Aug progress

Not sure if anyone sees the socks on the right. I started these while waiting for Carter to be born. He is 4 days old in these pictures.

Yes, I made the hat, the booties, and the blanket.



More details on the socks later. A certain Grandson is wanting to be held by his Grandma.

12/12/12boy for August

Hi, here is my August socks! I used Malabrigo sock yarn in Ochre on 2.25mm's. I like this pair very much. It is the Margarita Summer sock from the 50 Socks 50 States cd. (Back to the Vegas ones now!) The second picture is a more accurate color.

footie sock to share

I saw a footie sock on rav which "spoke to me", but the pattern was in German. Oh dear! I wrote to the designer and asked if it ever becomes available in English, I would love to knit a pair. She immediately replied (in beautiful English) and kindly sent me her pattern. As Adrienne knows from helping me improve the fit of socks the past 2 years, I have struggled to keep the heels from twirling on my feet. I wear a US6 AAA with a 5A heel. If you have narrow feet, a high arch, and are a novice sock knitter, THIS is the pattern for you! :) I used some crock pot dyed Patonyle and weighed the first sock at 22 gms finished. Nice to have a pattern for future luxury yarn purchases that I know fits and doesn't take much yardage.

If you want to contact the designer, her name is Claudia Tietze and her rav name is Trametes 1971. The name of the pattern is sommerliche sneaker socken. This is a great pattern and the only change I made was to use a 6 pointed star toe which fits me better than the standard toe. Thankfully, Adrienne told me how to do that when helping me with the fitting tweaks last year. :) Danke schon, Claudia AND Adrienne. :)

I know I will be making more of these and my feet will be very happy. Can't you just see a pair in mini-mochi rainbow?!!!! I can hardly wait. Just need to get more MM.

Yankee Fox Mike airshow socks

I am finally posting the socks I knit to match the bottom of our plane. They are part of Fred's red, white and blue birthday socks present. The yarn is Dream in Color Starry in "Romeo Blue" and difficult to do justice in my photograph. The sparkles are much prettier in person. I used almost the entire skein. The pattern is by Traci Heiner and called Great Gansey Socks. The yarn softens a lot after washing and it is nice to wear.

mini mochi socks for Fred 12/12/12

I finished another pair of "rainbow coast" socks for Fred using Lorraine's bamboo sock pattern which is a favorite to knit and to wear. Mini mochi for the cuffs which took one skein. I like the fraternal look (which is lucky) and did the same for the other pair with my dyed orange knit pick bare for below the ankles. The orange ones have cuffs using Anne Hanson's Gridiron pattern. I'm including these pics so you can compare them to the ones with the blue below the ankles. :) The blue rainbows are for my August 12/12/12 entry. I love this mini mochi yarn and it is never boring to use. I definitely need to get more of it since these socks are quickly becoming Fred's "go to" socks when he goes to a meeting.

August socks...

A pair that is going to travel, to help out a friend... Started them on Aug 10, finished them 20 minutes ago.

Used yarn is Red Heart - Heart & Sole, 2 balls. ( approx 390 yards from the 426 yards used. )

New Socks Started

I've started 2 new pair of socks. The first is Escalator Socks which I am knitting in Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Select Semi Solids in Wisteria. The second pair is Staggered Rib Socks for which I am using Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport Multi in Green Valley, a yummy soft variegated green/yellow/blue. I'm also continuing to work on the Anthemium Wrap and will try to upload a new progress photo soon.

all caught up!

i think.

if you finished your july project, please check to make sure that you have an "L" after your name.

if you finished your ufo for the dog days ufo kal, please check that there is a number after your name.

i have been a total slacker.

stealth projects: 1 7/8 out of 3 done! =)

August project done

Yesterday I started a sweater. I was a bit bored...and it was a speedy project for sure. Finished it five minutes ago... 528 yards of yarn was used in this sweater.

Finished Project for August

I finally had a chance to block the Chalice Baby Blanket. It only took 3 skeins (600 yards) of Plymouth Encore Colorspun. Although all 3 skeins had the same color and dye lot numbers, the first skein I used was quite different. I didn't realize it until I was well into the second skein and I didn't want to rip it all back. I think the lys where I bought the yarn had put the wrong band on the skein, but it was too late to do anything about it. I am sure the baby who receives this (granddaughter of friends) will love it anyway.

Dog Days KAL

I can't even remember when I started this hoodie for Haley, my granddaughter. I have enough yarn left to make her a pair of socks to match.... The pattern is #3115 from Sirdar. I used Snuggly Magic DK yarn and size 5 needles on the sweater and size 3 on the borders. I think she will love it ! I am so excited because I finished the 12/12/12 in time - yahoo! I thought I had till the end of the month for the sweater and then I read the details and oops....August 5th. I made that deadline too. Yepee! I'm on a roll :) Happy Knitting Renee' aka yoyosocksister

spitzbergen

i was determined to finish spitzbergen for the dogs days of summer ufo kal. i did procrastinate on the photos too. LOL! will need to take better ones later.

middle of clue 4 of 6

here it is finished and blocked

and all those white looking dots are beads.

i totally do NOT know how to get photos off of the new flickr format. i give up.

adrienne with 3 stealth projects are needing to be done by the end of august. one down, two to go.

Where did time ago?

Dang another month slipped away. Being in a few days I am gonna be a Grandma I thought I should make a few more items. Then my daughters friend is also gonna have a little one. So baby booties and hats mode I went to.

My son asked if I could make a pair of camo booties for Carter (yes, my grandson's name). Gee ask and it will happen.
But then had to make a pair for the other baby also. Every male that has seen the camo booties turns to mush. I highly recommend making them to please the males. My son is taking the Camo booties to the hospital.

This was the beginning of the booties. I played with some CPY I happen to have here. The brown is Bunny Hop, the black is Puffin. Both worked up really nice in these. Yes, again made more than one pair from a skein of yarn.

Finally finished a baby blanket that I started wow way back in maybe March. This blanket took many trips with me. It was what I grabbed most times leaving the house. Including 2 trips to Calif.


Here Aran and Lace Baby Blanket is complete. Oh and more booties and hats. Again a camo to make my son happy.
Some items made the future parents came over and took the items home with them before I could snap a photo. Silly kids.

Oh and in case one did not hear....Carter will be born in a few days, so I guess I can make more stuff.

dog days of summer ufo kal rules

dog days of summer ufo kal will start june 5, 2010 and will end august 5, 2010.

rules will be simple.
1. post a picture of your ufo in current condition. would prefer projects which are not more than 2/3 completed.
2. post a picture of your finished ufo.
3. no ufo? no problem. just post a progress picture of your new project. post a picture of your finished project.
4. label your posts with "dog days kal."
5. no double dipping with 12m/12p/12boy kal.

anyone else want to play? leave a comment! =D

7/20/10 eta that i am too lazy to repost on sidebar so am "tacking" this post to the top of the blog. my BAD!!!!

12m/12p/12boy - August 2010 In Progress - Brenda (Owlsrook)

August in Progress Photo - Grape Vine Scarf in Chrystal Palace - Panda Wool - Strawberry. Really like this pattern, it is quick to knit, pretty, and easy lace.
Will probably be a gift for Teen Grand Daughter Meaghan who loves pink.

Brenda in Alberta
Owlsrook on Ravelry

July and Dog Days finished--finally!

I finally finished the Absorba bathmat for the UFO KAL. I think I have enough cotton to make another but it is going to have to wait til my wrists recover.

Started: June 30
Finished: July 29
Yarn: Peaches n' Creme Ecru

I also finished my July socks.

Started: July 2
Finished: July 13
Yarn: Wollmeise 80/20 Birkenrinde
Other stuff: 76sts with 8"cuffs on 2.5mm needles

Now to finish what I am working on to start the August project. :)

Dog Days Finish

Blah, this was a grueling shawl, but I finally finished it last night. A year in the making! I started it in June 2009.

Wildflower Meadow by Renee Leverington
Size 4 Needles
Yarn Fairy Goddess Lace - 1372.8 yards

12m/12p/12boy - First August Finish

I finished my August SKA challenge by Chrissy Gardiner. The main color (grey) is Plymouth Yarn's happy feet solids. CC 1 at the toe is Brown Sheep Wildfoote, CC 2 is Trekking, CC3 is Lorna's laces Shepherd sock, CC4 is Dream in Color Starry.
Needles US #1.5/2.5 mm worked with 2 circulars.

Shown in front of the first nasturtiums I've grown in years. I'd always been too busy for gardening.

Dog Days cowl

Hi, Here is my Wham Bamm Cowl in Lion Brand. It is the super chunky. I modified the pattern adn ripped it out and Co'd 20 instead of 25. It used the whole skein 87 yards. It was hard to figure out how to take a picture of me wearing it. This is as close as I got. I will post on my rav profile another picture when someone else gets home. It feel really weird wearing this chunky cowl in summer with a tank top!

July Project

Knitpicks Dancing, size 0 needles, 68 stitches. Farbe 23587, Partie 61880. Used up 504 yards. Would have had another yard, but the cat ate the yarn again - not because he liked this type (he's never chewed cotton before) but because I moved him off the book I was using. Pattern mainly Cat Bordhi's Upstream socks.

I know, I said I was not doing socks this time. And I am not responsible for the color - if you remember, I wrote that husband did not want more socks. I was boxing some yarn to send to a new home, and husband grabbed these balls out. He said, "These don't feel like wool. Why are you getting rid of them?" Answer: because they are cotton and you picked them, and I won't wear them. Response: Gee, these would be nice socks. Me: Do you want another pair. Well, you can guess the answer, and he wanted them as long as possible. So here they are.

Next month, something different for sure - I'm stuck with jury duty and they do not allow knitting needles (or crochet hooks, or needles). So, since the previous washcloth stash went to a fund raiser for animals, I'll take in dishcloth cotton and chopsticks. I'll also take in some pencils, so if they confiscate the chopsticks, I'll use the pencils. If they take the pencils, they better take every pencil from everyone, or I'm raising a fuss. So if you don't hear from me next month, see if a 60+ woman in Milwaukee has gone to jail for disturbing the jury duty peace.