Believe it or not…

These really are socks! OR more accurately, they will be socks. I am using up some leftover Regia self striping, and making a pair for my 3yo DD. I decided to start at the toes, since I didn’t know how much yarn I had, and could adjust the cuff as necessary. Well, after about 5 starts at the toes, I gave up. I just could not get anything that looked reasonable. I tried the Knitty magic cast on, Wendy’s short row toes, the Knit Picks two at once toes, but nothing worked. But I decided since I was going to do the Knit Picks Two At Once, Toe-Up Sock, which includes an afterthought heel, I would also do an afterthought toe. That way, I could do the toe from the top down (which I can handle) and I could choose a coordinating color if I didn’t have enough yarn.

Well, this is all for the good, becuase little DD is going to have ankle socks, and I am heading off to the LYS today to find a solid color coordinating sock yarn for the heels and toes – my stash only includes patterned sock yarn. Oh well, I was looking for an excuse to get a solid color sock yarn anyway…

On a FO note, I finished my DS’s camo colorway striped socks. He liked them so much he wore them to school the next day with shorts! I tried to tell him that they weren’t really appropriate with shorts, but he didn’t care. I had to draw the line though when he tried to wear them with his Tae Kwon Do uniform and his TKD shoes! I think I have already had to wash them three times, each time I get them clean he wears them immediately! I guess this is a testament to how nice they are – I feel the same way about my one pair.

After I finish this pair for DD#2, I am going to try the Lombard Street Socks for my mom – she brought some sock yarn she had purchased about 4 years ago, and her eyesight is too far gone to knit with such small yarn.

Then, I think I’ll be able to make another pair for myself!

Wow, September has flown by

I just realized I didn’t post anything for the whole of September. I finished my Icarus and then got caught up with the kids going to school – I now have 5 hours a week when I have all 3 in school, and I still haven’t gotten much done.

I did finish up a pair of socks for my daughter using the Cherry Tree Hill yarn in Brights. They turned out nicely, but were as much work as making a pair for myself. I thought that making socks for my kids would go faster, but my just barely 8 DD has Size 7 Womens feet. When I bought her new sneaks for school in August, I about fell over when I had to buy her size 7s. I wear a 10, but I didn’t get to that size until near high school. I think this kid will be in 10s by 5th grade at the rate she is going!

I have been having to deal with the fact that my husband feels I should be spending the 5 hours a week I have to myself working on improving the appearance of my house, or getting laundry put away (Hey, I get it washed and folded!), and NOT on knitting. I have to figure out how to get the house stuff done while the kids are around, and save that 5 hours for knitting! In hopes that I accomplish this feat, I have signed up for Soctoberfest 2006.

My mom is coming to visit on the 4th and she is bringing me a bunch of circular needles. She won an Ebay auction for Clover circulars, with all bunches of sizes. She is losing her vision, so the bigger needles are more what she needs, and she is willing to give me the littler sizes. I seem to add more needles to my collection than I do yarn. I have a hard time buying yarn without a specific project in mind, and a knowledge of how much I will need, so my yarn stash is pretty small.

I am working on a pair of socks for my DS (6yo) in a self striping camo colorway from Jawoll. I made one sock, and when he tried it on he complained that it didn’t go up the leg enough, and the foot was too small. So, I started another sock, made the leg part longer, and made the foot part longer – it fits perfectly, and then I ripped out the first one, and am re-knitting that! I am just doing a basic stickinette stitch for these. I thought about doing a 2×2 ribbing down the leg, but bagged on that idea. This pic gives a pretty good idea of the socks. Pardon the flash reflection. I like the appearance againgst the wood, but the reflection is a PIMA.

I have started using the Socks Soar method of two circular needles that Cat Bordhi uses in her book. I love this method, and have started to soar. The second sock was so quick to do. I plan on finishing the second (or is it the first/third?) soon – maybe Monday during my 2.5 hours at gymnastics while two of mine do their stuff.Okay, enough boring stuff. I am off to knit on a very boring baby blanket in not so nice acrylic, that I need to get out of the way before I start my next non-portable project.