Old Hag socks

Pattern: My own vanilla socks

Yarn: Neeley's Knits in Super sock in Snow White inspired colorway Old Hag

Needles: US Size 1.5 DPNs

Started on: June 18th

Finished on: July 13th

Comments: This is pair # 14 for the year! I could have knit these a lot faster if I didn't get sidetracked and knit other things. I love self striping yarn and seeing each new color knit up. Stripes are easier to match up when the yarn comes with a sidekick skein for cuff, heels, and toes. Another benefit of self striping yarn is I don't have to measure the second sock, I can just count the stripes to make sure they're the same as the first sock.

Two Milos

Pattern: Milo designed by Tikki (size 5)

Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash in colorway 842 Light Iris

Needles: US Size 6

Started on: Jun 1st

Finished on: July 7th

Comments: I did knit this pattern once before about a year or so ago. I knit two so that my girls will have matching vests. I love this pattern, very clever and easy to knit. It also knits quickly assuming you actually work on it. Heh. I knit bigger sizes so that I could use up the yarn and it would fit the girls for longer.

Wildes Meer

 Pattern: Wildes Meer designed by Voolenvine

Yarn: Neeley's Knits in BFL silk in the colorway Dr. Who inspired Time Vortex

Needles: US Size 6

Started on: June 14th

Finished on: July 1st

Comments: This was a easy pattern to follow and very intuitive to knit. I won my game of yarn chicken. I only had 9 grams left at the end. I really enjoyed knitting this. And I love this shawl. It was a great summer knit. I can't wait to wear it!

Kelp Socks

Pattern: Kelp designed by Cookie A, this was originally published as Cookie's Summer Sox. This is still a free pattern, the pay version is only if you want additional sizing.

Yarn: Neeley's Knits in Sparkle Sock in Jade Teacup

Needles: US Size 1.5 DPNs

Started on: June 10th

Finished on: June 21st

Comments: This is pair # 13 for the year. I knitted 4 repeats of the leg pattern and 6 repeats of the foot pattern. These socks knit up really quickly. I am pleased with how well the yarn and pattern compliment each other.

Thunder and Lightning

Pattern: None. This is a simple K3, P1 rib

Yarn: Neeley's Knits in Super Sock Sock Blank In Thunder and Lightning

Needles: US Size 1.5 DPNs

Started on: May 14th

Finished on: June 17th

Comments: This is pair # 12 for the year. I have no idea why these took as long as they did. I guess I just got distracted by all the other projects. It's fun to see how a sock will knit up from a blank. I love seeing how the colors played with each other.

Haku Socks

Pattern: None. Just a basic K3, P1 rib

Yarn: Gynx Yarns in Strong Sport in the colorway Haku

Needles: US Size 3

Started on: May 17th

Finished on: Jun 1st

Comments: This is pair # 11 for the year. This is my second time using Gynx yarns. The colors are really beautiful and they yarn is very squishy. I enjoyed working with this yarn and seeing how it knits up.

Alaskan Nights

Pattern: None

Yarn: Neeley's Knits Super Sock in Alaskan Nights with a sidekick skein in sparkle sock yarn

Needles: US Size 1.5 DPNs

Started on: May 14th

Finished on: May 21st

Comments: I really love this yarn. This is my ideal rainbow. These colors make me so happy. I enjoyed every bit of working with this yarn. I look forward to using the leftovers in my sock yarn scraps memory blanket.

Easy

Pattern: Easy designed my Martina Behm

Yarn: Neeley's Knits in the gradient Mystic Unicorn

Needles: US Size 3

Started on: May 5th

Finished on: May 12th

Comments: I love this shawl so much! I wasn't quite sure how the pattern would look with this gradient, but it turned out fabulous! The pattern is so simple as the name suggests. And it's so clever, so while
mindless, it still kept my interest. I loved seeing each new color appear. This shawlette/scarf makes me so happy! I couldn't stop knitting on this at all. I loved the knitting and also couldn't wait to get the finished project so I can wear it.

