I think I am going to make the gloves a bit longer so they almost reach my elbow. I have this silly idea I can finish both gloves this weekend. I know the second sock or mitten or glove always knits up in half the time but I am probably being unrealistic. I'm using Palette and first I need to see if I have another skein of black before I make them longer.

For Melinda and Janey, HERE's the Spin-Off sock book. All the socks in the booklet are knit in handspun and there is quite a variety. The Fireside sock pattern from the booklet, designed as a way to use up a bunch of handspun yarn, is my template for all my thick socks using 2-strands of DK weight yarn. The booklet is well worth the $9.95 price. The full title is Socks: A Special Publication for Knitters and Spinners edited by Rita Buchanan and Deborah Robson. HERE's a photo of the cover.

I just found out there were several errors in the heel of my free pattern for the Caledonia socks. I apologize to any of you who tried to knit the socks and had problems. I have fixed the errors so if you do plan to try these socks, please go and print out the revised version of the pattern.

Here are the Halloween gloves in progress (and badly in need of blocking). These are taking longer than I expected due to an incident involving a knife, an onion, and my finger. It really is tough to knit fast with a bandaid on your finger.

Not much else is going on here - I have 431 lbs of fresh tomatoes to deal with and I'm trying to plan an armoire for my yarn storage. DH has promised to make me whatever I like so I need to go look at photos of crafts rooms to get some ideas.

It is time to clip Peaches' claws but I can't find her anywhere. Where could she be? I don't suppose anyone out there has seen her??

I received a weird, long comment and Haloscan wouldn't let me delete it. This prompted me to completely change my blog template and lose all my old comments. I now have Blogger comments and they are moderated. The good news about the change is that my blog archives are back starting in January 2003. Please let me know if you have any problems reading the blog or posting a comment. I'm at nanetteblanchard (at) earthlink (dot) net.

Thank you for all your interest in test knitting...

Thank you so much to all of you for offering to test knit new patterns for me. I am in the process of reading all of your comments, and will be e-mailing each of you soon.

Happy Knitting!

I've been busy cooking dinner for tonight and tomorrow so I can give my complete attention to the Boston/Yankees series starting tonight. At least I have the appropriate good luck footwear for the games.



They are just some quickie socks done in 2 strands of Heilo. I'm finishing up another pair and I estimate I have maybe 4 more pairs of thick socks to knit to use up all my DK weight yarn.

And now for some less boring knitting, here's my pitiful progress on the Selbustrikk gloves. I am looking forward to finishing because these gloves will look terrific with my dark gray wool coat.



I really need to sit down and force myself to knit more. I want to get working on the Halloween gloves and finish the Aran afghan some time before it gets cold here.

Corrections for La Parisienne Beret and Looking for Test Knitters

I have just posted corrections for the La Parisienne Beret and hope that the decreases are now correct. I thank all of you for pointing out the problem. I am notorious for taking cryptic notes!
I definitely need a test knitter. Being a test knitter is great, you get free yarn to play with, and try new patterns before anyone else. If you are interested write in the comments to this post. Your comment will remain private. Tell me a little about yourself, and your knitting experience, and be sure to include your e-mail address so that I may contact you.

I'm off to finish my newest sock. The new pattern combines two brand new SockPixie colorways, and will be posted tomorrow.