Monthly Archives: May 2010

May 26

Gifty

A friend of Chris's, and by extension a friend of mine, and his girlfriend are having a baby in June.  Their baby shower was this weekend, but unfortunately, I couldn't go.  We (finally) had our wedding reception, which was a super blast!  I decided to make something for the baby a long time ago, but the parents didn't want to know the gender.  So off to Ravelry to find a suitable, gender-nonspecific knitted or crocheted item.  I started off looking for a floppy bunny pattern, but none really jumped out at me.  Then, I happened upon this pattern (rav linky).  Adorable, doesn't look too hard to do, probably a quick knit.  I was correct on all counts.  I started it on May 8 and finished on May 20.  I didn't work on it nonstop, so it wasn't a stressful project.  And it is adorable!!!

Apparently, it was a big hit at the shower.  I'm glad the happy parents-to-be enjoyed it.  Congratulations Dane and Katie!!!

May 17

SOCKS!

I've been knitting some socks lately, and I thought I'd share some photos of my FO's.

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Socks that Rock - Firebird

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Knit Picks Felici - Marsh

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Socks that Rock - Lunasea

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ONline Supersocke 100 - 1053

Pretty boring, no?  Actually, no.  These were knit over the past six or so months (other things were knit, too!).  My desire to knit a sock yarn blanket has finally overwhelmed my desire not to, so its off to the sock yarn stash I go.  Most of what I'm going to knit with my sock yarn stash, in order to make leftovers for the sock yarn blanket, is going to be... well... socks.  I have a few scarves in my queue and possibly a mitten or two, but I'm really planning on making  a lot of socks.

I scoured through Ravelry looking for great sock patterns and found quite a few that would make simply lovely socks.  However, I've come to the conclusion that I really prefer basic stockinette socks.  They just feel better on my feet.  This is so sad, as I love knitting socks!  And I love knitting patterned socks!  But I just can't wear them.  Too much going on in the shoe, and I'm not a huge fan of socks where the pattern just disappears at the heel.  I might be able to squeeze in a Skew, a Nutkin, or maybe even a no-purl Monkey, but for the most part, boring socks to come.  Its ok, because I like knitting stockinette socks just as well as other kinds.