Lime Spritzer socks

Pattern: None. My regular K3, P1 rib

Yarn: Neeley's Knits sports weight in Lime Spritzer

Started on: April 27th

Finished on: May 2nd

Comments: These flew off my needles. It was fun to see each new color stripe appear. I really like that the there are thin stripes and thicker stripes. DH claimed these socks before I had even finished the leg of the first sock. So these are his. I always enjoy knitting with my Neeley's Knits yarns. This is pair # 9 for the year. 

Come Together Socks

Pattern: None. My regular K3, P1 rib

Yarn: The Cozy Knitter in Bliss in the colorway Come Together

Needles: US Size 1 DPNs

Started on: April 4th

Finished on: April 27th

Comments: I've not shared this sock progress on the blog. This was a stealth knit as they are a gift for DH.

This was my first time using this yarn from this dyer. When I got close to finishing the first sock, I started to get nervous looking at my yarn. It was the first time ever that I actually worried that there wouldn't be enough yarn left to finish the socks.

I went back to the dyer's Etsy page to check the yardage on the skein. When I started the socks, I had assumed that I would have plenty of yardage. I assumed it was like other yarns I bought from other dyers; where it was a 400 yard skein and that the sidekick skein was also 100 yards. So I thought I had a total of 500 yards, which should be more than enough for a pair of man socks.

Upon actually reading the dyer's description of the yarn, I realized it was 420 yards total for both the main skein and the sidekick skein. And she even wrote that it should be enough yarn to knit up to a size 10.5 socks. Well, DH's sock size is 11. Ack. So I panicked a bit. Then decided to finish the first sock then look at the yarn again.

Luckily these are stripey socks, so I can easily look at the remaining ball and count by looking at the colors as to how many stripes I still needed. I am so happy I had enough to knit the second sock. I even have a little bit leftover that will go into my sock scrap memory blanket.

Dancing Bunnies Socks

 Pattern: None - plain vanilla stockinette socks over 64 stitches

Yarn: Gale's Art in Sock Yarn Blank Dancing Bunnies

Needles: US Size 1.5 DPNs

Started on: April 4th

Finished on: April 14th

Comments: This is pair # 7 for the year. I'm almost caught up. My goal is to knit two pairs of socks per month. I still need to finish one more this month. Hopefully I can reach that goal.

The yardage on this yarn is very generous (463 yards) and I have small feet. So I knew I wouldn't run out of yarn, if I took off the purple on the top. I wanted to start knitting the bunnies right away. I forgot to make a note of how much I wound off/ where I started. So when it came to the second sock, I tried to guess how much to wind off to make matching socks. I was off by quite a bit. But for non self striping socks, I don't really mind that they don't match.

I found the yarn itself to be really soft and nice, but incredibly splitty. So it wasn't as mindless as I would like. I kept having to keep an eye on it because I would constantly split the yarn, then have to tink back to make sure I was knitting the entire strand of yarn. That being said, I am smitten and love the beautiful patterns/stenciled designs in the yarn. It's so fun to see how it will knit up.

Black Waltz Socks

Pattern: None

Yarn: Gynx Yarns Sports Weight in Black Waltz

Needles: US Size 3 DPNs

Started on: April 6th

Finished on: April 13th

Comments: This is pair # 6 for the year. This is my go to plain K3, P1 rib socks. This was my first time using Gynx yarns. I enjoyed knitting with this yarn. It's soft and squishy. I really like this color way.

Dragonfly Wings

Pattern: Dragonfly Wings designed by Boo Knits

Yarn: Lamb and Wolf in 80% wool and 20% angora fingering weight in the colorway Sapphire City

Needles: US Size 6, 7, 8, and 9

Started on: March 31st

Finished on: April 2nd

Comments: I was completely enchanted by both the pattern and the yarn. It felt like it just knit itself up. I'm not usually one who likes small shawls, but I really love the ones with long ends that you can just wrap yourself up in them. This was such a fun knit, and this yarn was lovely and soft to work with. These colors are so beautiful and are very me. I'm so happy to have this new shawlette to wear.

