Cool, huh?

Finished Alex's socks (stay tuned for a photo...) and started one of the scarves with my new KnitPicks yarn:

Hmm...might have to take a closer pic so you can see how totally cool it is! The pattern is the Irish Hiking Scarf, it's an easy cabled pattern but looks really neat. Going much more quickly now that I learned to cable without a cable needle. (You can find out more about that here.) A good trick for simple cables!

I *heart* my new yarn!

Ta da!
I had heard and read good things about KnitPicks and decided to order some yarn from them. The prices are almost too good so I didn't know exactly what to expect. Got the yarn yesterday and it is wonderful! Here's a pic, feel free to drool over it, covet it, etc.

I got four skeins each of their "Wool of the Andes" in Hollyberry and Stream. It's a basic wool, but the colors are really pretty. Also four skeins of "Sock Landscape" (100% Merino wool and oh so soft!), two each of Rocky Mountain Dusk and Spring Prairie. Everything is for scarf projects, but I'm going to have to resist making cushy socks from that Merino! (And I can hear Michelle all the way up in Plattsburgh groaning "aaghh, more scarves!" Tee hee!) The colors of the yarns, especially the sock yarn, are much more lively and vibrant than they looked on my monitor and I just love them! Must make myself finish Alex's sock before starting something with my new yarn!

I'm planning on making a couple of these with the solid wools, maybe one for me and one for a gift. And the multicolor yarns for the "Chevron Scarf" from Last Minute Knitted Gifts - love that book! Will post progress soon!

Socktastic

Or is it "Socktacular?"
Well whatever, the point is I love knitting socks! It's getting cool enough in the evenings that we've been breaking out the pairs I knitted last winter and I've been digging through my yarn stash to start working on some more. Not sure what the attraction is, maybe it's that they have enough difficulty to keep my interest (but are still pretty easy) or, most likely, it is the huge array of cool brightly colored and patterned sock yarns available. I usually make a fairly standard top-down pattern, I'm thinking the next pair I might do some sort of pattern or texture on the top and cuff, just for a change. Wait - I still have another single sock to make a mate for first....that'll be after the current one.

Above you'll see the current project (okay, one of three or so on the needles, but currently the only sock) - it is the second sock to a pair I'm making for Alex. I made the first back in the spring and am finally getting around to the mate.

A Blog

Welcome to my blog! I realized I often have something I want to share with friends but am too lazy to send individual emails/photos to everyone. Soooo, here we go, I'll give the blog thing a try. I will do my best to update frequently and want to show off pics of the pooches and my knitting projects. (However, no promises to challenge another friend's ability to post every day! That honor belongs only to her!) To start us off, a cute pic of my boys snoozin' on the couch: