Too Much Yarn

Emily Socks

First of all - woohoogirl - Kristi taught Cookie how to knit socks!  Not how to knit!  Sorry about that!

I was helping a friend out with a pattern using the chart I used for a pair of socks I designed from a stitch pattern book and I ended up writing up the pattern.  This is something I wanted to do anyway to get started on designing so here it is:

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I do want to clarify that this is very similar to a pattern already published called Michigan Lake Shore Socks in Ravelry.  When I saw it last year, I was telling myself, "hey, that's my socks!".  Well, great minds think alike!  There is a difference of 2 stiches per pattern repeat and 4 rows per repeat.  I had came up with this when knitting my Dream In Color Shrug in 2008.  Thinking what lovely socks this pattern would make.  Well, I spent the morning writing this up and I feel good!

If you like it, I would appreciate you knitting and telling me what part of the instructions are confusing. I tried to write it the way I like to follow a sock pattern.

Shawl and Sock Clubs

<< Spoiler Alert >>  I'll be showing photos of the Loopy Ewe and Woolgirl Sock Club shipments later... Read at your own risk if you don't want to be spoiled!!

OK - the Forest Canopy Shawl dried and blocked... waited for a sunny day to take some photos. Here they are:

 

Kinda clash with a yellow sundress if you ask me..

And yes, Maria - I'm hooked.  I think I need to have a shawl in progress at every point in my life.  So, I think my next project is Traveling Woman... 

Other work in progress this week includes finishing one sock for my neighbor Terry.  If you recall, her birthday was last October and I haven't finished her socks that I promised her for her birthday.  I hope to get this done before her 1/2 birthday in April!!  This is the Serpentine Socks by Wendy Johnson. Yarn is Sanguine Gryphon Bugga in Dainty Sulphur.  I love this color.  Thank goodness Terry's feet are much bigger than mine or I'd be tempted to keep them.

I bought a new camera (Canon T1i) last weekend - the last photo and the next few were taken with the new camera.  It's giving me 15 megapixels, but I haven't really taken it out to play much yet.  This next sock is the Sock Knitter's Annoynomous Mystery Sock, designed by Kristi Geraci.  Did you know that Kristi taught Cookie A. how to knit??  Ok, here it is, with a match sock bag by 3AM Enchantment:

Well, as of this morning, I'm just a few rows short of completing Clue #3:

Next, here are the 2 sock kits received in the past week.  Woolgirl:

 

Yarn is Dream in Color Smooshy.  And from The Loopy Ewe (yarn is Fiesta Baby Boomerang):

Now, would you believe that my favorite part of this kit are the shawl pins?  How did Sheri know that I just finished a shawl and could use a shawl pin (or two?).