Manly Socks (free pattern)

My gift to you: A free sock pattern. Why? Because I feel guilty for spending so much time on Ravelry lately that I’ve totally ignored my blog. (Sorry.)
These socks have a long history.
We ordered a Christmas gift for my step-father, Walter, last December. The person selling the product (son of the artist) said he was [...]

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Far, far away…

Hi, folks!
Please excuse my absence. Both my mom AND my step-dad have been suffering from heart disease, with various operations and “procedures” happening during the past few weeks.
Thus my lack of writing.
At this moment, I am far away from home, in Sacramento, Calif., helping them out at home, going to doctor’s appointments, and [...]

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Spicy Podcast and Mild Socks

More lovely 18th century Chinese porcelains to inspire you…Aren’t they gorgeous? There are more photos below, but this is my favorite. That red looks as transluscent and luscious as a candy apple.
Isn’t it funny how candy apples always look much better than they taste? Caramel apples, too. Unless the apple is cut into wedges and [...]

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Frog, Monkey, Sock

This is the yarn I decided to use for the chevron scarf in June:I’d planned to make this my “vacation knit” when we went to Indy. But after about six inches, the blatant stripeyness started to make me crazy. So I decided to go for a more muted color palette and frogged it…Thank goodness I [...]

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Formula One, Knitting, and a Fantastic Indy LYS

We’re home! Actually, we came back late Monday night. The race (F1 US Grand Prix) was a lot of fun–lots of good racing going on in the middle of the “pack,” and a winner who didn’t wear Ferrari red! I’m not Lewis Hamilton’s biggest fan, but it IS nice to have some variety now that [...]

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Feeling Pretty

Mmmmmm. Pretty colors…
I promise to talk about something else after this, but I just had to share my recent sock yarn madness. This is the stash accumulated, mostly, during the past month…Largely rewards for meeting a goal I set for myself :-)
The two “cakes” are Lorna’s Laces Watercolors and Neighborhood Fiber Co. (NFC) Brightwood. The [...]

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Orchid Socks: Finis!

I cast off on Sunday, and blocked them to make sewing the picot edge at the top a bit easier. Trying to wrestle a rolling edge into a nice, neat hem is a real pain. Sewing will probably happen today, but in my book this is now a finished project!Pattern: Orchid Socks AKA Simply Lovely [...]

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Bad Yarn Karma (and a good movie)

We spent a quiet Easter at home, in our PJs, doing a whole lot of nothing. Well, not really nothing…I did work a bit more on this:It’s the rather ugly hat I’m required to knit for Level 1 of the Master Hand Knitter certification. All of my swatches are done…have been for a while. But [...]

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I knit, too…

I’ve been posting photos lately, and written about what yarn I want, but today I thought I’d write about what I’ve actually been knitting…in case you think I just look, buy, and read about it!
Tahoe still owns the honor of being “main project.” I’m enjoying the way the Heirloom Breeze looks when knitted up in [...]

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Cold City, Warm Feet…and Barbara Albright’s Final Book

I am not knitting for charity. I am not knitting for Peace (though we need it NOW).
I am knitting for SPRING. It will come. I believe.
Here’s my expression of faith:These socks cheer me up a bit, even though they are going to be a present for someone (I won’t name names). The pattern is Simply [...]

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