WIP Wednesday

 Trillian - I started a gradient shawl. I'm soooo close to getting to that second color. I can't wait!

Psychedelic Flowers - I'm planning on starting a pair of socks out of this sparkle sock yarn blank. The photo only shows half of the blank. The other half is just a repeat of these same four flowers. I'm so excited to see how these will knit up.


Old Hag socks - No photo of this one. I'm on the gusset decrease of the second sock, so very close to finishing this pair.

WIP Wednesday

Milo - I actually finished a 5 year old size already, for some reason it never made it on the blog. Either way it's drying now. And I started a new Milo in the same yarn and same colorway as the one I just finished. This one I'm knitting in the 3 year old size. These two will be for my girls.








Old Hag socks - These are plain vanilla socks, they are mostly on hold until I finish the Milos. I have been putting a row in here and there. Once the Milo is finished this will become my primary knitting. It should go quickly once I can focus on them, since I'm already on the second sock.

WIP Wednesday

It's been so hot lately, so I haven't been knitting that much this month.

I started the second Old Hag sock. These are vanilla socks. It's fun to watch each new stripe knit up.

I am still working on my shawl, although progress has been very slow.

WIP Wednesday

 I am trying to avoid second sock syndrome, so I have two second socks on the needles.

The top sock is a plain K3, P1 rib sock.

The bottom sock is Neeley's Knits yarn in the sparkle sock base in the colorway Jade Teacup. The pattern is Kelp designed by Cookie A. It was originally published as Cookie's Summer Sox and is still available for free. I think the pay pattern is just if you want more sizes.

All I've been knitting lately are socks and my memory blanket. I really started to crave and miss knitting lace and shawls. So I decided to ease my way back into lace/shawl knitting.

I picked the Wildes Meer shawl because it's very pretty, but is small and looks like it will knit up quickly. It calls for fingering weight yarn and has one of my favorite features - a knitted on border.

I'm so excited about this shawl.... I can't wait to finish it! I did have one false start due to my own fault and being rusty since I haven't knit lace or shawls in awhile. I'm on track now so it's all good.

WIP: 86 squares

I can't stop working on this blanket. I'm up to 86 squares now. The second photo shows the blanket on a full sized bed to show scale.  I really love this blanket. It's mindless knitting, but because I get to use different colored yarns it holds my interest.

WIP: 76 squares

I spent most of the second half of May working on this blanket. It's super addicting to knit on. I'm up to 76 squares! I really love how this is turning out. I did some math and I think I will need at least 336 squares for it to be the size I would like. So I have quite a long ways to go on this.

WIP Wednesday

I started my second plain sock in the Neeley's Knits self striping super sock in the colorway Alaskan Nights. This is my perfect rainbow. I love these socks so much. As I knit on them I find myself singing the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse song from the episode Minnie's Rainbow: "Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, don't forget there's purple too".











I also started a pair of plain K3, P1 ribbed socks in Gynx Yarns in the strong sock base in the colorway Haku.

WIP Wednesday

I've been monogamously knitting on my Easy scar/shawlette. My wrist was starting to hurt, so I'm not knitting as much as I usually do, trying to give myself a break.  The pattern is so addicting to knit. And is so cleverly written. The rows are easy to memorize, so it's a mindless knit. I love how this pattern and the gradient yarn look together.

This yarn is Neeley's Knits in the gradient Mystic Unicorn. The yarn isn't exactly how I thought it would look knit up, but I think it's turned out better than I imagined. Heh.

Also DD # 1 came over to inspect my knitting. She asked to touch the shawl, and when she did she exclaimed it was so soft! Then she asked to touch the ball of yarn, and said this is so soft also! And then she told me how much she loves purple. Hahaha... I think it's a hint that she's probably going to try to steal the shawl when it's done.

Black Hole of Knitting

I started Juno Regina a month or so ago and haven't really worked on it. I picked it back up again a few days ago and got through the lace portion fairly quickly.

