Angee Revisted

For reasons which shall forever remain unknown it has taken me this long to get a photograph of these socks. I rarely repeat patterns but this one deserved an encore.





Specs:
Pattern: Angee from Sock Innovation by Cookie A
Yarn: Sandnesgarn Lanett hand dyed using dye in the skein method
Needles: 1 US Inox dpn's
For: 9.5 womens
Started: September 4, 2009 Finished: March 21, 2010

No mods needed for this pattern. I enjoyed knitting these. They took so long because other projects kept getting in the way.

Legal Scams

I'm finally getting back to blogging after going on a computer-free vacation and resolving DSL issues once I got home. I am often glad that I tend to know more than the average person about computers. I called my service provider's helpdesk to resolve the DSL issue and they ended up wanting to charge me between $99.00 and $249.00, depending on the service plan, to repair the so called problem in my computer. I resolved the problem by re-installing the DSL software. It pisses me off that I pay for the highest speed and they want to charge me when their regular helpdesk can't solve the problem. I can't begin to imagine how many people they have ripped of already.

I'm working on several projects at this time. I still haven't decided on entering the fair. I ordered my entry forms and for some strange reason they sent me a duplicate set. Last year I had planned on entering and it made things much easier because I knitted projects that I was going to enter. This year I've been waffling so much that the time is almost here.

I casted on a sweater for my goddaughter. She won't be able to wear it any time in the near future. It is the Beaded Cardigan from Special Knits by Debbie Bliss. I love all of the designs in this book. This is my third sweater from it and there are a few more designs I would like to make.




I finished the first foot of another pair of Angee socks. These are one of the current pairs in the Sock Innovation Knit-Along. I'm using the Lanett I dyed using the immersion method that was on Monika's blog. I love the way the colors shade from dark to light. I dyed three colorways using this method and I'm so pleased with the way that these are turning out that I'm sure I'll be doing more.



I have a shawl to cast on and maybe one or two other items. I'll be knitting like crazy the next few weeks. With that in mind I plan to do better at documenting and posting my progress. If all goes well I'll have some Christmas presents out of the way.

Have any of you made gloves/fingerless gloves using sock yarn? If so, I'd like to know the pro's and con's as well as some pattern ideas. Thanks for your help.

Another Sock Bites the Dust

Another one down and many more to go. I finished the Angee socks and they do fit mom. She said I could keep them, but I made me a pair of purple Trekking socks earlier this year. This was another great Cookie A pattern.




Specs:

Pattern: Angee from Sock Innovation by Cookie A
Yarn: Sundara Yarn Sock in the original 185 yard put up. No color just a number.
Needles: Knit Picks 1.5 (2.5 mm) dpn's
Size: 10 for mom
Started: April 19, 2009 Finished: April 29, 2009

Love, love, loved knitting this pattern. If you can "read" your knitting you will be able to memorize the pattern. I also loved knitting with the Sundara Sock. It gives excellent stitch definition. I used the same yarn for the Cascading Leaves socks.

Going With the Flow

I'm sitting here watching CSI Miami and knitting away. Knitting steadily and wrong. I got caught up in the show and autopilot knitted when I should have been knitting and slipping. All is back to normal now.

I completed the first foot of Angee last Thursday. (click to enlarge and see the detail of this sock.)


I ordered this Sundara Sock a few years back and don't know if she's changed her base since then. It knits up beautifully and shows stitch definition very well. This is the second time I've used it and I'm enjoying it as much as the first. I knitted mom's Cascading Leaves socks from the same yarn. I have two more skeins in a maroon color that I will use for myself.

I'm in a sock mood at the moment so instead of forcing myself to knit other things I'm to go with the flow for as long as it lasts. Eventually I'll pick up my other projects. There's a shawl to finish and another I want to start on, but for now I'm going to work on what is calling to me.

I've also started reading The Shack by Wm. Paul Young. This book crossed my path three times in one day and I took that as a sign that I should read it. It is a contemporary Christian story and has touched everyone I come in contact with who has read it. I'll give a synopsis once I've finished reading it.

Socks and books. That's it for now.

Frogging

Much as I loved the Rick socks it wasn't meant to be. Those twisted stitches sure do eat up a lot of yardage. More yardage than I had available. I quickly ripped it out and started Angee another pattern from Sock Innovation.


The only problem I'm having now is that I added five additional stitches and after trying the sock on I doubt that it will fit mom. It is rather snug on me. I'm not going to rip these instead I'll keep them for myself and see if I can find a nice shade of purple at Stitches on Friday. If that doesn't work out I'll dye the yarn myself.

I looked over the vendor list today and I'm a little disappointed. It doesn't seem to be as many vendors judging from comments I've read about previous Stitches events. I hope to be pleasantly surprised in Atlanta.