Posted: August 28th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: bmfa socks that rock, koigu kpppm, projects: abandoned socks (anastasia), projects: abandoned socks (msf), projects: abandoned socks (rainbow), projects: abandoned socks (trekking), shibui knits, socks, things i knit, trekking xxl, yarn i use | Tags: craft, crafty, knit, knits in progress, knitting, second sock syndrome, sock knitting, socks | 1 Comment »
So, I go back to school in about a week, and to prepare I’ve been trying to clean my apartment and get rid of clutter, so that I start off on the right foot. (I am really, really bad at cleaning when I have schoolwork to do.)
One of the things I ended up doing was going through my shelves and tidying things up, which is when I discovered this:
Three pairs of socks, in various stages of seriously-almost-finished-ness, hiding in the bookcase. One of these pairs is finished except for the grafting, the other two consist of a full finished sock and a second sock knit to the heel. This is just embarrassing.
It also means that, for the next little while, I’m going to be putting my sweater projects on hold, and working on these pairs (plus the pair I started this month with my MSF yarn). My goal is to have them all finished and in my sock drawer sometime in the very, very near future. It’ll be great – I’ll have warm toes, a cleaner apartment, and I can start all the new projects I’ve been dreaming about (more on those later) with a clear conscience.
Posted: July 22nd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: bmfa socks that rock, projects: stockinette socks, socks, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: bmfa, craft, crafty, handmade, knit, knitters without border, knitting, socks, socks that rock, stockinette socks | 2 Comments »
I suppose I should blog this, since progress on my cardigan is going, but not as dramatic as I’d like. These are the socks that sprung from the Knitters Without Borders yarn, a few weeks ago.
They’re – actually, having put them away and taken them out after a break, they are not as bad as I remembered them being. But the pooling is pretty vicious, and I don’t think there’s really anything to be done about that.
However, the yarn itself is fantastic. This is my first time knitting with BMFA Socks that Rock, and I am really enjoying working with it. It feels nice in my hands, and I’m hoping it holds up well to washing and wearing, because it’d be lovely to have an excuse to work with it again.
Song of the Entry: Cash Cash – Party in Your Bedroom (Listen)
Posted: July 14th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: bmfa socks that rock, malabrigo, yarn i use | Tags: blue moon fiber arts, knitting, malabrigo, malabrigo lace, wool, yarn, yarn pr0n | 3 Comments »
Since finishing my socks, I have – not startitis, per se, but a couple of different projects started this weekend that I’m hoping will get me through the next few weeks and a trip home at the end of the month.
The yarn above is Socks That Rock Mediumweight, in Knitters Without Borders. Which, tragically, is turning out to be one of those colourways that looks much, much better in the skein, but whatever. I kind of saw that coming, and it’s kind of a cool idea – a couple dollars from the proceeds of this colourway go to MSF.
I’ve also started something with this, and I’m very excited about it – that’s Malabrigo Lace, in Azul Bolita, and it’s exactly as blue as it looks in that picture. Expect a lot of Tobias Funke jokes.
Song of the Entry: Mest – Cadillac (Listen)
