VICTORY is mine!!

I have conquered Rhombus. Woo hoo! I made it all work out and am proudly on the foot of my second sock. Victory is mine, and it tastes sweet. Can you imagine that I may even make these again?

Taking a Break

Taking a break from a pattern that was above my skill level (Rhombus) to make these simple k3, p2 ribs. I absolutely adore self-striping yarn, but get bored with the ribbing. I need to figure out a more interesting pattern for striping socks.

Love these Cauchys

I loved knitting these Cauchy socks from Sock Innovation. I gave them to my friend Stephanie, who plans on wearing them to sleep. Of course, I would prefer she wear them out and about so the world can see these, but a gift is a gift.

I will make this pattern again, but I'd do it with lighter colored yarn. The Malabrigo Velvet Grape was a tad too dark for the pattern.

It's Cookie A Mania in my life!!

My husband is a knitting widow. My kids are without a mother. I seem to be knitting Cookie A socks every waking moment. It started innocently enough. On a school snow day in February 2010, a friend brought her knitting over. "Knitting socks?" I asked curiously. I had knit baby socks back in the 90s, but never attempted adult socks. The shaping seemed like it needed to be perfect, and perfection is not my thing. I felt a rush. I can't describe it.

Looking back, I realize that that very day in February 2010 was the day my then dormant obsessive-sock-knitting gene was turned on. The obsession only grew. Soon, ribbed socks weren't good enough. I wanted some oomph and craved a challenge. I did the Primavera sock, which was sort of fun. On one fateful day, my friend Carol (the same one who was knitting the sock on the snow day) suggested I try the Monkey sock pattern by a designer who goes by the name "Cookie A." I was hooked. One Monkey pair, and then another. I bought Cookie's book Sock Innovation, and started to get knitting on Angee but found out that there were other obsessive Cookie A knitters.

So, I'm knitting my way through Cookie A's latest book Knit.Sock.Love. in a Ravelry knit-along.



In between scheduled knits, I'm doing socks from Sock Innovation. So far, I've done Cauchy, Angee, and am working on Glynis.