I *just* finished my Monkey Socks!!!!! I love them. I used Knitpicks Memories sock yarn in the Yukon Colorway on two size US2 circulars. This is the quickest I've ever finished a pair of socks. They only took me a week and a half, and I even took a few days off from knitting in there...not bad....LOL.
my knitpicks order. The one I posted about below. The Serengeti Gloss is a little darker than I anticipated, but I still like it. In the pic, L to R, we have Burgundy Gloss, Serengeti Gloss, Vineyard Heather Shadow, and Dusk Essential. In the back you can see my size 1, 2 &3 24" circs, and size 1 dpn's.
I have sock #1 in my pair of Monkey socks FINISHED!!!!! I LOVE this pattern. It's very quick and pretty. I kitchenered the toe and wove in my ends last night while watching Lost. This morning I cast on for Monkey sock #2. I am having serious Second sock syndrome with my Regia sock #2, so I figure that I'll force myself to work on it after I finish my monkey socks.
Yesterday, I decided to start knitting a pair of Monkey Socks. I read on some forums and heard on a podcast that it was a really quick and fun knit (It is!!!!). I cast on for these socks yesterday (Friday, 2pm-ish), and as of now (Saturday night, 8pm) I am almost done with the heel (picture taken after starting 4th leg pattern repeat), and I haven't even really spent much time working on it. Now that's a fucking fast sock! Patterns as quick to knit up as this pattern is, are the cure to second sock syndrome. I am using Knitpicks Memories sock yarn for my monkey socks, in the Yukon colorway. This yarn has been sitting in my stash for almost a year now. I am also knitting these socks on 2 circs instead of DPN's like the pattern calls for. I love this pattern. I've wanted to knit it since the winter 2006 knitty was published, but I've put it off. (I don't know why.....I'm nuts so there's no telling why)
As you can see in the pic, I have sock #1 finished, and have sock#2 started. I'm not using a pattern, it's just a basic St st sock with 2x2 ribbing and a short row heel, and on size US1 circs. The yarn is discontinued, Regia Strato. I no longer have the ball band so I cant give you a color #, but some online stores called it "Troll".
With all the knitting I've done, and all the things I've made, when it comes to changing colors, I've never done anything more complicated than stripes. And striping is extremely simple. So I found a few Fair Isle charts and decided to play around with them using some scrap red and blue yarns that I had in my stash. I started out having some problems with my tension, but it's evening out as I get used to the technique. In the Pic, you can see the chart I choose (found it free online, but I forgot to write down the site I got it off of) and what I have so far of my practice piece. I added a few stitches to the sides of the chart so I could have a bit of a red border on all sides. I'm beginning to think I might make some hats with a Fair Isle motif for a few Christmas presents this year.
This is a sock I started a few days ago. I used this yarn for a sock last year, and wasn't happy with how I closed the toe (top down st st sock), so I frogged the whole thing, and the yarn has just been sitting in my stash bin ever since. When I finished my Clapotis, I got two very strong urges. One was to knit a sock, and the other was to start a fine gauge lace project. Well, I had the sock yarn and needles so I started this sock. I don't have any Lace yarn in my stash other than the leftovers from my peacock feathers shawl, so I couldn't really start anything with that.
This is the beginnings of the Garterlac Baby blanket I posted about before. I love knitting garterlac/entrelac so it goes really quickly. I'm very happy with how it's turning out. I think I'm going to have to make one for DD as well. She keeps asking "mine?" Whenever she sees me working on it.
I just un-pinned her and she is beautiful!. The first pic to the left I had her draped over part of the banister...pretty shot but you cant really see the beauty of the Clapotis. Plus, I forgot to get my house shoes out of the pic before snapping it.....lol. The pic below, I just tossed it over the back of my couch. I soaked and pinned her out on Wednesday...and she was finally completely dry this morning. 2 days to dry isn't that bad. It would have been quicker though if I would have been able to pin her out in a more open area with better air circulation. But I was anxious to get her blocked so I pinned her out in my bedroom. So, for 2 nights in order to climb into bed I had to either climb over DH or the foot of the bed....LMAO.
