Sockaholic

I recently had a back injury so I couldn't do much. I could knit though, so I went nuts making socks. Here are two pairs, the pink stripey ones are my daughter's and the green and blue stripey ones are for me!!

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Little Knitter!!

My son seems to have gotten the crafty gene, every time I am scrapbooking or stamping, he always wants to make something too! When I started to learn to knit I never thought he would take an interest in that, but...

Here he is concentrating very hard, making sure the stitches are just right. They aren't, of course, but it makes me happy that he wants to try new things. Plus he's just so darn cute ;o)
















GREEN SOCKS

Knit Picks was having a sale a while back and my son fell in love with this green yarn. He thought he was going to make the socks himself but when the yarn came, he thought it was better if I made them for him! Here they are:

Happy Mother's Day

My hubby surprised me with 18 beautiful yellow roses, they're so lovely.


My son made me this at school:


He did a great job. Now my plan for the day is to knit, knit, knit :o) I may not even get dressed today! Hope everyone has a great mother's day.

May Socks

I've been working on these off and on for a month or so and they're finally done! Whew! They are the Baby Cable Rib pattern from the Sensational Knitted Socks book. I bought the yarn at a small fiber festival we had here in my town from Oregon Trail Natural Fibers. I loved the color and I really love the pattern. Hope you like them.



Here is a close up of the stitch pattern:

Booty Socks!

I made these for my DD out of left over Trekking XXL yarn. Aren't they cute!

More Work Socks

Made these for work socks for my hubby. He works outdoors so I made these in a wool blend to keep his tootsies nice and warm.



I just noticed that in this picture the socks look like different colors. I went and looked at them closer and they are in fact the same color. Must have been some weird lighting!!

I Love These Socks!

I made these with Trekking XXL. What fun colors! The picture doesn't do them justice. The colors are much brighter and very funky.
These are for me and they are super comfy. Here they are:

Socks for My Son

Since he's the only one in my family that I haven't made some for,
my son said "Mommy, when are you going to make me some socks"? He picked out the left over yarn I had from making my socks and I got to work. I wasn't really sure there was enough to finish them, but I guess I lucked out. Here they are:

Olympic Gold!!

Finished my Olympic socks last night. One trip to the frog pond but success at last. They seem a bit tight on my DD's feet, maybe my swatch was a tad off. She is happy with them and I guess I am too overall.

Baby Socks

I took a break from my Olympic socks to make these baby socks for a friend. I plan to make a matching hat. But for now, it's back to my Olympic socks.

The Agony of Defeat, then the Thrill of Victory

Well, last weekend I was knitting away on my Olympic socks and I happened to notice that the cuff was unravelling!! What!! I couldn't tell if my cat got it or my son, but nonetheless, I frogged it, I was on the heel too! Anyway, I finally got one sock done, here it is on it's owner's foot (my DD):

I Love Socks!

OK, I'm hooked!! These are sooo cool! I made these from Sokotta yarn that I got at my LYS and I love it! It was such an awesome feeling to put these babies on and know that I made them!! Can't wait to make some more!

First Socks!

I learned how to knit in November and ended up making everyone scarves for Christmas. My husband didn't want a scarf but wanted me to learn to make socks and make him some instead. So after much anticipation and frogging, they are finally done. They are heavy boot socks from a pattern that I got from my LYS. He wanted plain white and he is happy with how they turned out. The white got pretty boring after a while so I am excited to start some socks with some color!

Shawl Knit along

Tomorrow starts the shawl knit along. I have the yarn and needles, I'm ready to go! I'm planning to send mine to my mother-in-law as a gift. I'm using her favorite color, blue. The yarn is a boucle yarn so it should be very fluffy and comfy.

A Brave New World!

Yesterday I joined the sock knit along! I'm trying to teach myself to make socks and so far so good. I finished one whole sock yesterday and working on #2 today! These are heavy boot socks for my hubby. He wanted plain white so they are VERY plain. Stay tuned for pictures when they are done!