Socks and Sweaters

I nearly forgot how addicting socks are.


Lace Footies
pattern: Padded Footies from Favorite Socks
needles: 2.25 mm (US 1)
yarn: Koigu KPPPM - little more than one skein
mods: I didn't double strand for the sole, and I added 8 sts to make it bigger. (It's for my grandma.)


I love the lace on the heel flap. :)

Anyway, as soon as I finished those, I immediately cast on for another pair of socks, this time for me. Never again will I be sockless! I cast on for Monkeys with the Koigu I had bought for myself. It's a lot bluer than I thought it would be, but it's so pretty! I love it.


They go by so quick!! I love this pattern. I kind of have this unwritten rule that I never knit a pattern more than once, but I may have to break that rule for this pattern. Cookie is a bloody genius.

As I have mentioned before, I do not practice project monogamy... so I also cast on for a Trellis. I'm nearly done with the first sleeve.

Plans

I've forayed into designing my own socks before, but this time, I'm much more educated in terms of socks and how to write patterns and such. I've been thinking about knitting some anklets with this yarn (the gorgeous Claudia Handpainted Yarns in Carribean Blue), and I figured I should make my own design. It'll be something lacey, more or less.

But before I started another pair, I figured I should finish the one I had started...


... since this one still needs its mate.

Infidelity

So let's talk about project monogamy...

I have none.

Today was a beautiful day, so my roommate and I decided to head out to enjoy lunch and sunshine in Washington Square Park. She brought a book. I brought my knitting.


So after a bit, my roommate decided to get a pedicure, and I decided, what the heck! I'm going to go get some yarn!... since I'm halfway to the yarn store anyway... yeah bad reasoning but I decided to go. I originally only planned to buy yarn for socks for my grandma, but I made the mistake of calling my mom.

My mother informed me that an old acquaintance of mine and the daughter of a close friend of hers had a little girl. So why don't I knit her a sweater!!!


Lorna's Laces in Lilac. Good God. I always looked at this beautiful yarn and wanted a reason to buy it. This will probably be a Trellis. Leftovers may become that amazingly adorable Upside Down Daisy hat if I have to crack into the third skein.

Of course, I made my intended purchase as well.


Koigu KPPPM in a beautiful slate blue. Sometimes it looks blue. Sometimes it looks grey. Stormy blue. Periwinkle grey. It depends on how the light hits it. I love yarns like that. So much depth in the color. My mom told me to knit anklets, so I doubt I'll need the second skein... and I have a project in mind for that.

And of course, something for me.


This was a bit of an impulse buy and the only thing for me. I really loved the beachy blue and sandy colors. I think they're destined to be the currently extremely popular Monkeys, which I have been dying to knit for a while.

I also bought the Favorite Socks that I've been coveting for a while. And remember how I said I feel naked without socks on the needles? Well I'm naked no more. I cast on for the Padded Footlets and am plowing away on the first one.

1824 in 2007

Sweater 2 of this year (and of my life) complete.


1824 Blouson
pattern: 1824 Blouson by Mari Lynn Patrick from Summer 07 IK
needles: 4.50 mm (US 7) Addi Turbos 24" circs
yarn: Cascade Luna in Ginseng (715)
mods: No notable ones I can remember.


It seems to me that across the web this pattern has a bad rap. I, on the other hand, fell in love with it the moment I saw it.


A lot of people don't like reverse stockinette stitch, but that was what drew me to this pattern. This yarn looks beautiful in stockinette as well, but it worked really well with the reverse st st. I loved the cute faux raglan increases too.


The turned sleeve cuffs and pleats are part of the sweet details that really made this sweater for me.


I bought 14 skeins of the yarn and used a little more than 12. I have one full skein and parts of two left. This yarn is wonderfully soft and comes in a ton of colors. I'll definitely use this yarn again.

So the first picture is the only good one I have of me wearing the sweater. (It's quite interesting to get the right amount of sunlight and the right position in this tiny sunless dorm.) I would take another one, but I was really unhappy with one of the seams so I tore it off and am in the middle of fixing it. But I swear, this sweater is super comfy and I can't wait until I can wear it!

Lace in Progress...

... isn't very photogenic.

I wasn't sure how many repeats to knit before I started the edging. The centre bit went by a lot quicker than I had anticipated. I knit 27 repeats before I finally decided enough was enough... I'd rather have too much yarn leftover than not enough and have to rip it all back... AND PICK UP 500+ STITCHES AGAIN. *dies* Yeah, that was not fun.