Remember the blue sock in my last post? I finished it’s mate. If I knew how many stitches I knitted in all versions of this sock (since I am gauge-impaired) I am sure that I could have finished at least 2 1/2 pair of socks. Be that as it may—this is undoubtedly the absolute best fitting sock I have ever tried on. I wore them today with my Birkenstock Boston clogs and there was absolutely NO sagging anywhere. Nor were they too tight. Maybe it is the magic of Cat Bordhi’s design, but the fit is out of this world………….

Finally finish both of the socks from hell. Cast on the Serendipity design in Dragon’s Blood. Cool, cool pattern, going to be a fun knit!

Whew!!! The plan was to have both of these done before midnight tonight (8 minutes from now). But, as some of you know, I have ripped these things out so many times that I should have 2 1/2 pairs to show for the amount of stitches I knit. But here is one and I LOVE IT!! Gotta go—have to publish this BEFORE midnight!!!!

See you Sunday…………………..

Halloooooooooooo out there in knitter’s land! I know that it is getting warmer, but the knitting bug still persists. Check out DeeDee’s Taming of the Ewe Scarf in Socks That Rock (STR) Fire on the Mountain.
Very pretty, eh?

This one is from a new scarf book that DeeDee found and all of the scarves are based around the sea theme. This scarf has a lacy starfish pattern. Very cool, and all of them follow the ocean theme.

Here is Jackie’s scarf–it is knitted longways and she fringed as she went. Looks great with her leather jacket!

IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SUCCUMB TO THE SOCK BUG, READ NO FURTHER!!! FINAL WARNING!!! THIS MIGHT PUSH YOU OVER THE SOCK EDGE!!!

These clear clogs are called sloggers and you can get them from Knitter’s Dream (www.knittersdream.com) They were 37.95 including shipping and handling. Knit on!!!

Geezzz… a lot of time has passed since I last posted. I have been trying to use iWeb but I am getting more and more frustrated with it. I decided to come back to blogger again and see how it goes here…

There has been a lot of knitting going on. I have some new knitters with first projects, experienced knitters with new projects, and gifted knits from Christmas past. Read on!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lekki has just finished her hat, in less than a week! Way to go! Who is that in the background knitting behind you? Hmmm….looks like something in red??? Is she wearing scrubs???

And here is Leonda, who is a whiz at all things crafty, AND she was my wonderful Elph in Black this year! She did a scarf and hat in no time–she also did a capelet but my photo didn’t turn out nearly as well as the capelet.

These are Salad Wristers knitted by Kathleen, my very artistic TA! Roll your cursor over Salad Wrister on the line above and it will lead you to the link and pattern. They are verrryyy cute. And check out her nails in Cibola colors–very spirited!

Now, for not new knitters with projects (better than saying “old knitters”, correct?) Here is Fran AKA “Grasshopper” modeling Barb’s Capelet and here she is modeling her shrug and another capelet–I think she may have knitted this one. Or else we asked her to model it because she is so good at it–

And here is Linda in (I think) some of her yarn from Florence—I know it’s Linda, it’s the yarn I’m not sure about, after all, we did do a yarn crawl across Italy last spring–

Boein’s socks don’t want to upload now, for some reason. Maybe because it is midnight and my contacts are filmy? I will try them tomorrow.

And here is the mystery knitter for this post—hiding behind Boein’s socks knitted out of Colinette’s Jitterbug. I believe his mom has a matching pair, too. Perhaps we can get a photo of his feet and moms to post later?

My next post will be about Christmas gifting. I have a bunch of photos of things i knitted for presents this past Christmas. And I have other ideas lurking in the back of my mind……………until then, happy knitting!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh what we will do for yarn! Here we are in Florence (the one in Italy) with Beatrice Galli in front of her yarn store. I googled “yarn shops in Florence Italy” and up popped Beatrice’s store. It was Monday before we left, and I emailed her for the hours for her shop, thinking I wouldn’t get an answer before I left for Phoenix on Wednesday. I had an email from her on Tuesday. We looked her up, she has a wonderful view of the Ponte de Vecchio, a notable bridge lined with goldsmith shops. Naturally, we looked her up and dropped some serious coin. If you ever go to Florence, she is easy to find, and quite sweet! ! There were several completed objects on this trip, and one new knitter who cast on and finished a scarf (her first) during this trip. It even drew a nice comment from Beatrice, which is the ultimate compliment!
Here are my miserable Inside-Out socks in the Monsoon colorway from my Rockin’ Sock Club. I have to really get busy on them, since my 2nd kit arrived today.
developed some problems with it om the trip, so I put it in time-out. I finallly finished the first and started the second yesterday. I have to get cranking on the second one so that I can dive into the new kit. I cannot knit on these socks in public for an obvious reason when you see the sock in person. Come to knitting on Sunday and I will show you why. Even so, they are very comfortable.

And here is the new yarn! I will bring it Sunday. It is a new blend of merino and silk from Blue Moon Fiber Arts. Their sock yarn is proving to be absolutely yummy-delicious.

I can’t believe that I haven’t posted since February. Bring your knitting on Sunday, if you have any FO’s (finished objects, as opposed to unfinished objects), bring them for photo acknowledgement. See you then!

Here is why we do what we do. This is Bertha (on the right) and her sisters and niece, all wearing their prayer shawls that Bertha knitted for them this past year.

Here are three of her nieces wearing scarchos that she knitted in 06. She is a prolific knitter, and has at least 3 other shawls, socks, and felted bags. My challenge to all of us is to keep track of everything we knit this year. I think you will be amazed at how many things you make.

Meet Sophie, wearing her her newly finished pink hat! At 10, she is the youngest person that I have ever taught to knit. She and some of her friends like to knit at school recess. It is one of many special things that she does with her grandmother. Way to go Sophie!

Ady is a TA in my office. She is working on a scarf, but check out the scarf she is wearing. I gave my TA’s who knit balls of yarn for Christmas, she has knitted hers into this great scarf. Way to go Ady!

Speaking of newly finished objects, here is Louisa running her waterfall–

This was the first project she undertook. She learned quickly and it became a boring knit. She has done several shawls, scarves, even a pair of Ugg booties. Way to go Louisa!

Here at last is my Urban Bubble Scarf! From the nice, pre-felting stockinette stitch, then with all the balls placed with rubber bands, drying on top of my crocs, and lastly, the finished product. It took 400 yards of a fine mohair 90% nylon 10% and about a zillion little wooden balls. It starts with 3 stitches, increases to 35, decrease back to 3 and bind off. Then, you put the balls the purl side, wrap a rubber band around the ball, throw into the lingerie bag and felt away. I will bring it for show and tell on Sunday. It is the most curious thing I have ever knitted. I will explain on Sunday-hope to see you there!

Come to Papa San on Sunday–and check out my ruffly-thing!

Hi there! Check out my cool felted Dansko clogs from Carson!

I finished my mom’s sweater–here are close ups of the frog closure.

And the completed closure–

I will bring the completed sweater for show and tell on Sunday.

Hope to see you there!