Too Much Yarn

Third Time's a Charm

Back in July, 2010, I decided to knit this sock using my Bugga Dawn Dropwing and Acmon Blue. The pattern was Transition Sock - it was my first attempt at colorwork.  Remember this?

In fact, I almost finished one sock!

But it just didn't fit well - the toe was too tight where I did the colorwork.  So of the frog pond it went.

Fast forward to January 2012 - I decided to use Dawn Droping on a Mystery Sock by Kirsten Kapur.

I dropped out after the second clue:

I even attempted to reuse the Acmon Blue from the first time, but the kinky yarn didn't even look good in garter stitch! 

Well, the 3rd time (or 4th?), I used it on Rachel Coopey's Fred and George Socks (published in the Harry Potter magazine).  And they were finished!

I started a(NOTHER) sweater on Friday, after seeing Yvoone's Merle by Norah Gaughan.  I'm not posting photos or  start a project page until I'm pass the yoke to separate the stitches for the sleeves.  So until the, stay tuned.  But this is what it looks like:

As I browsed through the latest issue of Vogue Knitting, I came across this pattern, so I am going to cast on this as well.. A shawl with bulky yarn and size 13 needles... YEAH!

This looks nicer than the shop sample knitting with the same yarn - Berroco Kodiak.  Maybe the photo uses a smaller-sized needle so the stitches look nicer.. but in any case, I'm going to use Malabrigo Mecha.  It's a bulky weight but superwash wool.

Oops!  I forgot to swatch for my sweater! 

I finished ONE Circe by Cookie A from the October Club:

With November 1 coming up on Friday, I will either cast on the second sock or just work on the sweater (even I'm laughing at myself! HAHAHA!) or the new shawl, or the mitered squares blanket.

I have some new yarn but haven't taken photos due to the rainy week, but today's perfect... I should do that now while it's still sunny. 

Happy Knitting!

Too Much Knitting

I have been knitting a lot!  Knitting Socks and Mitered Squares.  But let's talk about the socks first.  I finished this pair on Sept 29.

This is Artemis from Cookie A's Sock Club (August pattern).

Yarn is Hazel Knits Entice in Zest.  I also finished the first of the Fred & George Socks.  My project is called Gred and Forge.

It was a very fast knit... I think I finished the first socks in 5 days... something like that... But the second one is taking a little longer because I was distracted!  Actually, I've just finished the heel flap for the second sock.  Here's what the second sock look like:  (yarn is Sanguine Gryphon Bugga in Acmon Blue and Dawn Dropwing).  When I finish this pair, I'll tell you a story about these yarns.  How this is the 3rd pair I'm attempting with these yarns (in case they look familiar to you)

And then, I cast on Cookie A's October pattern (one of them) called Circe.  This is knitted with Verdant Gryphon Bugga in The Caterpillar.

I apologize, my camera is out of focus.  I've fixed this - only after I've taken a bunch of yarn stash photos.  I've completed 8 repeats of the pattern.  I think I'm going to go for 2 more repeats and then, I'll work on the heel flap.

And... I've not worked on my second Watermelon Slice socks... I wonder if Jennifer has finished her pair.

Since I started knitting my Mitered Squares blanket a couple of weeks ago, I've knitted maybe 29 squares.  Of course, my goal was to finish 150 squares this year.  Hey!  This may be a good time to see how badly I'm doing with my goals!  Wanna see?

1.  24 pairs of socks.  Actual: 12 completed, 2 singles

2.  8 pairs of socks using variegated yarns. Actual:  2 pairs

3.  4 pairs of socks using yarn I've not used before. Actual: 4!!!!! - Gypsyknits Merino DK, Zen Yarn Garden Serenity 20, Sweet Fiber Yarns Cashmerino, Handwerks Socks Plus 8

4.  8 pairs using patterns from sock clubs, past & present. Actual: 4

5.  150 mitered squares for blanket.  Actual: 34

6.  200 crocheted hexagons for blanket.  Actual:  I think 80

7.  1 sweater.  Actual:  Zero

8.  6 shawls.  Actual: 3.  Four others have been started.

9.  10 knitted gifts.  Actual:  2 so far... it's not December yet...

10. 3 published designs. Actual: Zero.  I have 2 patterns I have written and published.

Yep, I suck!  Back to knitting...

 

And the Winner is....

    Marianna!  with a guess of 244.5.  That is the highest guess.  The correct answer is 289.5.

If you looked at my project page, I finished 211 in February... well, I've been working on it quite a bit since then...  Here are photos of the complete size, compared to the Mitered Squares Blanket:

I'm feeling if I go at the same rate, I can finish this blanket in another year...

Thank you for playing... I'll post the prize once I figure out what are Marianna's favorite colors...