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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.....

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. 

Fern and Fairies Socks

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

Yarn: Neeley's Knits Sports in Fern and Fairies

Needles: US Size 3 DPNs

Started on: Jan. 3rd

Finished on: Jan. 29th

Comments: I love how soft and smooshy Neeley's Knits yarns are. The striping was different then I expected, but still very pretty. I love how fast sports weight yarn knits up.  If I was a monogamous knitter, I probably could have finished these in one week.

Socks

I have socks on the brain. I've been itching to start some new socks.

I started is Glynis from Sock Innovation in the Neeley's Knits MCN sock weight in Smelly Cat. This yarn reminds me more of Anna from Frozen, then Smelly Cat from Friends.

Or maybe because Anna is the favorite doll in the house right now, I was subconsciously drawn and inspired to knit this yarn up. Haha.. I really love these color and am excited to see how it will knit up into socks.

I started some man socks. It's been a long time since I made a pair of socks for someone that isn't me. Heh. The yarn is Zen Yarn Serenity Hound of Baskervilles using the Spectator socks pattern. I'm hoping that a pattern that isn't too plain and isn't too difficult will be just the thing to keep me from getting too bored on these.

Last but not least is my Fern and Fairies sock which is Neeley's Knits sports weight yarn. I decided to do my favorite basic rib, which is K3, P1. This is another one where I'm excited to see how it will knit up in socks.

Jack socks

I knit this based on my own plain sock formula.

Yarn: Neeley's Knits Super sock in Nightmare Before Xmas Inspired colorway Jack with sidekick skein in sparkle sock in a dark purple. 

Needles: US 2

Started on: Sept. 5th

Finished on: Jan. 3rd

Comments: This is my first project of 2016! I love self striping sock yarn! It's much easier to match the stripes when you use contrasting yarn for the cuff, heel and toe. I love the colors of this sock. It only took a long time to knit because I put it aside to knit other projects.

WIP Wednesday: socks

 I started a pair of worsted weight socks with a simple K3, P1 ribbing. These should go quickly.












I also started another pair of Halloween self striping socks. These are Nightmare Before Xmas inspired in the colorway Jack. I love these so much. Self striping yarn makes me so happy. There are just plain vanilla socks.

Openwork Rib socks

 Pattern: Openwork Rib socks from SKS

Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd sock in Georgetown

Needles: US Size 2 DPNs

Started on: Aug. 8th

Finished on: Sept. 12th

Comments: This is one of my older sock yarns that's been in my stash for a long time. The yarn can be a bit splitty, but I love the colors it comes in. I'm not sure why it took me so long to knit this pair up. The pattern was easy to memorize. The pattern and yarn matched better than I expected.