desk calendar. It has a pattern for each day of the year.
Here's a piccie of this weekend's pattern for an Ugly Scarf! It does look rather ugly too :-) I haven't had a look through all the patterns yet but I'm hoping there will be some sock patterns coming up. Not that I don't have a big list of sock patterns that I want to knit already!!