New Bumper Sticker

It used to be I wanted my bumper sticker to say "I stop for all wildflowers", now I want it to say "too busy to drive I want to be knitting". All I want to do is knit "Socks". I've finished a few pairs recently. I've actually finished the second sock for Martin made out of Socka Mexico.




These worked out very quickly considering they are not me:) I used the Riverbed Architecture from Cat Bordhi. I'm pretty much using it for all my toe up socks. I've tried quite a few bind offs for toe up socks but think I like this one the best: knit 2 in pattern, *replace 2 on left needle, K2 TBL, K1 in pattern and repeat from *. I think it looks very neat and if you have to tink back it's easy to do. Try and tink back using the EZ sewn bind off and it's not so easy. I wish I could credit the person who designed this but can't remember who did it. Mea culpa...


I finished Rebecca Hatcher Keyhole Cable Socks. I used Smooshy from Dream in Color. I'm not sure I would buy this again as I found it a bit thick and thin, don't remember where I bought it. All I modified was I used Cat Bordh's Riverbed Architecture, no short row heel for me.












I received the Digitessa Kit from Yarnissima.


Oh I wish I had a better picture of this but I have not taken it out of the bag:))) Everyone keeps talking about the smell and the color is out of this world. I think the color has changed somewhat since she first brought out the kit, the shades are darker. It's in my stash to be lovingly looked at but not knit yet:) I recently received the kit for Digitessa but have not taken a picture yet, it's in lovely shades of brown. A few years ago I would not have chosen brown as a color for me but with the way the fashions are dictating the colors there is not much choice. My mother is an Autumn and I'm supposedly a Winter?, go figure. The kits come with chocolates:)))


Sundara has stopped posting yarn on her website because we kept crashing it. Now she has added subscriptions. I'm sharing a Cool with Britgirl and signed up for a Dark and an Artists Choice plus all the Seasons subscriptions I'm getting there should be no reason for me to buying anything else. She is starting a Sweater Subscription on October 15th. The yarns are gorgeous but very expensive. I have so many sweaters on the needles and in my stash, I can't justify anymore and if the truth be known sweaters seem to be on the out at the moment. There are lots of lovely yarns out there but Sundara is my favorite, her colors are beyond describing.
I'm off to knit on Violets Rising by Anne Hanson.

Nearly strangled the mailman, !!Wollmeise Spoiler!!

Supposedly the Wollmeise packages went out late last week. Today is Tuesday and the door bell rung, the mailman wanted a signature. I was thinking what could it be, not expecting any yarn today:), well I'll be darned the poor mailman didn't know what was going on. I didn't take a picture of the ruler, ate the candy and we got a set of 2.5 mm double pointed needles by Holz and Stein. Plus of course a pattern, will have to take a picture of it. Absolutely yummy, don't know what I'll knit with them but I sure won't be wanting to trade them for something else.

One of Martin's socks is done. Looks a bit funny off the foot but once on looks like a normal sock. I love Cat Bordhi's sock architecture.

I finally ended up using EZ's sewn bind off. I stared a thread on Ravelry asking for help. There was a lot of good suggestions. The one I really wanted to use was the K2 P2 rib tubular bind off. Most of the information I read said was only good for the K1 P1 rib. It looks ok but I will do a swatch and try the tubular the next time.

Here's Rushing Rivulet by of course Cat Bordhi using the Riverbed architecture. I have finished them but don't have picture of them on. They turned out much better than I had hoped. I thought my guage may have been too tight but they fit like a glove. I keep reading that guage for socks should be snug or the heels won't wear well. If I knit lots of socks I'll have a pair for every day of the month. How's that for logic. Won't be long and I'll be there.

I've started Spring Thaw Socks from Knitters Summer 2008. I'm using Shibui Socks in the sand colorway. I'm about half way through the arch expansion.

Wollmeise Sock Club Spoilers

People in Europe are starting to receive their 1st installment of the sock club. Pictures are here. Sorry you need to be a member of Ravelry to see them. We're just over the pond can't take that long can it?
I received my 2nd installment of the Sundara Seasons Club in Winter and Spring. We got the lace this shipment. I do like knitting lace but it takes so darn long and I have enough shawls to last me a lifetime, I really don't wear them that often. One is Crushed Cherries and the other is Honeyed Hibiscus. The Honeyed Hibiscus is similar to the Tulip shawl I'm working on by Sivia Harding, just darker. The Crushed Cherries is absolutely gorgeous. Pictures to come, the package arrived late this afternoon and we got a lot of rain today so very gray.
I've finished Rushing Rivulet Socks in Shibui Sock in Seaweed and Rib and Cable Socks by Nancy Bush from Interweave Knits Fall 2005.
I started on Empoisonnee yesterday by Yarnissima. I've started the toe 3 times so far and am on a bit of a hiatus for now. I detest short row toes and was trying to get to the same point in the toe a different way. So far it's not working I think I'm going to have to break down and do it her way. Her patterns are stunning. You can buy Empoisonnee at Twist Collective. Cookie also has a new pattern called Lissajous from Twist Collective. I bought that as well. Cat Bordhi has a free pattern from the same place called Houdini.
I'm working on a sock for Martin using the riverbed architecture with Scholler Stahl Socka Color. I bought it from a store here in town that was going out of business. I bought 10 balls thinking I would make a sweater until I got them home and realized I had about 5 different dye lots. The thing about making socks for men is they go on and on and on:) Oh well one out of 6 pairs isn't bad is it??