Twitterpated

Pattern: None

Yarn: Neeley's Knits Sports weight in Twitterpated

Needles: US Size 3 DPNs

Started on: Feb. 7th

Finished on: Mar. 26th

Comments: This is a plain K3, P1 rib. There's no good reason why this sock took me this long to knit. I just kept putting it down in favor of other projects. I'm glad to have this one off the needles. I think I finally hunkered down and finished it because I really wanted a new pair of socks for me.

Shaelyn

Pattern: Shaelyn designed by Leila Raabe

Yarn: Lara Smoot Designs Gradient in Pretty In Pink

 Needles: US Size 6

Started on: Mar. 1st

Finished on: Mar. 19th

Comments/Modifications: I knit one extra repeat of the main pattern. I knit all the repeats the same. I didn't do the different stitch in the last repeat as the pattern stated, because I forgot to. I don't think it's anything noticeable.

I always enjoy working with gradients and see the color progression. It makes me knit faster to get to the next color. This was a fun shawl to knit, most of it is mindless and makes for great TV knitting.

198 Yards of Heaven

Pattern: 198 Yards of Heaven

Yarn: Neeley's Knits in Worsted Superwash merino/camel blend in Mean Girls inspired We Wear Pink On Wednesdays

Needles: US Size 8

Started on: Mar 11th

Finished on: Mar 13th

Comments: I only had 200 yards of this yarn, so it seemed like the perfect project. I'm not usually into little shawls, but this one is really pretty.

This is one of the first Neeley's Knits yarns purchases. It was my first time using camel yarn. It's incredibly soft and has a tiny bit of fuzziness to it.  The colors will also suit DD # 1, so this one will be hers.

Into the Woods

Pattern: Into the Woods designed by Marva

Yarn: Neeley's Knits in Super Sock in Light Grey

Needles: US Size 4

Started on: Feb. 26th

Finished on: Mar 11th

Comments: I had the privilege to test knit this beautiful owl shawl. It's an enjoyable knit.
The yarn is one that I got custom dyed from Neeley's Knits. I love how squishy and soft this yarn is to work with. I'm very happy with how well the yarn and pattern play together.

Also if you haven't already, you should check out this pattern on Ravelry. Marva's generously offered it for free.

TGV

 Pattern: TGV designed by Stitchnerd - The pattern is named after the high speed train in France

Yarn: Schoppel-Wolle Crazy Zauberball in colorway 1699

Needles: US Size 6

Started on: Feb. 16th

Finished on: Feb. 21st

Comments/Modifications: I knit the pattern as written. I love the way the yarn striped, especially in the border. The pattern was easily memorized and very fast to knit up. I played yarn chicken and lost. I ran out of yarn 50-60 stitches left in the bind off row. I found some Zitron Trekking yarn in my stash that matched closely and finished in that.

Galaxy Socks

Pattern: None. These are just stockinette socks over 60 stitches.

Yarn: Neeley's Knits Sock Yarn Blank in the Sparkle Base in Galaxy

Needles: US size 1.5

Started on: Feb. 4th

Finished on: Feb 13th

Comments: I really enjoyed knitting from a sock yarn blank. It was fun to see how the colors were going to knit up. 

Blue Gradient socks

 Pattern: None. This is just a basic K3, P1 sock over 48 stitches.

Yarn: Neeley's Knits Sports in Blue Gradient

Needles: US Size 3 DPNs

Started on: Feb. 4th

Finished on: Feb. 7th

Comments: These socks knit up so quickly, I didn't even have a chance to blog about them before they were finished. This is my favorite basic sock. And I love how fast sports weight socks knit up. Self striping is serious potato chip knitting. I can't wait to see each new stripe appear.