On the Needles Friday

I have made some progress on my Skyp Rib Socks and I need to knitting faster since Socktoberfest starts in 2 days and I need the needles I'm using for those socks.

 

 

 

For Socktoberfest the first pair of socks I will be knitting Simple Skyp Socks and using Opal Rainforest #5141

 

 

 

Take a minute and stop over at Patchwork Times and see what others have on their Needles.

 

Mary

On the Needles Friday

 

We had gone camping this week - left on Sunday and came back today.  I had some good knitting time the first part of the week - it rained all Monday and Tuesday.  I was able to finish my Shur'tugal socks, almost I still need to graft the toes.  I did not have my instructions for the Kitchner stitch and I didn't feel like looking it up on the iphone nor reading it off of that small screen so I left it until we got home.

 

 

Being prepared I brought along yarn for my Skyp Rib Socks in Knit Picks Stroll in Make Believe and Duchess.  I finished the leg portion and have now started on sock #1 heel flap.

 

 

Today my bonus yarn came for Camp Loopy.  The color I choose was Watering Hole.  Not sure what I will use it for - the colors are wonderful and needs to shown off.

 

 

Take a minute and stop over at Patchwork Times and see what others have on their Needles.

 

Mary

On the Needles Friday

Making progress on my Shur'tugal socks.  I finished the leg portion last night and started the heel turn this morning.  I always have a hard time deciding how long to make the leg portion - these I knit 7 inches but I think most of the time I do 6 inches.

 

 

Yesterday my Knit Picks order arrived.  I think the purple with the green/purple hand-painted yarn will be next - I think I will use the Skyp pattern.  Or the brown and blue tonals using the

Slipped Striped Socks pattern.

 

 

My Opal yarn arrived yesterday too!  So I'm all set for Socktoberfest which I plan on knitting 2 pairs of sock, don't think I can do 3 pair in a month.

 

Take a minute and stop over at Patchwork Times and see what others have on their Needles.

 

Mary

Design Wall (Floor) Monday

I'm making progress on my Patches and Pinwheel quilt.  I finished the pinwheels this week and now I just need to sew the rows together.  I am undecided about what colors to use for the border - suggestions are welcome. 

 

 

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Happy sewing!

Mary

On the Needles Friday

Today JudyL wrote a sob story about the socks she is planning for her son.  Well, I too have a sob story of my own.

For the past few weeks I have been dedicating my knitting time to working on my Rockefeller shawl and Thursday I was getting ready to bindoff the body of it and start on the sides - and that's when I discovered my error.  For whatever reason I was viewing my projects on Raverly I went onto West Knits and was looking at his finished pictures of the shawl and that's when I discovered I missed knitting the last 4 rows of clue #2.  Those last 4 rows really set off the look of the border, so this week I will be ripping out the 20 rows I just did - 330 stitches!

 

 

For the past week I have been fighting off the notion to start a pair of socks, today I gave in and casted on a pair to drown my sorrows.  The pattern I started is Shur'tugal and am using Knit Picks Stroll Fingering and the color is Wonderland Heather.

 

 

And still distraught I ordered more yarn this morning from Knit Picks.

 

Take a minute and stop over at Patchwork Times and see what others have on their Needles.

 

Happy Knitting,

Mary

Design Wall Monday

Continuing on my Scrappy theme I started working on another of Bonnie Hunter's pattern - Patches and Pinwheels.  I was able to complete all the patches I need for the quilt and now on to the pinwheels.

 

 

 

 

I am also almost done quilting last weeks finished top - Rick Rack Nines. 

 

 

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Have a Great Labor Day.

Mary