Sockrafice Wrap-up

Being one of the world's slowest knitters, I didn't manage to shrink the stash by too much, but there are now two hats done for The Ships Project, and three washcloths ready to be sent out when Cloths for Crisis needs them. All came from odds and ends in the stash. There's also a scarf on the needles that may end up going to charity.

Other knitting happened as well. I finished a pair of socks for myself (to match a sweater completed earlier), started a pair of socks for my aunt, and made significant progress on a summer top in cotton.

No, I haven't gone yarn shopping - yet. I'm thinking about waiting until my LYS next has a good sale (July) to really "cut loose" and buy. The tax refund ought to be in by then (evil laugh).

Happy Easter! Goodbye Lent!

I hope that everyone had Happy Easter holidays! and the best part is that Lent is now over.....goodbye Lent!

Okay, so how did everyone do? Post the projects that you completed, and how much stash you used as well as how you felt.

Also let us know if you ran out today to buy yarn, are resisting the urge or could care less!

A small bit of charity knitting

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For Grace. How could I not? Those eyes really got me.. I hope these squares can be posted tomorrow - before the postoffice closes for Good Friday.

Good news is that I haven't bought any yarn. It's been hard, but I coped. Bad news is that I don't think I will be doing much more knitting before Easter - simply no time! How did the rest of you go?

*Left Coast Knits

*Left Coast Knits gets the stash prize today for the most obscure use of stash!

Let's all give her the adulation of her peers and fellow sockraficers.

Focus? What's that?

Maybe it's spring arriving (the tree outside my front door is trying to bud, the silly thing), but Saturday I found myself having trouble sticking with any one project for more than a few rows, especially anything that required thinking. So, instead of making myself crazy (okay, crazier), I went stash-diving and uncovered a trove of worsted weight cotton. Hm. Facecloths are mindless! I'm having second thoughts about inflicting these two washcloths on innocent catastrophe victims, as they were knitted under the influence of an all-day marathon of Monty Python's Flying Circus. On the other hand, they just might bring their recipients some laughter in the middle of a bad situation.

Pay no attention to the crazy lady with the pointed sticks . . .

Blankie #1 done!

Yup. Finished it last weekend, and have been on a pout ever since. WHY did I buy yarn for two more charity projects??? How ungiving can I be? I don't want to pick up the socks that have languished during Lent, because I've got two C. projects to go, I don't want to pick up the C. projects because I've got socks OTN.
Will get Oversized Son to take a picture of the blankie and get it posted. It really is cute, and super soft. Some baby is going to love this....ooooh! That's what I have to tell myself! "Some baby is going to love this!"

-- susi

The doggie snuggler for the shelter is up

I posted it to my blog this afternoon. I want to confess that I did buy yarn, one was planned before the sockrafice. One was a spur of the moment thing, neither is sock yarn. I confess that I am going to go to hell for this, or not, since I'm not a catholic, but a quaker. Well, maybe even quakers will, too. If I die before any of you do, I will try to get a message back to you, filling you in.

Lenten Cheating

So I am trying to recover from my period of slackness. But I am having an "issue" caused by poor project planning- the project resources have fallen drastically short- I am out of raw materials. That is to say, no more yarn. I have only enough for two or three more rows. Perhaps my hairless friend would like a soft and toasty headband? Didn't think so. I am off to my LYS for "lunchtime knitters" today in order to buy more yarn (sorry lenten sacrafice, but I need it to get my lenten project done!) and maybe have a bowl of Pho (yummmm!) is the deal too. Things could be worse... (like my yarn store could not have any more of that color...)

And so you have somethiong to do at the office today besides all of that pesky work that they keep giving you, here are some photos and rough specs on the chappeau. It is knit from On Line Linnie II "Alpha" in deep purple. Although the yarn is a pain in the butt (splits-ville) the colors are delish, so it is worth it. This one, although you can't tell from my less than mad photo skillz, is a lovely jewel tone eggplanty color, and it is mercerized, so it is a bit shiny. I am knitting on size 3 Brittany Birch needles, which aren't really long enough, and I am knitting it flat because Barbara Walker did not have the good grace to translate the stitch pattern that I am using to be knit in the round, and I am waaay to lazy to do that.


The stitch pattern, incedentally, is (as I said above) from Barbara Walker book 1 (the blue one) and is called "The Candle Tree." The candle tree itself is turning out to be a bit taller than anticipated, but I can deal. Tune in later to see if the yarn store had more yarn, or if I am finishing the top off in orange!