October 52-week progress and finished project.

Hi again. Here is my finished traveling scarf for Katie. I worked on other people's scarves for a total of 5" on 10 scarves. I have posted pictures of different ones since April 3rd. And here is the finished scarf for Katie. (Nathan's is in Italy right now and delayed.) Doesn't she look cute. She even got the fan out to blow her hair! I tried not to crack up laughing! She is getting so big and knows what she wants! I have figured that I knit about 200 yds. (The palindrome had way more yardage and cables.) I can not wait to see Nathan's. The kid's think they are cool because their scarves are world travelers!

More October progress photos for the 52-week and KAL are of a pair of Mittens and a traveling scarf for me. I am making Bella's Mitten's by Marielle Henault (googled it.) I am using Frog Tree's 100% alpaca with size 8 needles. I do not think that the scarf will be done by the end of the year (but I will post progress pics anyway.) I am using a variety of LYS quality yarns this time. My favorite to use is an alpaca in baby blue and almost an olive green from Lamb's Pride. My scarf will be in Lamb's Pride in a black varigated color and the Palindrome pattern on Ravelry. I forgot a progress for mine, but I will make it way longer than 50"to 60". The person I sent it to has a pic that I will get on this site asap.

Jody

Sept. 52-week

Aaahhhh! I almost couldn't post. I lost the ability to connect to the internet for days! Then we lost a monitor for our computer yesterday. The one I am using is from 1995! But, it works! Anyway, here is my pair of socks from the mystery sock "moonchild." I used 2.25mm square needles (love them) and Plymouth Happy Feet sock weight yarn (and just about all of it. I have big feet.) I did the plain heel flap and the fancy instep pattern. And I am considering ripping the one where the space in the instep decrease is bigger than the others. Can you see it on the left one? I hate being so picky. But, it will bug me! I love all of the variations for new sock ideas. I am so happy with my first real pair that fits me! I am done with gifts and more for me! It is fall weather here in Oregon and perfect knitting weather!

I will not be using this yarn again though. On the second sock the yarn was frayed about every 15 rows. Made me nutty. I was thinking of contacting the company but I don't know. I have never had a problem like this with any yarn I have used before. But, I hate being a complaining customer. I owned a business and had too much of it from the other angle.

Happy knitting,

Jody

Deep Breath

Scarily enough I have given NO thought to holiday knitting. Maybe I'm not doing any. HA!
So, I came up with a laundry list.
1. clean up all the stuff that isn't going to count for this so that I can start on a *new* and improved list.

2. cascade fixation ankle socks for K
3. cascade fixation ankle socks for D
4-8 - 5 pairs of socks of my choice out of stash yarn.
9. felted clogs for anybody I love who wants them (gee, where'd I get that idea???)
10. hats and mittens as needed in the family.

That sounds like enough not to accomplish, doncha think?

Holiday KAL - Knit List

I guess my hope to knit list for the Holiday KAL would be:

One Hat, One Scarf, One Bag, One pair of fingerless mitts, One pair of regular Mitts.

So now I have to go stash diving for inspiration.

Brenda in Alberta
Owlsrook on Ravelry

52 Week Challenge - Brenda (Owlsrook)

October 2009 - In progress Photo

What can I say, I was obviously under the influence of some outside unseen force when I bought this yarn, but there it was sitting in my stash.

There is just no reason to knit with this other than this is Halloween Month, and this yarn colour is pretty scary, so that's my excuse.

This is DGB yarn, which is very much like Kroy in texture. These are being knit in plain old K2 P2 ribbing.

Maybe I can wear them on Halloween night to scare visitors.


Brenda in Alberta
Owlsrook on Ravelry

Only lonely- such as it is

Who am I not to hear her masters´ voice. Here is evidence of having knitted the mystery sock, but only one.

October project finished and new cast-on

I have completed my October project for the 52 week challenge! Wow, only 2 more months to go. This is been a fun year of knitting so far.

