One sock Finished!!

I finished my first sock today! I also went to my first Red Cross meeting and got signed up as a volunteer for the American Red Cross. Is this a coincidence? Or much more?

Here is a WWII Era Poster from the Red Cross.



Here is the picture of my completed sock!



Here it is on my foot! Yeah! It is hard to photograph your own foot, by the way.


And here is an action shot of it on the ground.



I know I know, so many pictures. Obviously I am quite impressed with it. I am actually impressed I could make it at all!! I used Silver's online Sock Class. The link is over there in my links section. I recommend it for people making their first socks. And I also recommend using worsted weight yarn and size 6 DPNs for your first sock because 1. It will go faster which is encouraging 2. It is easier to see what you are doing than with sock yarn.

Now, One to make one for the other foot!
Cheers!

sock still in progress

okay so I have been working on my "practice sock"... and things were looking ugly.
See - the ugly.
The reason it was so ugly is I kept messing up the part where you switch needles on a purl.

The side I switched with a knit came out good.


But eventually I figured out what I was doing wrong and my ribbing came out better. So that is a relief. I left the mistakes in though, because I wanted to try making the rest of the sock.

Last night I got to the heel turning point. It is amazing you can make a heel out of yarn without really doing anything fancy, it is like magic! MAGIC! All of the sudden, right in front of your very eyes is this:


Very cool. I think I may finish the sock tonight. Whee!
Jessica

Socks and stuff

Okay, well yesterday I decided to cast on a sock and try to make one in hopes it would help me make baby booties. Baby booties (in case you didn't know) are very small. Therefore, very tricky for a newbie like me who is very clutsy. So I thought, well hey everyone says socks are not that hard... I should try and make one in practice!

And so to have guilt free knitting time, I did the laundry. Laundry takes a long time to do here. The dryer dries for an hour before things are done. So with our laundry that is like 3 hours plus the additional 40 minutes from the first load's washing.

One drawback to this method of guilt free knitting is this: folding.


But then again... doesn't my sock yarn match my clothing well?
This is Knit Pick's Sock Memories in "Flower Power". My KB also loves this color.


So I spent all yesterday trying to knit some socks and also folding laundry and cooking. (how did I become someone who does these things? Anyway...) So flash forward 24 hours (it is like time travel here today) and this is how far I got:


You'll notice that there is a different color variation on this needle. That is because I have frogged about 6 times. I can't seem to get it. It's the ribbing that is messing me up. Somewhere along the way I have to purl while starting another needle and I mess it up and get it all twisted somehow. I don't know how or why but I am going to post on a forum somewhere.

Also I decided maybe bigger needles and yarn may help. So yes, I am back to the old standby orange yarn and size 6 needles. That is what I will attempt today to see if I can get the bugs worked out.

baby hat for AFA

Well the baby hat (and first DPN project) is finished!
I like working with DPNs but I think decreasing is a little harder because of the breaks that the needles switching causes. I have to work on that.

Anyway, here is the hat I made for Afghans for Afghans. It looks pointed in the picture, but it doesn't look as pointy in person. I guess it must've been the camera angle.

I'm pretty proud! Yay!

DPNs - Not as hard as you think

I believe that should be the new slogan for Double Pointed Needles. Not as hard as it looks! I was amazed at how tricky they look, but that they were not so difficult to use. I started on a pair of size 6s today with some worsted weight yarn. Yes, the same yarn I always seem to use, in my beloved orange wool.

I am planning on making a baby hat and booties for Afhgans for Afghans, a charity knitting group that makes items for people in Afghanistan. You can find out more information about this group if you click on the button over in the right hand side of your screen.

And really I want to get into sock making because they are small, easily protable, and everyone likes socks. But that will be another day's adventure. I feel just getting started on some DPNs is exciting enough for one day. And also I decided I need to really work on one project at a time.

So here are my 1st four stiches!


And here is a (blurry, sorry) shot of what I have right now.

Rock on!

Lace Schmace

I worked on a lace project and I really don't like the way lace looks. I mean, I like lace items other people make, but I can not get my head around liking my own. So I think I will put it in a bin and wait utnil the lace mood strikes me again.

The yarn looks grayer in this picture than it does in purple. It is beautiful yarn - Alpaca Cloud by knitpicks.

survey says!

You are Mercerized Cotton. You are always very crisp and neat. You are very playful and are happiest while outdoors in the sunshine. You are sometimes accused of splitting hairs, but in the end people find you pretty easy to live with.


843 other people got this result!
This quiz has been taken 27446 times.
3% of people had this result.

Want to know what yarn you are? CLICK HERE TO TAKE IT!