Now I'm slogging through the black hole of knitting, which as it turns out, is a two row repeat that never ends.  (It's a free pattern, so it really doesn't matter if I tell you how it's knit. You can find it on Knitty.) I've figured out that I have to reserve 15 grams to knit the lace portion at the end. That means I still have 83 grams of laceweight on size 4's to knit this two row repeat... And my ball of yarn never shrinks....

WIP: socks

I started another sock yarn blank. This one is one of a kind from Neeley's Knits in super sock in Thunder and Lightning. The top photo was taken after I knit the first sock. So I don't have a good photo of the entire blank.

I really love the colors in this one and how it's knitting up. It wasn't what I expected, but I feel that's part of the fun in knitting these blanks. I'm using the waffle rib pattern from my SKS book.

The pattern shows up a bit better in person then in the photo. The yarn does compete with the pattern a  little bit, but I don't mind because I really like the texture it's creating. And after knitting all those mindless socks, it's fun to knit a patterned sock, especially one that's easily memorized.

WIP: Second Socks

 All I'm working on are second socks.

I'm almost done with the leg of my second Dancing Bunnies Socks. The second photo shows how much I have left of the sock blank. I did wind off some of the yarn, to try to start around the same place as my first sock. I didn't do it too accurately, as I can tell that I'm going to be off. But that's fine, I don't mind that these socks won't be matchy matchy.

I'm working on the foot of a second sock of my other plain socks. This one is just a K3, P1 rib in Gynx Yarns Sports weight in the colorway Black Waltz. This one is knitting up quickly as it's sports weight. I think I'll have this one done in a couple of days. I'm excited to have a new pair of socks!

WIP: Sock blank

I started knitting vanilla socks from the Dancing Bunnies sock yarn blank. The first picture only shows half of the sock blank. The second picture shows the full sock blank. So you can see how it's possible to get two close to identical socks if you wanted to.

I wanted to start knitting the bunnies right away.  I also have tiny feet. So I knew I could cut out the first purple section and part of the white section and still have enough yarn left to knit the socks for myself. (Don't worry the purple and white section I cut out won't go to waste. I saved them so that they will be knit into my sock yarn memory blanket.)

I love how cute the bunnies are on this sock blank. The blips of yellow, pink and purple are how the bunnies knit up into the sock. It's fun to see how the pops of color will appear on the sock.

WIP: Tiny Tea Leaves

I've been sick, so I haven't been knitting too much. I decided to make the Tiny Tea Leaves Cardigan for the girls. I finished the body of the first one. It still needs sleeves and the button band. I decided to knit the body of the second one. (No photo of the second one because I barely started it.) And when that's finished I'll knit the sleeves for both cardigans and the button bands.

I also started a pair of socks, but they are barely cast on, so no photo of that one either.

WIP: This and That

My knitting is a bit of randomness lately. It's a bit of this and that. I found some languishing UFOs that I'd like to finish up.

Juno Regina - I just started this yesterday. So there's not much to see yet. I finished the first chart. The yarn I'm using is the lovely Lorna's Laces in Helen's Laces in Cranberry. This lives in my sheepy project bag. 

Hitchhiker - I re-found this older project recently and put a few more rows on it. I don't remember why I put it aside in the first place. The yarn is Neeley's Knits in BFL/Silk in Elsa's Ice Castle. This lives in my cats project bag. 

Cinder Block socks - This is another knit that I re-found. I really love this yarn and color. It's Claudia's Handpainted yarns in fingering weight in Blue Ridge Blue. This lives in my daytime owls bag.

Twitterpated - No photo of this one, because I'm ashamed to say that I didn't work on it at all since last week. This lives in my nighttime owls bag. 

WIP

Shaelyn -This yarn is Lara Smoot Designs in Pretty in Pink colorway. It's a beautiful gradient yarn. I'm getting so close to the part where it changes to the new color. Must knit faster! So far I've knit 3 repeats of the main chart of the shawl. I'm really enjoying knitting on this shawl.

