Anne's Socks
It was a busy week getting ready for Thanksgiving. When I had a chance to knit I worked on DIL Anne's socks. This picture was taken this morning. It's now evening and both heels have been turned.
The Fluted Banister Pattern is easily memorized and perfect for short spurts of knitting.
I'm having a frustrating time trying to get a photo of the Opal Handpaint 12 that looks anything like the actual yarn. The actual yarn is vibrant shades of blue with accents of bright purple. The light looking spots are the purple.
I took pictures with the flash and pictures in the natural light and pictures in the sunlight. None of them did the yarn justice. It's the most beautiful, lush sock yarn I have ever knit and I long to show it off to my readers, so I won't give up.
When the socks are done, hopefully by the end of next week, I will try a few more lighting options. Any suggestions on how to make the photo better?
CIC Firefighter Socks
The socks for the Six Sock Knitalong CIC contest are finished, washed, and ready to mail out.
They were knit from Kim Salazar's Firefighter pattern using 30 stitches on #5 needles with Cascade Quatro 100% wool.
Barbie Twisted Aran
No knitting progress on the Barbie Aran. In fact, I'm planning to frog it and start over again.
I sat down one afternoon and redid the front on paper, adding four more stitches across and planning a better transition between the body and lower ribbing.
There are moments of sanity when I wonder why I decided to knit something so complex for my first Barbie pattern. It's possible that after a few more good nights sleep I will decide this project was not a good idea and knit Barbie something much simpler.
No new projects on the needles this week. My new Opal solids are calling to me. They want me to design some socks using the solids and leftover self-patterning Opal in combination. I'm looking forward to doing that and plan to post the patterns.
Wow! All of your projects are just lovely! I knit up some CIC socks for the last "contest" but wasn't feeling inspired until I saw your blog1 Thanks for giving me the inspiration to cast on a pair or two of the firefighter socks for CIC this week! Love the pocket vest too!~ My to-do list grows so fast everytime I am online!
ReplyDeleteThanks Maureen. I know all about that expanding list of knitting projects. Hopefully it means we are having fun with our knitting as well as doing a little bit of good in the world with our CIC socks.
ReplyDeleteHope you have time to knit some before the contest ends. But even if they're done after the the contest is over, they will still keep some cold little feet warm.