Yarn Dreams

I have a love/hate relationship with this sock yarn, Misti International Hand Paint Sock Yarn. I love the colors and soft, smooth feel. For whatever reason I had a beast of a time keeping consistent tension with it while knitting. Almost as if it was so smooth as to [...]

These were fun socks to knit. I started them Christmas Eve and finished the first week in January. Really fast for me; usually I need at least a month to finish a pair of socks. Ah, the joys of working in education and having time off over the holidays! This was [...]

I have wanted a pair of thick, tall socks to wear to bed for a few years now. I had this yarn (Wool-Ease Thick and Quick) with a pattern from Lion Brand on the label and decided it was time to whip up a pair.

I made the ribbing extra [...]

These are my mom’s new Dublin Bay socks (free pattern here; or on Ravelry), out of Trekking XXL #66. She picked out the yarn at Stitches Midwest ’07 and I finally got around to making the socks for her!
(Are you tired of that story yet? I feel like I have been repeating [...]

I am almost finish with Mom’s Stitches Midwest 2007 Socks, Pair 2. (Yes, 2007 – that’s not a typo.)

This is the second sock, shown here a few days ago hanging out with Capt. Ben Sisko. The yarn is Trekking XXL and I love the subtle color changes with the dark base [...]

Ah, the infamous Stitches Midwest ‘07 sock yarn. This is one of two balls mom picked out for me to make her socks. I started the first sock almost immediately, and then put it down for other things. I picked it up again around October, finished the first sock, cast on [...]

I don’t think you have seen these yet; they were my car socks. (As in, kept in the… for lunchtime and other time-killing knitting.)

Trekking XXL color number 802; purchased around 2003

These were actually started way back in April, when I picked the yarn out of my stash because it made me think of Easter. [...]

I am (finally) close to finishing my Daisy Socks. Has anyone noticed that this “side project” of mine has become the only thing I have been working on? Oops. I really need to focus and finish some things over here!

Maybe I can finish these before the end of this weekend. [...]

Last night I turned the heel on the second daisy sock. (It looks just like the first sock so you’ll just have to trust me that it is #2!)

It is currently being modeled by a new find: Caramel Creme Diet Pepsi. I haven’t tried it yet, but am always on the [...]

I’m back home after a week of hotel living, not having to sit in traffic drive to work and being able to expense-report a steak dinner. Now I’ve got piles of laundry, a car that needs gas, and an empty fridge. A big thumbs down to reality!
I did start on the [...]