This Week

Can you tell the difference in the color of these toes? Yeah, me neither!!!! Thanks to Thea, the Pomatomus Socks are saved and the toes are done. (The one on the left is the one that was short.) The knitting gods are going to give Thea lots and lots of love for being my sock savior!

This is what Thea sent me. Three little balls of Koigu goodness. As soon as I saw it, I knew it would work out perfectly. YAY!!!!! I'm so excited. Frogging a whole sock to downsize was definitely an option. But not an option I was looking forward to. The Knitty Board saves me again!

Here they are. All done and they fit so well. When I put them on, I can tell which one is bigger. But it doesn't really matter. Notes! I have to keep better notes about needles and such. I certainly learned my lesson. Finally, I have something finished for Socktober.

Pattern: Pomatomus from Knitty
Yarn: Koigu KPPM- 100% merino- color P118L (and a little something else)
Needles: Mostly Bryspun flex dpn's in size 3- better notes needed.
Started: In August for the first one
Finished: 10/13/06

I cast on Tuesday for Hedera socks. (No, I'm not stalking all of Cookie's designs. Really, I'm not.) These are in Sundara yarn in the Emerald Isle colorway. Which is appropriate since my sister recently moved to Ireland for culinary school. So far, I love this sock. The repeat is easy to remember and the lace looks really good. I just turned the heel and I'm headed for home. Hopefully I can finish this one off this weekend while I watch baseball.


Here's the yarn. The depth of color and the variations that exist are just really beautiful.


I'm addicted to sock yarn as you well know. Here's what jumped into my online cart this week.

From Yarn Pirate- from top- Punkin Head, Clementine, and Rosie- The yarn looks bumpy in this picture but it's not. It's soft and lovely and it'll make great looking socks.


From Yarntini- Hope (perfect for breast cancer awareness month)- This skein is HUGE!!!! Maybe knee highs???? Pink knee highs for me? Whoda thunk it?


From Misocrafty- Awesome knitting pouch. Fits yarn for a pair of socks. Fully lined. Elastic bands keep needles collected. And the fabric is so adorable. I love this. It keeps my project handy and the handle makes it easy to grab and go. Yahaira has them at Pureknits. And soon, Jo is going to sell them online.


Look at everything it holds! At least 2 (probably 3) skeins of yarn. It'll definitely be going to Ireland with me in December. I think I can fit at least 2 socks in progress in there. Such a great idea.


Finally, more Socktoberfest questions answered...

Do you have certain patterns planned for some of the yarns? Do you buy yarn and then choose a pattern?

I buy sock yarn because I love it. I figure out the pattern later. That's the only yarn I don't know what I will make when I buy it. You can buy sock yarn on a whim and never worry that you don't have enough. With a sweater or anything, that can be risky.

Does a certain sock yarn you have in your stash take you back to a certain event? (where you were when you bought/received it? what was going on in your life at the time!)

I don't associate yarn with events yet. But I do get on "kicks." Like right now, I'm on a Yarn Pirate kick. So I suppose I can match that back to this time in my life.