October 52 week challenge project:


Pattern: Sept. 09 SKA mystery sock pattern designed by Nancy Bush (Fox Faces)
Yarn: Panda Silk - buttercup tones
Needles: US 1 magic loop
Cast on: 9/1/09
Finished: 10/2/09
Yardage: 250 yards (but is a pair of socks on fingering yarn with a 5"+ leg)

This was my first time knitting with Panda Silk and I loved it! Can't wait to add some more to my sock yarn stash!!

Here is my latest project cast on for the 52 week challenge:


Pattern: Through the Loops Mystery Sock '09
Yarn: Sugar Bunny Boulevard - Emeline
Colorway: Mermaid's Song

Clogs are us....

Here are 13 of the 20 pairs I made in 2 weeks. Yes I did get a few felted. All are Fiber Trends pattern.
First time every making the child size clogs. I am looking forward to seeing them felt up. They are the light pink ones in the middle.
Otherwise these are Christmas gifts. I can not even post about them on my own blog.
Just as I was working on the 19th pair my daughter told me her clogs had worn a hole in them. Guess I am not done clogging yet.

As we know there has to be a start picture.....this one above was started Oct 2, well finished Oct 2 also. Below, I used leftovers from the other clogs to make the inside sole on this pair. These are the bright pink pair in the photo above.

52 Week Challenge- my knitting last month

This is a project for September that I wanted to finish by summer and now it is finished, but summer is gone. A long and loose fitting sweater out of cotton in a rich shade of red, not pink as the picture shows.

There is no decrease in stitch count, only taking the pattern itself to shape the garment. As in ganseys I put my initials on it. Now I can´t get lost :-).

Here is a new scarf for the upcoming stormy weather. It is a big one, 50cm x 2m, not yet actually, only half way through it, made of two cakes of yarn with long colour runs.

The new project for October is a long jacket. First, as always, I did a sleeve and now am knitting the collar and band. Yarn is of camel and alpaca and merino.

Then there are socks. I needed a new pair for me and used my Bergtrikot design.

My plan for the Holiday KAL

OK, Adrienne asked for our lists, so here's mine:

:-)

1. a Prayer Shawl for my friend who has been having a rough time lately. I chose this yarn in a color I think she'll like, and I think she'll appreciate that I knit this for her:

That is my number 1 goal for this KAL because I'm not always good at sticking with large projects and this should give me motivation to finish it!

2. I'd like to knit a pair of socks for my Dad for Christmas. I haven't decided on yarn or a pattern yet, but something in worsted weight most likely because that's what he prefers. He sleeps in them.

3. I want to attempt the Solid Socks mystery sock pattern using my red Panda Cotton. This looks like a very challenging pattern already and we're just on the first clue!! But I'm posting it here, again, to motivate myself to try it:


I'm also doing another mystery sock that I plan on being my November finished project. I'll post on that later!

Knit on, everyone!

-Cathy

52 week KAL October socks

Love this pattern by Lorraine Ehrlinger: Bamboo socks. I used almost all of the 100 gm (437 yds) skein of Cascade Heritage (had 3 gms left). Color is closest to the finished pair on the table. The pattern says Men's medium, but fit Fred perfectly and I usually knit a Large size. I will make more of these for him at his request. :)

So, do you have a list?

debi thought it would be fun to post a list of your objectives and then to see how many you actually finish by the end of the kal.

i don't have a list myself. i figure that if i finish anything at all, that will be gift enough for me! :)

so, who wants to start?

i should tell you that debi has been on a clog kick and has knit like 300 million pairs of clogs in the past two weeks (actually i think she said 18 pairs). so if any of you are thinking of gifting clogs, you might just be able to sneak that onto her list ... she probably won't notice that extra 20 pairs.

carefree holiday (or not) kal

will officially start monday, october 5th.

we are still deciding the rules but they will be fairly relaxed and easy.

you will get to knit whatever your heart desires; whether it be for a gift OR NOT! so knitting for yourself will count too. we might even allow ufos! see how easy?

