First sock finished

Here is my progress on the Tour de France sock. Here is the finished first sock.

July - 52 week challenge post

I have finished my main projects for July in the 52 week challenge:

My "WWKIP Day 2009" Socks:


Started: 6/13/09
Finished: 7/6/09
Yarn: Panda Cotton - Roses
Needles: 40" 3.0mm addi turbo lace (magic loop)
Pattern: Slipped Stitch Rib from Sensational Knitted Socks book
Yardage: approx 275 yards

Seascape Scarf:



Started: 6/12/09
Finished: 7/17/09
Yarn: Panda Cotton - Seascape
Pattern: Panda Cotton Drop Stitch Scarf by Kala
Needles: US 2 (2.75mm)
Yardage: 178 yards (just about the entire skein)

That should earn me my letter for July, but I have also cast on another project that I may finish in July as well.

Cast on post for the Flora hat:


Pattern: Flora
Yarn: Knit Picks Shine Worsted in Sailor (blue) and Grass (green)
Cast on: 7/7/09

I have since finished the fair isle section and just need to knit the top of the hat:


I also have a progress photo for the mystery socks I am knitting in Panda Soy and Maizy (these should end up being my August project for the 52 week challenge!):


That's all for now!

-Cathy

spam!

yeah! we're not SPAM! dumb robots!

kal has returned to normal.

please remember to send me your votes for favorite cpy projects!!!!!!!

Green socks are ready

This pair is mine, and mine only. They came ready today when watching the start of today's stage of the Tour. The yarn used in this pair is Knit Picks Bare, dyed in Green Tea; 360 meters were used. Pattern idea is mine.

My sock for the Tour de France - it's actually red, white and blue, although the red is showing up more brown. Anyway, it's yarn I had in my stash and I think it's probably Lion Brand. I'm not a great sock knitter, and as you can see this is just a 'vanilla' top down sock knit using magic loop, although I am using dpns for the heel.

Tour de France KAL - beginnings

A girl has to meet some challenge. See my start into socks with our national colours. Two weeks to go for finishing them and the mountain socks and the yellow socks. Oh my... But this is all fine with me as I tend to "forget" a second sock. At least I rarely do two socks of the same pattern, but two or even three socks from the same skein, but without the boring duplicate knitting. Then I wear two socks of different patterns, but from the same skein. So far, only few noticed.

52 weeks challenge - beginnings

Recently the passion for stranded knitting is growing. There are new mittens and finally an old dream on my wish list, socks based on motifs from Simply Socks. They would be my July project. I hope.

tour de france KAL progress

I'm doing the heels on both socks now - here is a photo of day 15:

52 Week Challenge - Brenda (Owlsrook)

July Progress Photo - Pattern name is "Catherine", Yarn is Knit Picks Kettle Dyed "Gold"
Just doing the pattern on the cuff on this pair.

Working on this pair and my Tour De France pair at alternately.

Brenda in Alberta

Further progress on Tour de France sock

Here is further progress on my sock. For the first time I incorporated the pattern on the heal flap.

Started Tour de France sock

I admit I have not visited this blog as often as I should, but when I did I was caught off gaurd by the fact that the Tour de France is underway. Which shows I am a bigger fan of socks than the actual tour itself. But I did learn a lot about the Tour de France from last year's contest. I wanted to participate again so here is my progress so far.

My scanner did not do justice to the actual color of the sock. It is green, even though it might look more yellowish. It is going to be alternating k3,p3 pattern with an alternating all k and all p row every three rows. I want to keep it simple because my time is limited on when I can work on the sock.

I'm on the heel flaps

Photo of the first heel flap & the beginning of the second:

Tour de France progress

Hi, here are me prograss socks for the tour. It was the closest to red, white and blue that I came up with. I am just winging it for a pattern. Hoping to get two pair out of it. We shall see. Took Nathan and Katie to Chuck E. Cheese's yesterday for his birthday and he was pooped at the end of it! Looks so cute had to show you. Forgot my knitting too, bummer. Knit like the wind ladies! Go Astana!

Jody

Bamboo socks started

I'm using Cascade Heritage yarn again for Lorraine Ehrlinger's Bamboo socks. I'm enjoying knitting this pattern and like the bamboo in this green yarn. Much prettier emerald green in person than shows in the photo. Thanks, Lorraine, for sharing it with all of us. :)

TDF progress

from yesterday - don't have today's progress photographed yet:

52 week July birthday socks

I finished Adrienne's Menehunes socks in time for the birthday party and Fred has already asked for another pair. I'm happy to knit them with this easy, but interesting pattern. Next pair will be in blue. I made an 8" cuff and 11" soles so needed 5 gms more than the 100 gm skein of Cascade Heritage sock yarn. It took 460 yds for this pair. I have lots of this red yarn so you'll see it again a few more times, but not for a while. :)

Cast on TDF

The cast on for my Tour de France socks. A little while ago I received a skein of Knit Picks Bare, handpainted with green tea in a swap. It is about time, after and still knitting for others mostly that I'd cast on a pair for myself. In a few I will log off and work on it, ha... watching the 3rd stage in the tour - a team time challenge.

Sock progress

These are for a son-in-law.
MC yarn is Red Heart Heart and Sole
CC is Patons Kroy Socks

52 Week Challange - Debbie (Grandma 07)

I have finally finished the 10 stitch blanket :) I used a total of 6 skeins of Mini Mochi in the Neptune colorway. The blanket is 36" across which should be just right to wrap my new Gandbaby in this fall. I started this project in May and finished it July 4th.

a link to Tour de france video

versus

this year you can watch a lot of short clips of the race online.

after stage 1's start in Monaco, our hero Lance was #10, and Fabian Cancellara -spain was #1

then in stage 2 the amazing Brit, from isle of Manx, Mark Cavendish won stage 2 as sprinter.

from short clips today, there was a fierce wind and the pelleton was split up. as a result, Lance
is up at #3 now.