Sockapalooza 4: They Have Arrived

My very own hand knit socks. Edwina knit me these lovely socks that fit PERFECTLY!! These arrived all the way from England! She did a lovely fair isle pattern to celebrate her Scottish Heritage. She also sent along some wonderful foot scrub and pictures of where she is from!

Edwina - I love these socks and I look forward to showing them off! This experience was a lot of fun. Thank you for the time, energy, and care you put into these gorgeous socks.

Here is a close up of the pattern that is repeated along the tow as well.

Knitting Update: I am almost to the lace pattern on the front of Isabella. I hope to finish it soon and then onto Jason's 2nd sock and finally to my XMAS knitting.

Yarn Finds and Sockapalooza

Wanted to share my yarn finds when I met up with Michelle. Some are keepers and others are for swaps but I will tell no more... I found this gorgeous colorway at Windsor Buttons and it is a blend of cotton, nylon, and new wool. I do hope these socks will produce lovely stripes.

Next is a luscious cotton in orange and black (may need to buy some more of this...)

Then I found this yummy looking color way from Regia Silk Color - aren't these colors fun?

Beside yarn I found this great scarf pattern and although scarves are not my favorite thing to knit (only one done and one in progress) this pattern was too great to pass up. The ruffle edge is very feminine and lovely and the perfect 'I Feel Pretty' scarf.

Happy Shopping!

And Then There Were Two....

Red's twin is finished! This sock went much faster then the first, but looks just as pretty in my opinion (I'm biased of course). These are for send off between August 2 -7th. Now just to finish adding a few little things to the box...

The Info:

• The Pattern: Uptown Boot Socks By, Jennifer L. Appleby ('Favorite Socks' by, Interweave Press')
• The Yarn: Lorna's Lace in Red Rover (gorgeous color way, love this yarn).
  
• No Mods, just adjustment for foot size.
  

This pattern requires a bit of note taking and check marks. The pattern is subtle, but well worth the finished product. Now just to wash, block and send off.

My Loopy Ewe Package just arrived and I had to put red on the blockers to test them out. What to you think?? No I didn't buy and yarn although I really had to force myself to stop from clicking 'add to cart'. Check this store out for your sock needs, Sheri has a great yarn selection as well as lots of other goodies to see.

Naughty Cats, Socks, K1 T2 Swap, and Contests

It has been a crazy week in terms of work. For those of you who know me, you know I work in a hotel and at times it can be super busy. This week was one of those. On Monday I had to bake off over 300 cookies, cut 322 brownies (thanks a bunch Daisy), finish over 200 danish and that is only the beginning. Then came the wrapping up.... This is part in way I haven't posted yet this week and to make up for that I have a few photos to share.

Our shower was dripping so they had to go in through our bedroom wall to fix the problem and then of course they had to putty the wall and our cats being curious decided to check it out. And this is the result, Owen marked his spot! And here is with the evidence on his paw. What a stinker.And for some knitterly news, I probably shouldn't post these photos, but I can't help it. Here our my Sockza socks thus far. I am currently on the foot of my second sock and so far so good. I should be able to make the send off date no problem. For those of my friends who are doing Sockza (Anne, Chan, Jen, Bertha, Amy) the send of date has been extended, from August 2nd to the 7th. Check out Alison's site for more info on this.

And lastly don't forget about the contest for the upcoming swap (Knit 1, Tea 2) that I am co-hosting with Chan and Mary. It ends on July 20th, all you have to do is answer one little question to be in the running. If you are interested in participating in the swap the details are listed and sign ups begin August 3rd. Hope to all share a cup of tea and a delicious goody with all of you soon.

'Red' 1 is Finished!

The first one of my Sockza socks is complete. It took me much longer then necessary to complete her, but she is finished and I am quite pleased with her as a whole. I have cast on for the second sock and am almost done with my first round of cabling. I anticipate this one going much faster now that I have all the measurements done and number of rounds to complete marked down.

As I stated before the turned heel of this sock was not my favorite, but the toe of this one is gorgeous - in my opinion of course. When I first cast on for this sock and had gone a ways in the pattern I thought I may have done something wrong, because I couldn't see the cable coming together like in the picture. So after ripping once I re-did and of course it was as it was before, but now looking in the picture you can really see the cable pop.

I do hope my pal likes these...

Red Number 1: Her Progress Thus Far

'Red' is for my sockapalooza pal and I am quite pleased thus far on the progress. The pattern is 'Uptown Boot' Socks from the Favorite Socks book by Interweave Knits. The yarn is Lorna's Lace in Red Rover. My pal likes jewel tones and red and purple are two of her favorite so I thought this color would fulfill all possibilities - what do you think? After this picture was taken I turned the heel (not my favorite - but it looks ok - Ann Budd's 'Undulating Rib Socks' have a cleaner turned heel I think) and picked up the gusset stitches. I am headed in the right direction and time frame for finishing up for my August 2nd send off. The cable pattern is subtle, but intriguing and I think it flows very nicely with these colors. I do hope my pal will like it.

This may seem like it was easy to achieve, but getting this sucker on was a pain. The last time I did this I broke a needle so I was extra careful this time. Wanted to get an action shot of sorts!