i will be thinning out the ranks of our members after the mystery sock kal is finished. if you haven't posted finished mystery socks, i will be removing you from the blog unless you leave a comment on this post or email me at carefreekal at gmail dot com that you want to participate in the holiday kal. i have started a list over on the sidebar.

don't worry if you are a longtime member of the blog and didn't participate in the mystery. you are safe. i know who you are.

eta: rules are now posted in the sidebar. kal will start on october 5th and end december 5th! have fun!

mystery sock kal

...is over! i'm awake and have had my cuppa coffee.

and the sock "formerly known as it's a mystery sock kal" has a name! like the child empress of fantasia in neverending story, my sock lived for weeks without a name...and at the last possible moment, its name was whispered in my ear....

"moonchild"
aka the sock "formerly known as it's a mystery sock kal"

(i've always wondered what name bastian gave the child empress...and now i know! ya gotta love google.)

thank you all for playing. i love all your creations! and i hope you had fun! for those still working on your socks, please post them to the blog when you finish as i would love to see them!

winners will be announced within the week.

get ready for the carefree holiday (or not!) kal! if you are not a member of the blog and wish to participate, please email me at carefreekal at gmail dot com for an invitation to the blog. i will be making room for new members in the next few days.

Hopefully under the wire...

Here are my sock from the Mystery Sock KAL.


Socks that Rock LW in Falcon's Eye
Largest size on 2.75mm needles
Started August 20
Finished September 14

mystery sock kal -finale

wow! finished socks already! amazing!

i would love it if you would post the yarn and color you used for your socks...just because we might see something we can't live without and then won't know what it is. LOL!

there will be a special drawing for all those who used crystal palace yarn for their socks...so please make sure to note that in your post.

i've also activated the "love" button so feel free to share some "love" around!

Mystery Sock

I didn't quite finish in time but these beautiful mystery socks are high priority so they will be finished soon! I love the Dream in Color Smooshy yarn in Beach Fog with the pattern. Adrienne - I hope you will do another Mystery Sock in the future! This was so much fun. I promise to post a picture when I am done.... Thanks for letting me be a part of the fun. Renee'

52 week challenge - cathy

I just realized that I had not yet posted a cast on post here for one of my 52 week challenge projects!



I am knitting the Sept. 09 SKA group mystery sock designed by Nancy Bush. It was a great pattern and I am almost done with the pair. I'll be posting them as my October finished project soon. I hope to finish up the second sock this weekend!

Yarn: Panda Silk - buttercup tones
Pattern: SKA (Ravelry group) 9/09 mystery sock - aka Fox Faces
Needles: US 1 magic loop
Cast on: 9/1/09

This is my first time using Panda Silk and I love it!!

Here's a progress pic so you can see some of the lace pattern:



I'll be casting on another mystery sock tomorrow with "Through the Loops"!!

Can you tell I love mystery socks?

Looking forward to another one by Adrienne some day!! :-)

-Cathy (n3tue)

Mystery Sock KAL (at last!)

I finally finished my sock. Love the pattern. I should have done 70 sts on the leg and decreased to 60 for the foot as it is a little tight on the calves.

I did the bit of fancy heel and the fancy instep and toe. It ended just before my toes perfectly. I used Araucania Ranco Solid yarn in Caribbean as I couldn't find anywhere that sold CPY around here. Pretty nice yarn, but not alot of stretch which may be my problem in the calf.

Thanks for a beautiful pattern and a beautiful pair of socks.

Jill (jaerrt on ravelry)

editted: oops.. added a picture with both completed socks!!

Cynthia's Mystery done

It was a dark and stormy day ... Not very good pictures, but the socks are done! I will wear them with my clogs tomorrow to work. Woo hoo! What a great pattern. I used DGB Confetti Superwash in some unknown blue color. (I lost the band.) The beads are from JoAnn's and are supposedly size 6 clear beads, with an iridescent crystal finish. I used two beads per motif on the leg.