Twitterpated - It's pitiful how little work I put in on this sock this week. The only time I've worked on it was waiting in line at the DMV. It's my basic K3, P1 ribbed socks on Neeley's Knits Sports weight in the Twitterpated colorway. This is the second sock. I hope to put a real dent in it and at least be on the heel turn or foot by next week. 

WIP: Owls!

I've been working monogamously on the test knit owls shawl. It's going smoothly now. I've used up 2 entire balls of yarn. And I'm in the final stretch and have 13 rows left to knit. I'm so excited and can't wait to block it. I love the way the snowy owls look!

WIP: Knitting ADD

Because I had so much ripping and thinking for my primary knitting project, the snowy owls; I felt the need to have many simpler projects on the needles.

1) I cast on for another TGV. This time I'm using Neeley's Knits Super sock base gradient yarn Mystic Unicorn. I've also been really wanting to use a gradient yarn again. This is the perfect mindless knit. I love seeing how this yarn is going to knit up. I can't wait to get to some of that blue in the middle.


2) Because TGV wasn't enough, I also cast on for Shaelyn. This shawl has been in my queue forever. I'm using mt newly purchased yarn, Lara Smoot Designs in the Pretty in Pink colorway. I love these colors. Yay for more gradient yarn! I love me some purples and pinks! This project is so girly and pretty! I love it so much!

3)  I'm still chugging away on my Twitterpated socks. I finally finished the first sock and am starting the second one.

4) Very little progress on my Twinkle Twinkle Baby blanket. It's coming along slowly.

5) No progress on my Elongated corded rib socks this week, so no photo of this.

So many projects to knit, so little time.

WIP: Girly Colors

Everything I'm currently knitting seems to be in really girly colors. Sorry the photos turned out a bit on the dark side, but I only had time in the evening to take the pictures.

1) Twinkle Twinkle Blanket - I saw this pattern and fell in love with it. The pattern is for a baby blanket, but I want to make it into a large lap blanket. I'm using The Loopy Ewe in their solid series in the colorway Blush. The first few rows were quite fiddly, but once I got past them, things got much easier. I think it will be even faster after I move them onto circular needles.

2) Flax - I barely started this sweater. I'm knitting the 2-4 year old size. I'm using Cascade 220 superwash yarn in the colorway 842.













3) Twitterpated socks- This is my go to pattern. It's K3, P1 ribbing in Neeley's Knits Sports weight sock yarn in the Twitterpated colorway. These blue, purples and greens are my favorite colors all together.

WIP Wednesday

TGV - This shawl is named after the high speed train in France because of how fast it knits up.

I'm knitting this shawl in the aptly named Crazy Zauberball in the colorway 1699. I'm really enjoying how low maintenance the shawl is. There's no need to keep track of the number of stitches. When you use up a certain percentage of the yarn, is when you start the edging. It maximizes the ball of yarn, so you can use the most yardage. I'm also really enjoying seeing what new color pops up next.

Elongated Corded rib socks - I'm getting back to knitting more socks out of the SKS book. It's not a difficult pattern, but I do have to keep track of where I am.  These colors are super girly. It's Neeley's Knits Super Sock in My Little Pony inspired Star Song. This stitch pattern reminds me of little frosting decorations that is often seen on cakes. mmmm....cake.....

WIP Wednesday

I'm knitting a pair of socks out of the Galaxy Ink Blot Blank in Neeley's Knits Sparkle sock yarn base. I love how this looks in the blank.... I wasn't sure exactly how it was going to knit up, but I think it looks consistent enough throughout that it would look good as a pair of socks.

I absolutely love how it looks as a plain vanilla sock. I'm glad it kept it's spacey vibe as a sock. I actually enjoy knitting from a sock blank, because it's so easy to just fold it up and put it away. I don't have to worry about tangling or anything like that and it takes up less space then a ball of yarn.