Hi all! It looks like I am going to be out of town for a few weeks so the sock challenge and my blog postings will have to be postponed. My thoughts are with all of you in or near Florida.
Keep on knitting!
Here's sock pair number four for the month. Another pair of Fireside socks done in one strand of Country Garden DK, one strand of Cormo yarn from Taos Wool Festival and some alpaca singles I was too lazy to spin. I was aiming for softness with these babies.
Not all the socks I'm knitting this month will be thick. Knitting with big needles makes my hands hurt.
Not all the socks I'm knitting this month will be thick. Knitting with big needles makes my hands hurt.
Jennifer sent me these lovely rabbit items. Thank you again Jennifer. What a nice surprise. The wooden lop rabbit has different fabric ears depending on the season of the year. And even some rabbit 3-D stickers.
These are the Lithuanian Amber socks from Nancy Bush's Folks Socks done in Elann's Gjestal Ren Ny Ull Sport (actually a DK weight) and size 6 dpns I think.
These are the Lithuanian Amber socks from Nancy Bush's Folks Socks done in Elann's Gjestal Ren Ny Ull Sport (actually a DK weight) and size 6 dpns I think.
100 COPIES SOLD!
This weekend the 100th copy of Stranded Color Knitting was sold since it went on sale in our Cafepress rabbit rescue store the second week of June. It has made a whopping $437 for rabbit rescue so far. I'm extremely grateful to all of you who have purchased the booklet. Debby Widolf, the rabbit rescuer in southwestern Colorado, reports she's used her half of the money for spay/neuter surgeries on her new foster bunnies.
Back to socks... I was looking through the Spin-Off Sock book and noticed the pattern for Fireside socks. You simply mix and match handspun yarns and singles to make a bulky yarn. My largest dpns are size 8 so I used those and 36 stitches for this pair. I used Paton's Classic Wool and some handspun sport-weight 2 ply alpaca yarn. These socks are for DH and are incredibly soft. He immediately put on the first sock and resisted taking it off again so I could measure it.
These socks also apparently have magical properties. I was embroiled in a 3-person Scrabble marathon while I was knitting them and I managed two triple-triples. Triple-triples are when you bingo/use all 7 letters and also hit two triple word scores. I normally am really lucky to get two triple-triples in a year of frequent Scrabble playing.
This weekend the 100th copy of Stranded Color Knitting was sold since it went on sale in our Cafepress rabbit rescue store the second week of June. It has made a whopping $437 for rabbit rescue so far. I'm extremely grateful to all of you who have purchased the booklet. Debby Widolf, the rabbit rescuer in southwestern Colorado, reports she's used her half of the money for spay/neuter surgeries on her new foster bunnies.
Back to socks... I was looking through the Spin-Off Sock book and noticed the pattern for Fireside socks. You simply mix and match handspun yarns and singles to make a bulky yarn. My largest dpns are size 8 so I used those and 36 stitches for this pair. I used Paton's Classic Wool and some handspun sport-weight 2 ply alpaca yarn. These socks are for DH and are incredibly soft. He immediately put on the first sock and resisted taking it off again so I could measure it.
These socks also apparently have magical properties. I was embroiled in a 3-person Scrabble marathon while I was knitting them and I managed two triple-triples. Triple-triples are when you bingo/use all 7 letters and also hit two triple word scores. I normally am really lucky to get two triple-triples in a year of frequent Scrabble playing.
Happy Labor Day! We had a lovely day in Santa Fe. The weather is a bit cooler than usual and the air is filled with the wonderful smell of roasting chiles. First we happened upon the hip hop NAACP voter registration concert at the capitol/roundhouse. Then we walked to the new raw foods restaurant, Whole Foods Cafe (in the old Alfalfa's on Cordova), where I had a wonderful pizza. The crust was made from zucchini and almonds and topped with sun-dried tomato marinara sauce and basil-nut "cheese". The whole thing was served on a bed of field greens and it was wonderful. I really have to get a raw foods cookbook.
Santa Fe just got a Trader Joe's so I bought all sorts of goodies like sprouted wheat bread, fresh mozzarella, dark chocolate and baby artichokes. The prices were really great.
I've finished 3 3/4 pairs of socks so far and am now thinking I may be able to make 12 pair this month. Here are the Norah Gaughan Striped Devotion socks from Weekend Knitting done in Elann's Peruvian Highland Wool. To make the afterthought heel fit better, I did two plain rows between decrease rows instead of one.
Santa Fe just got a Trader Joe's so I bought all sorts of goodies like sprouted wheat bread, fresh mozzarella, dark chocolate and baby artichokes. The prices were really great.
I've finished 3 3/4 pairs of socks so far and am now thinking I may be able to make 12 pair this month. Here are the Norah Gaughan Striped Devotion socks from Weekend Knitting done in Elann's Peruvian Highland Wool. To make the afterthought heel fit better, I did two plain rows between decrease rows instead of one.
THE END OF THE RAINBOW
I've finished the rainbow spinning project using Ashford Corriedale top from Halcyon. Using my all-time favorite Tracy Eichheim rabbit spindle I spun and plied 19 ounces (each ounce a different color). Now I'm off to knit some socks. If I want to finish 10 pairs this month I figure I need to have three done by the time I return on Monday afternoon.
I've finished the rainbow spinning project using Ashford Corriedale top from Halcyon. Using my all-time favorite Tracy Eichheim rabbit spindle I spun and plied 19 ounces (each ounce a different color). Now I'm off to knit some socks. If I want to finish 10 pairs this month I figure I need to have three done by the time I return on Monday afternoon.
SEPTEMBER SOCK CHALLENGE
Michelle posted that she is going to try to post to her blog every day in September. I was thinking about trying to do something special and came up with the September Sock Challenge. DH and I need more handknit socks, especially for fall hiking, so I'm going to knit ONLY socks this month and see how many pairs I can finish. I'm hoping I'll finish at least 10 pairs of socks this month. Tune in to see if I can manage to do it.
In the interest of self-disclosure, I already have some started.
Michelle posted that she is going to try to post to her blog every day in September. I was thinking about trying to do something special and came up with the September Sock Challenge. DH and I need more handknit socks, especially for fall hiking, so I'm going to knit ONLY socks this month and see how many pairs I can finish. I'm hoping I'll finish at least 10 pairs of socks this month. Tune in to see if I can manage to do it.
In the interest of self-disclosure, I already have some started.
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