Cynthia in rainy, dark, Portland
Ravelry: femknit

My socks are done

Here is a photo of my finished socks.
Not a very good photo it has been raining here and I have been waiting for better light but time is running out so this is what I got.


I enjoyed doing this Kal.

Mystery Sock KAL info

I used Dream in Color Smooshy, colorway Giant Peach; use 2 sets of bamboo dpns to do both socks at one time.
docM

Hi all,

I just finished my socks and submitted them for Charms homework in the Ravelry Harry Potter Knit and Crochet House Cup group. Here's a copy of the note to the professor.

Dear Professor Cattiekins,

I am handing in my homework, but I had some trouble with it. I did figure out what I did wrong and I hope that helps. Let me explain.

I was practicing the aguamenti charm as assigned. I made a small fire beside the lake and prepared myself mentally by standing in the water so that my feet and ankles were immersed. I thought this would help me to focus on water and make the charm easier. My intent was to use it to put out the fire.

I flourished my wand and said the charm and nothing seemed to happen, although my toes felt odd. I did it a second time and still no result other than an odd sensation on my feet. A third try extended the odd sensation to my ankles, but no stream of water was produced. I tried to step out of the lake, and to my dismay, realized that lake mint had grown around my feet and ankles. When I tugged my feet loose the twining plant had formed socks around both feet!

I saved them to show you and I believe my error was in pronunciation. I must have said “Agua-minty” instead of “Agua-menti” I’m sure I will do better next time.

Yours,
StitchingMagic, 1st year Hufflepuff

I made them with Girlontherocks Blue Faced Leicester superwash in the color Tarnished. I'm quite proud of these and loved the pattern so much. Thanks Adrienne.

Kiri

Knit from Regia
Color Brown
What a wonderful pattern...Thanks so much for letting me be a part of this.

Socks Finished!

What a great pattern this is! It was a very fun knit, no boredom in this one!
The picture is not true to the color... But I am wearing them now and they are a great fit!

Blogger is not allowing me to upload my picture.. I keep getting an error.. Check out my projects page on Ravelry..

Bev's Mystery Socks

I finished them and I love this pattern. It was fun to knit up.

I used yarn that I had in my stash. I didn't use Sock Summit stash I'm still fondling it.

The yarn is hazel knits artisan sock in Sanguine Peach. I like how the pattern looks in this colorway. I did the Just a Bit Fancy on the heel flap and took the instep pattern down to almost the toe and started the fancy toe. I wish I had started to toe decreases earlier but I like how they turned out. That you, Adrienne for a great pattern can't wait for the next one.

Sarah's Mystery Socks

I knit these out of ShiBui yarn (SockC anime) on Addi 1 circular needles doing two socks on two circulars. I ended up changing the toe design (still not sure I'm totally liking it) and using the plain heel. I also knit with 70 stitches to begin for the leg, but decided to switch to 60 stitches for the foot. If I do it again I'll be using 60 stitches for both. I have size 9.5 women's feet, but they are narrow.

Thanks for creating the design. I enjoyed the design even if I had to take them off my needles twice to work as a test knitter on another sock pattern.

-Sarah

Ravelry SKA socks finished

Socks Knitters Anonymous on Ravelry has a Nancy Bush challenge mystery sock pattern for September.
Cast on: Sept 1, 2009
Bind off: Sept. 23, 2009
Yarn: Patons Kroy 4 ply in Mellow Yellow

i was sick

they told me to go to a doctor weeks and weeks ago, but did i listen ? no. am i so sick, coughing like i have hairballs the size of grizzly bears, that i can not finish my mystery sock, let alone anything else ? you betcha.
at least i can see everyone else's gorgeous socks and i know what i'm doing when i get well...as long as i can squeeze it in beside our next KAL.
thanks for a fantastic KAL, please don't delete me. i can get a doctor's note if i need to.

