First Socks

No, no the first socks I made, but the first pair of socks I ever made for my husband. Actually, the first thing I knit for him since we got married, and the second since I met him. Many year ago, while we were still dating, I made him a humongous yellow cotton aran: did not know about the curse of the boyfriend's sweater, and I guess what does not kill a relationship makes it stronger: we survived.


Pattern: Thuja by Bobby Ziegler, Knitty Winter 2005
Yarn: Karabella Aurora 8, 3 balls in color #13 - stone wash denim
Ravelry project page here

Third FO of the year

Week number three, FO number three? Could it be a pattern for 2008? Maybe, I do have enough project that are "almost there" that I could pull it off. (And if I wanted to be completely honest, I would admit that I finished a scarf and a hat too, but I am keeping those as "reserve".)


Thuja by Bobby Ziegler
Yarn:1 skeins = 225.0 yards (205.7m) of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted Multi in colorway 304 Black Watch

Fixing the shortage of yarn was pretty painless, and I do love both the pattern (second time around) and the yarn (what's not to love, it's Lorna's Laces!)

I knew it

And I mean, I knew for sure that I did not have enough yarn for the second sock because once I finished the first one, I weighted it. 60 grams. How much yarn did I have left? 54 grams. 6 grams missing, pretty much a toe.

Ok, so here is my question. Actually, I have two questions:

1. Why, for the love of wool, I keep knitting socks from the top down, when I like toe up better and I do not end up with a missing toe?

2. Even if I know that I have not enough yarn, does it make it better?

I decided to knit the second sock anyway; now I am going to rip some rounds, to make the second one a little shorter, finish the second one ripping off the toe of the first one, and then I'll re-knit the first one a little shorter.

More WIPs and Fiber Friday

One of the reason why I have so many WIPs is that once I have casted on a project, I think of it as done, because I just have to finish it. So, with this logic, while I had 14 projects on the needles, I added 4 more. To my defense, two are x-mas presents, Fetching for my sister:



and Thuja for my brother-in-law



They do not arrive until the 26th, so I have plenty of time to finish these, and Frufru Girl. My nephew? A box of LEGOs is getting more appealing by the minute.

And since I have so much time before x-mas, I started two scarves just because - I am sure I am forgetting someone, and they will get a scarf:


Pattern: Multidirectional Scarf by Karen Baumer
Yarn: Mille Colori by Lang Yarns


Pattern: One Row Handspun Scarf by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Yarn: Karaoke in Playful by South West Trading Company

Among all these new projects, I did finish something, the socks for my brother:


Pattern: mine
Shepherd Sport Multi by Lorna's Laces

Not only I completed them, but I did on two circulars:



As I said, I was terrified at the idea of raunning out of yarn, so I decided the only way to go was to knit them at the same time. I took a deep breath. I ignored them for a week (one circular needle makes me giddy, the idea of two circular needles almost make me want to pick up crochet), and them I did it. And the socks survived.

Fiber Friday: The Yetsy team members make an effort to list new yarns and fibers on Etsy every Friday - I usually remember around Sunday night, but I am getting better and I did this morning. Check out all the listings, amazing crack stuff.