FO: socks

charade.

pattern: charade by sandra park.

yarn: 1 skein, 376 yards, of Ranco by Araucania Yarns in color 101

needles: US 2 dpns.

dates: cast-on ??, cast-off, 5 july 2008

modifications:

toe-up
smaller number of stitches
shorter leg, 6.5 inches

notes:

really fun, simple, and easy socks. i love the stitch pattern, it really makes the colors pop. i've been wearing these socks all week, they're so comfortable.



trillian's argyles

pattern: minerva's argyles by morethanoneway

yarn: less than 1 skeins each of lion brand baby solid in melon, pistachio, bubblegum pink, and cream

needles: US 2 circular

dates: cast on ??, cast off 3 june 2008

modifications:
cast on 70 stitches
decreased to 64
knee-high


notes:

i realized i forgot to blog these, so here we are. loved the pattern, definitely the best one available. i didn't do any calf shaping. i accidentally made two left socks. don't ask. they were inspired by this thread on ravelry, and this movie.

one more shot, cause i'm madly in love with them.

road trips, sock yarn, and possibly spinning?

sorry i have been incommunicado for the past weekend, i went on a spontaneous road trip to try to distract me from what time of the year it is. i wanted to come back later, so i wouldn't be in this room on this day of days but some things just can't be helped. it was a good distraction though. but i digress. this is a knitting blog so i shall distract myself with knitting, just like i have for the past year. i picked up my needles for the first time in years the last 1 of july and it seems like i haven't put them down since. i started knitting a pair of charades on five dpns, see the picture?? of course, when i turned the heel and started using only four, i left the fifth in a sushi restaurant. they threw it away. i finished one sock on four, but refused to start the other one without my fifth. i'm knitting the toe-up, and the way i work the toe requires either markers or five needles. and seeing how i only keep one marker in my pocket at all times, i couldn't do either. (yes, i keep a spare marker and a guitar pick in every pair of pants. i am a huge nerd.) so on the way back, we stopped in jerome, az. i went to knit 1 bead 2, which people had just raved about. for good cause, i will say. the whole store is sorted into colors. i love yarn stores like that. i have only been to one other one, ironically in laguna beach right around this time last year. i bought some sock yarn, because i am in dire need of plane knitting. i also started the hemlock hoodie using my malabrigo. i finished the body and started the first sleeve. no pictures yet.

i bought two skeins of koigu premium merino in greys, and local merino in pinks. both colors i haven't used before! i'm not sure what they will be yet. i will leave you with this, my then-in-progress charade sock:

i think i'm going to learn how to spin. my dad is making drop spindles for a local artist, and she agreed to teach me.