Finished!

I was able to finish up these socks for my Sockapalooooza pal last night. I'm very happy with how they turned out. These are the Caesar's Check pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks using Knit Picks Essential Solid in Navy and Dusk.

Thanks for continuing the SAM KALs : )
limedragon :-: Harriet

April's Pair done

I finished a pair last night that I've been working on for a while. They are made from Shelridge Farms Ultra Heather in a wonderful rusty red. The pottern is Seed and Rib from the free Web Socks pattern by Erica Alexander on the Interweave Knits site (not available right now, I hope it will return.) The pattern was easy, almost too easy, and the yarn was wonderful to knit with. I have more in eggplant and teal and may try the Horcrux socks next, or maybe the Gentlemen's Fancy socks, or maybe another sock from my new More SKS book, which I absolutely love. Too many options, not enough time in the day.....

This is the fifth pair of socks I've finished in 2007, and only two of them were started last year. I have a good start on 12 pairs, and a shot at 52 for the year. I have the Monkey socks on the needles in another wonderful Shelridge Farms hand paint.

Margie
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Another Pair for March

I finished the seemingly endless Socka socks for DH I've been working on for months. They've been my "take in the car just in case" socks. I used the alternating 2 X 2 rib pattern from SKS. More pictures on my blog, since I still don't have a camera and the scanned images are too large to post here. They were supposed to be done for Christmas. I guess they'll be an April Fool's day present now! That's a total of 4 finished pairs in March, a new record for me. Of course it helps that two of the pairs were made in sportweight on only 56 stitches. My fingers are showing the signs of too much sock knitting, though. I poked a hole in my index finger with the needle tip.

I cast on for a pair of Monkey socks to celebrate finishing the endlessly boring socks, but they morphed into broad rib socks from the new SKS book, which arrived on my doorstep today. I love the Culture Club socks, not to mention all of the other great socks people are making!

Margie

Finished Socks

Thanks to Melbourne's weather (hot and/or humid) there's not been much knitting of late chez OzKnitter.

However, these are finished...



Yarn: A Christmas pressie. It's Pink Cottage yarn, exclusive to Fringe

Needles: 2.50mm and 2.25mm bamboo DPNs

Pattern: Garter Rib from Sensational Knitted Socks

Thoughts: I loved this yarn! The subtle colour variations are a delight. When I first saw the yarn, it looked blue with occasional green and burgundy splotches. In actuality there are blues, greens, purples, pinks, burgundies and a little brown; simply gorgeous. Interestingly one sock is "bluer" and the other more "coloured", showcasing the reason why I, and many sock knitters, love handpainted yarn... no 2 socks are alike (even when knitted from the same skein).

OzKnitter
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