Vera Knee Socks
Pattern: my own – for my huge calves!
Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock in “Vera”, 2 skeins and a bit
Needles: US 0 Clover dpns
Finished: November 24, 2005
I’ve got a good feeling about these staying up – I put a bunch of elastic in (more than in the photo):
On a completely unrelated note, I picked up these patterns for the cutest animals ever!
I was thinking of using my handspun – although white, that’d felt for sure!
Argh! I keep wanting to blog, but the time, she flies!
Today I went to the Yarn Store (the Big One in town) to return some yarn, buy some yarn, and just shop. As usual, I became a bit overwhelmed by it all. Usually I’ll find some nice stuff, but I’ll hem and haw and put it back. I find it so uninspiring in there…anyway, onto the goods. I managed to walk out with the yarn I needed (a skein of Butterfly cotton) and a teeny bit of silk.
And bonus, I only paid $9 after returning some yarn! The Butterfly cotton was for a you-know-what…
Obviously it’s not 100% accurate, but whatever.
I also stopped by Zellers on the way home and picked up some cotton for my mom’s bolero, TLC Cotton Plus. By the way, Zellers has a wayyyy better yarn selection than Wal-Mart, at least between the two I visited. Fancy acrylic over at Zellers.
Last but not least, Christmas present socks for my sister.
Aren’t the stripes nifty? I want some of the blue/green colourway for myself. Anyway, this pic was taken earlier this evening, before and hour of tv, so I’m just about done! One to tick off the list…many to go.
I wanted to post this earlier, but I was trying to post the photos through flickr and couldn’t make it work! It’s not accepting my username/password, which I use to access my blog files normally (ie. upload photos via FTP). It’s not taking my wordpress admin login name either. WTF? Little help?
Anyway, fresh and not so fresh off the needles.
Not so fresh:
Pattern: my own top-down raglan (yeah, I know it looks like glampyre’s, which is cool with me)
Yarn: Patons Classic Wool, 4 skeins
Needles: Denise US7
Finished: November 6, 2005
This sweater’s just right. Cozy, black, easy to wear. Not so good – horrible pilling after only two wears. Sigh. I need to find a good, sturdy, non-pilling yarn for a basic sweater – any ideas? Doesn’t need to be next-to-the-skin soft, since I’d be wearing at least one shirt underneath it anyway. I was thinking maybe Peace Fleece…
Fresh off the needles:
Pattern: basic sock, 64 stitches, short-row heel
Yarn: knitpicks sock garden in “star gazer lily”
Needles: Clover 2.25 mm dpn
Finished: November 10, 2005
I’m almost completely done one of the vera knee socks! Then just the toe on the first one left to go. Another off the needles soon, I hope!