Yarn Used for Socks

I forgot to post the yarn that I used when I posted my photos. I used ShibuiKnits Sock. I loved the way that it knit up, but for some reason I used almost every single inch. I think I had about 6 inches left of each skein when I finished the socks, and that is definitely too close for comfort. If I use this yarn again I will definitely buy an extra skein.

Deb
GablesDeb on Ravelry

New KAL

Oooooo - a new KAL! Can't wait! (I promise to follow the directions more carefully on this one!)

Deb
GablesDeb on Ravelry

Photo Finish!

Here they are! Molly's CarefreeKAL Mystery Sock KAL

Cast On: August 28, 2009 Finished: September 19, 2009
























fancy instep, fancy heel & fancy toe Dream in Color Smooshy, colorway Giant Peach.

Luscious yarn, wonderful pattern, GREAT KAL!! Thanks Adrienne!

Cuddles and Hugs Baby Blanket 2

I did finish the second baby blanket. I so love this pattern and how it works up into these blankets. This photo even though taken outside the shade surprised me on how dark it showed up. But the colors are so true.

mystery sock and 52-week September update.

Hi, well I am soo behind! But, knitting hard! Here is the first sock for the KAL. I used Happy Feet on 2.25mm square needles. I love this pattern but I scream around row 7 to 10 of the leg pattern. I keep making it harder than it is (rather than trusting the pattern.) I thought the second was going to be the same but I am fighting this part. It will clear up in another few rows. Plus, I tried to knit at church today, WRONG thing to do. The President of Compassion Intl. spoke today and I cried all over my sock to speed the blocking process. But, I need to rip a row because I was not paying attention to what I was doing! I hope you all have a great day!

My sock is more of the correct color in the picture with my big calves (or one calf!)

Jody

52 week challenge for September

I finished "Gabriel's Wings" for my September 52 week challenge. I used two skeins of Knitpicks Risata sock yarn @196 yards each, and about the same amount of various patterned sock yarn, so my guess is about 700-800 yards altogether. I added a crochet border around the edges. Love how it came out!

I'm several days behind the front knitters.....

...but I am finished. The sock on the left is what I did when it did not occur to me that Adrienne is a genius. I know, I could (should?) have taken it to the frog pond, BUT every time I wear these socks, I will remember that over thinking things is not always the best solution. Don't worry, Adrienne, I'm not putting them up like this on Ravelry....I have a different shot for that.

Thanks for hosting such a fun and beautiful kal. I'm sure I'll be knitting these socks again in more colors.

I used Maizy in an old color called tan suede.

Later!

belated knit items to show you

these are in Mochi-+, a long gauntlet wrister, about 3/4 up arm [want to do a longer one] and a matching hat .
used the rainbow colorway for the hat and gauntlet.
LOL, any guesses on which came first, hat or gauntlet?

here's a 2nd hat, using two colorways - babyface and jungle. it's gauntlet is next and will go up to elbow i think.

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10 pairs!

wow! 10 pairs of socks finished so far! and i LOVE them all. of course, i may be a bit partial here, just saying.

who else is working on these? would love to see at least 20 more pairs posted by the end of the month. (or is that wishful thinking on my part? come on! you can do it!!!!!!) remember, the more pairs finished, the more prizes there will be!

The mystery is solved or finished.

I have finished my mystery socks. I used the fancy heel and toe.
Yarn: CPY Panda Wool
Needles: 2.5mm/#1.5
Color: Ultramarine that I won in Tour de Sox 2008.
Cast on: 8/21/2009
Finished 9/14/2009

3rd toe is the charm for mystery sock and September project

I frogged the previous toe(s) and Adrienne sent me star toe directions and NOW the socks fit me perfectly. I was swimming in them before. Next I will knit a pair with the correct length of the instep 4 row pattern. Even spending most of the time at the frog pond, I have still enjoyed knitting this lovely sock. I used Maizy by CPY in the "sea gray" color which is a light teal and lovely in person.
Great experience doing this mystery sock and I'm enjoying looking at all the finished projects using different yarns and colors.
When do we get to play again? :)