WIP Wednesday

The last WIP Wednesday for 2011

Another pair of Garter Stitch Striped Mitts and a Scarf to match!

My winter coat and jacket are black.  What better way to accessorize than with a red and black (with a touch of grey) scarf and mitts.

The mitts need seamed and the scarf is over half done. 
I'll try to get it finished by Saturday night bringing my total finished projects for the year up to 32.  (that's 6 more than last year!)

Catching up

1. I am home from all my travels.

2. The weather is still crazy here.  It cooled down to a bearable temperature.  And then the roses started blooming!!

And they're still blooming!?

3. I finished the hat to match the Big Apple Mitts.

I liked the way this hat turned out so I now have to knit one for myself. lol.  I think I'll use red and black for mine.

4. Not a lot of knitting, reading, or blogging has been done in the past two weeks.  I will try to do better.

Welcome December!!  Hope everyone is not stressing too much trying to get all their gift knitting done.  I've already decided not to stress out.  I just won't get everything done.  But I'm ok with that decision.  It just means I'll have a head start on next years gifts!

WIP Wednesday

Garter Stitch Striped Hat to match the Garter Stitch Striped Fingerless Mitts

Why yes, it is knitted flat and then seamed up the back (just like the fingerless mitts were done).

New Mitts

Finished the Garter Stitch Striped Fingerless Mitts

They were a quick knit and it wasn't too bad sewing up the seam.  They are a little warm for today though, lol.

WIP Wednesday

Started on Saturday

Garter Stitch Fingerless Mitt

It is knitted flat! so yes, I'll have a seam to stitch.

It has an interesting but different thumb construction.

Pattern: Big Apple Mitts Designed by Martin Storey

from Rowan booklet/magazine City Retreat

Yarn: Rowan Creative Focus Worsted

Needles: US 7

They are working up quickly and I love the garter stitch stripes!

Catching up

I apologize for the blog silence.  I've just been busy and haven't been on the internet much this past week.

I have been knitting a hat for the local yarn shop.

It was knitted flat and then seamed together using the mattress stitch.  Then it was flattened with the seam in back and the top was sewn closed.  I used Rowan Creative Focus Worsted and US7 needles.

Our local knitting guild is sponsoring a HUGE knitting event at the library October 1st.  We will have tables set up with information, demonstrations, we'll have knitting in public, knitting games, and drawings.  Throughout the month of October we will have knitted items displayed in the 6 large, glass display cases in the library lobby.  I have been busy getting things ready for this event.

I have been busy planning lessons for my knitting classes.  Last night I had a class on different ways to cast on and bind off.  It was a fun class and I think everyone enjoyed it.

I don't have any new sock pictures. 

I do have a picture of our pool.  The water situation is no better so we have closed the pool.  Ellie thinks she is the official pool inspector, lol.

And of course we are watching the Rangers!!   GO RANGERS!

So if I don't blog much over the next few weeks, please forgive me. 

Is it Halloween yet?

...more pictures (and info) here

Before Next

Before I could start the next mystery sock, this jumped on my needles.


It's a fingerless glove in ShiBui Staccato, color - Poodle (cute name, huh?)


It is a 1x1 rib with a small feather and fan panel on the top of the hand.




On another note...

I did finish one of my Halloween socks.

Sock pattern

Remember these?     Walk Across Texas socks

I knitted these socks for the Summer of Color Contest using Simply Sock Yarn Solid Sock.

I came up with the striping sequence by assigning the numbers 2, 4, 6 (repeated) to the alphabet and then used the numbers that corresponded to my name.  2-6-2-2-4
I then added a little texture stitch to one of the stripes (yellow). It was great fun knitting these socks with my name knitted in them.

You can find the pattern on Simply Sock Yarn Company blog (scroll down) or here.

Enjoy!

Not a sock winner

First I want to thank everyone who voted for my socks.  Thank you! Thank you!

The winners have been announced and sadly I am not one of them.

Click on over to Simply Sock Yarn Company Blog to see the winning socks.

There were some great socks knitted and entered. I had fun coming up with the striping sequence and knitting the stripe socks. The mosaic socks were a new challenge since I had never tried it before.

So I may not be a sock contest winner but I'm still a winner because I have a great pair of striped socks to wear! (My daughter took the mosaic ones so she is a winner of the mosaic socks, lol)

Thank you all again for your support and votes!

SOCK VOTING!! Please vote

The Simply Sock Yarn Company Summer of Color Contest Sock Voting Has Begun!
(instert shameless plug here)

The wait is over. At least the waiting for the pictures to be posted.  Now the voting begins. (ends Aug 6th)
 
PLEASE go to Simply Sock Yarn Company Summer of Color Contest page and check out all the great socks enter into the contest. Then cast a vote (hopefully for mine!!!!!)  I am particularly fond of my Walk Across Texas stripe socks.  The striping sequence is my name.

So once you've checked out the socks, you must email your vote to allison@simplysockyarn.com. The subject would be VOTE and the body of the email would be Socks 2 (just an example, hehehehe). And she does say only one vote per person (she's checking IP addresses). So, tell all your friends. Tell your friends to tell their friends. And even they can tell their friends.  GO VOTE!!

More pictures and details can be found here and here











And more on the mosaic socks here and here.

(can you tell I'm excited?! I've been jumping around shouting, yay! it's time to tell everyone to vote!!!!!)

So what are you waiting for?!     GO VOTE

Walk Across Texas socks

Walk Across Texas socks walking their way to Simply Sock Yarn Company (SSYC) Summer of Color Sock Contest.

Using SSYC Solid Sock Yarn (80% superwash wool, 20% nylon) in colors Black, Finch, and Cerulean.

Great yarn! It is super soft and has great stitch definition.  Sixty-six beautiful hand-dyed colors to choose from.





 ...just a few hazards on their way...

...water??!   in the desert?  oh, it must be an oasis...

It was fun to knit up these socks. More details can be found here.

And don't forget to check all the sock pictures at SSYC when they get posted.

A Contest!!

Check it out... Simply Sock Yarn Company (SSYC) is having a contest... with BIG PRIZES!!!

Now is your chance to knit up those stripey socks. Just use SSYC solid sock yarn and your imagination to create a colorful stripey sock. Striped socks not your "thing"?! Not to worry... you can knit up a pair of mosaic or fairisle socks (again using SSYC solid sock yarn). The color combinations are endless!!

There are three chances to win! The Striped Sock category, the Mosaic/Fairisle Sock category, and the Best in Show (all the pictures of the submitted socks to be voted on by us... the one with the most votes win!! the grand prize!!!)

So look at and order your yarn here, get your needles ready and go! You have until the end of June to submit your photos via email (or if you can't email them, alternate instructions are listed on SSYC blog)

So what are you waiting for? Check out SSYC blog for more details and to see the BIG PRIZES!!