do you like Socks!

i do! these are going to be weird ~ at least i hope so! it's a "mojo sock recipe"


yay! finally moving up the leg ~ oopsie! gotta get the other one longer :P



waiting.......waiting.......Loopy says "this pretty sock yarn can't wait anymore!"

speaking of longer ~~ the snakey scarfy is ready for the scary head and tongue!

double YAY!! ~~ now we're talking ~~ two legs to finish then Loopy's yarn can become sockies ;)

red socks!

these are done!

these are started!

these were started too!

and these!

been locked up on the mountain ~~ state's been fixing the culverts and the way out is "road closed" and they truly meant closed!!

the easy way out takes 5 minutes or so ~~ the other 45minutes (or so!)

so i needed ?? some socks to work on while husbeast(ha!) drives ??

blue Socks!

some new socks!


toe-up again ~~ this will be three in a row :)

i really like the magic cast-on


and somewhere along the sock making front ~~ i switched to charts instead of written ~~ weird! don't know how it happened ~~ but wanted use a pattern and looked for the chart ~~ there wasn't one ~~ so went with a different pattern!


and a new sockie bookie!


the book is great but i need a copier!! i prefer to carry the pattern with me and i write on it! can't do that with the book :P


they are much longer now ~ can't see the tiny hearts but i decided to continue with the pattern cuz I know the hearts are there!!

popsicle Socks!

they kinda finished themselves!


i was packing..............welp, i was thinking about packing ~ the kitchen and all the things we don't use.......


i realized that i didn't have any packing tape........


then.............the malabrigo sock yarn appeared and wound itself!

primavera Socks!

i used to have this t-shirt ~ in my 20's ~ that i wore ALOT!!

it said: "all i wanna know is.........can i get THERE from HERE"

i probably still have it !!

now in my (gulp) 40's ~~~

all i wanna SAY is.............get yourself some of this yarn!!!Etsy :: Chewy Spaghetti

s'more Socks!

next up??

not done!! at/around the heel flap ~~ i was not sure about continuing pattern down the foot -- the p3tog might bug me in my shoe ~~ but i went for it and it's fine.

started ~~ some baby socks for a co-worker ~ yay! for IVF! ~~ it's a boy :)

these newborn socks......

are from some leftover yarn of the girl/slash/friend socks ~ can't remember color name but the yarn is the original base of Dani -Sunshine Yarns

~~~ oh, i made up the pattern ~~ i think i used 40 stitches and a k3p1..........they're so cute!


or are these next up?? thinking about starting! this is the cashmere blend ~ want to use for march's Sockamania pattern (yep, i know the new pattern is imminent!)

hey! HEY! has anyone noticed??? he's sleeping NEAR me ~ move him! spring must be coming ~ these two need to STOP!

most mornings i wake to the black/white one sitting on me, batting at my chin, or standing at the side of the bed, batting at my chin ~ while the fluffy one ~ jumps on the bed & jumps down, jumps up, jumps down ~ he's not very graceful and kinda "THUNKS" when he lands ~ it's very noisy!! plus when you pet him he purrs..........but when he purrs.......he DROOLS......so you end up with cat spit on yours hands! one time he leaned in to sniff my hair (i don't know why he does that) and his DROOL dropped on the side of my face and into my EAR!!! talk about rude awakenings ~ that was soooooooo gross!

have a great week!!

Socks! ~~keep going

oops!

didn't make the monday deadline in muh head!!

maybe thissa monday :) since ~~ i finished the gusset decreases and am moving down the footsie!

remember?? this is Etsy :: Chewy Spaghetti in the Decadent color ~~~ YUMMY yarn! get some if you can ;)

happy monday?? !

i'll be wearing to work! i always find it funny on toe-up socks ~ my bind off (the way i have to adjust it) looks all ruffle-y!!

but on the leg ~ it's fine! if you click and look closely you can see i started off with the Leyburn pattern but the self-striping was obscuring it!

ha!! also if you look closely you can see the beginning of the scar on my right leg ~ acquired when i was 5 or 6 ~ cuz a sister left her bike in the driveway and another sister was chasing me....i think i told on her about something - a revenge thingy!.....when i turned to run.....the bike fender sliced my leg and i had to receive 5 stitches!!! then the doc took them out too soon ~ yep! dumb*ss ~ had to restitch - hence the (i feel) HUGE scar!!!

next monday i might get to wear

we shall see.......oh, and i totally recommend Etsy :: Chewy Spaghetti yarn! sproingy and soft and stripes ~~ without having to restart in several spots or have a certain # of stitches......so far no pooling either! stinky pic, but when embiggened shows the p3tog little nubb made :)

a little longer

all the projects are..............

a little longer..........

but need to be LONGER!!!!

now after seeing 'longer' so many times ~ it looks funny :O)

longer, longer, longer, longer, longer

see what i mean?? i did spellcheck tho!

geez, i need something to do! ~~~ make stuff longer!loooonnnnggggg whiskers!

circle Socks!

yippee! finally got these done


they were actually a lot of fun to knit ~ just lost some momentum there thru the holidays.


am having fun with the wallaby! couldn't find the other skein of green so the sleeves will each be a purple-y pink and the pouch & hood will be a heather-y purple! hey! someone packed a lot of stuff and i can't find NOTHIN!



which leads to.....husbeast (ha!) asked me where the box was of tax info ~ ???????? i founded the kitty! do you see her??


ummmm......i don't know! WHERE? is this a test? did you label it?? ! (hee!, i DO know where it is but he's packed so much stuff and moved it to storage that i have to give him a hard time)




we had several calls on the house and 3 "showings" the other day! keep your fingers crossed! i found 22 acres in WV i want!!


husbeast (ha!) was very distressed to lose at scrabble last night ~ he took forever on his turns and L B and i would breeze thru ours!!!

alpaca sox Socks!

despite #3 son's psycho cat ~~~ i did manage to finish these socks :)

for some reason this cat became obsessed with the yarn

each time i tried to knit, he'd stick his nose right in the yarn, snort around, then knock over the basket and take off with the yarn

amazingly enough, he never poked his eyes on the double point needles!

i'm guessing the attraction was the 60% alpaca ~ he's never really bothered with merino yarn

#2 son and i ended up with some nice bleeding scratches (and bites) trying to get it back before the socks got destroyed

complete!

they're super warm :) the cat sat on them (holding them down?) but i chased him away :P

some more Socks!

so, i'm on Ravelry looking at sock patterns (what else??!)

i get to this page of patterns and i'm going "oh! i LIKE that one, and THAT one, oh AND that one too....."

after realizing that several of them are in the same book,,,,,,,,i start looking for the book

first i look on the local library site ~ cuz if i can "rent" it then i can decide if i really want to buy it ~but it's not there

i go to Amazon.com and they've got it~~ New Pathways for Sock Knitters: Book One: Cat Bordhi: Books

as i'm debating with myself (i don't really NEED another sock book-or do i??)

i realize ~ i HAVE it ~ silly silly me!! i purchased it awhile ago!

now what pattern should i start with??