Finished Socks
My hands were itching to get started on the beautiful pattern from the second round of Sock Madness, written by KnitJoyz. I've knit a couple of her designs before and like DotsDabbles and HeleenK, once I know a pattern is hers, I will love to try my hand at it. The particular pattern has bobbles, brioche and beads but that cannot dissuade me from going forward and knitting All the B's.
But there were two pairs of socks on the needles already, and the Sprig jumper to boot, so I really needed to finish some of my WIPs before I would allow myself to dive into the luscious new pattern. Another bonus of not being in the competition anymore. (Of course, if I was still in the competition, the Ebil Choices would have been long finished, and I would have cast on All the B's as soon as the pattern dropped in my inbox.)
I was still struggling with the Ebil Choices. They looked too wide and not on gauge, but since Ash had expressed a desire to own them and it would be a shame to frog a pair of socks that was already 70% done, and finishing them off would get some yarn from my epic three year stash out of the house, it was just a matter of finishing them.
They look to be a bit too short on the blocker though, so I hope they will fit her.
And last night I also won at Yarn Chicken for the sister socks. I had paused knitting the first sock to see how far I would get with the second sock. As it turns out, there was enough yarn left to finish both socks to roughly a size 40 as well, so Ash will be surprised with not one, but TWO pairs of socks! Well, if I'm sending stuff to the United Kingdom, I might as well make it worthwhile.
Despite the yarn chicken, I managed to match the stripes all the way down both feet as well, despite having cut the yarn off of sock 1 to start on sock 2. I was really happy to find the right spot to reattach it without making the stripes unmatch!
The scrap of yarn that was left over was so tiny, my scales didn't even pick it up, so I'm guessing it was around or less than 1 gram. I needed a bit of scrap yarn to cast on the All the B's socks, so that's what it's going to be used for.
All the B's has an intricate chart and beads though, so I'll most likely be knitting them behind KnitCompanion on the PC to keep track of my rows. That means for the post-dinner Netflix time, I will probably pick up Sprig again. It's time that gets finished before summer kicks in and it's too hot to have a big bulky jumper in my lap.
But there were two pairs of socks on the needles already, and the Sprig jumper to boot, so I really needed to finish some of my WIPs before I would allow myself to dive into the luscious new pattern. Another bonus of not being in the competition anymore. (Of course, if I was still in the competition, the Ebil Choices would have been long finished, and I would have cast on All the B's as soon as the pattern dropped in my inbox.)
I was still struggling with the Ebil Choices. They looked too wide and not on gauge, but since Ash had expressed a desire to own them and it would be a shame to frog a pair of socks that was already 70% done, and finishing them off would get some yarn from my epic three year stash out of the house, it was just a matter of finishing them.
They look to be a bit too short on the blocker though, so I hope they will fit her.
And last night I also won at Yarn Chicken for the sister socks. I had paused knitting the first sock to see how far I would get with the second sock. As it turns out, there was enough yarn left to finish both socks to roughly a size 40 as well, so Ash will be surprised with not one, but TWO pairs of socks! Well, if I'm sending stuff to the United Kingdom, I might as well make it worthwhile.
Despite the yarn chicken, I managed to match the stripes all the way down both feet as well, despite having cut the yarn off of sock 1 to start on sock 2. I was really happy to find the right spot to reattach it without making the stripes unmatch!
The scrap of yarn that was left over was so tiny, my scales didn't even pick it up, so I'm guessing it was around or less than 1 gram. I needed a bit of scrap yarn to cast on the All the B's socks, so that's what it's going to be used for.
All the B's has an intricate chart and beads though, so I'll most likely be knitting them behind KnitCompanion on the PC to keep track of my rows. That means for the post-dinner Netflix time, I will probably pick up Sprig again. It's time that gets finished before summer kicks in and it's too hot to have a big bulky jumper in my lap.