My First Pair of Socks

Wheeeee!
Not bad for my 1st pair ever knitted. I will take action shots later when Pumpkin Girl wakes up. She'll be thrilled that I finally finished these. I tried to make them match up as much as possible. I learned some new techniques - mainly knitting short rows.

Pumpkin Girl's Socks
Pattern: Ann Budd
Yarn: LB Magic Stripes in Bright Spring Pattern
Needles: 5 DPNS in US #4
(February 4 - 17, 2006)

She loves 'em! I can't ask for more.

I'm still here

This has been a crazy week at our house. Not too much knitting going on. Pumpkin Girl is in 2nd grade. She comes home on Tuesday with some Math (probabilities) homework due the next day. No problem, I used to tutor Statistics. But this is only on top of some other homework (10 pages Language Arts and 8 page weekly Math packet) due on Friday. Wednesday nights are shot because by the time we get home from her RE class, it's off to bed for her. So we only had 2 nights to scramble and get all her homework done.

Stash-Along Update: I was so tempted to take advantage of the Stash-along Free Day to enhance my stash. However, that day (Feb 14th) has come and gone and I am happy to report that the stash did not grow. All I needed to do was to open my Excel spreadsheet (yarn inventory) to remind me how much yarn I have in my closet. I cannot justify getting more yarn when I have 5 projects that need to be finished.

I'm hoping I can finish Pumpkin Girl's socks this weekend and maybe pick-up those other neglected projects. Most of them are over 50% done.

So instead of buying yarn, I did buy some patterns (individual and books) to enhance my ever growing project list. I'll post the pictures as they arrive.

You've got mail!

Socks

I finished my 1st sock last night. Its pair may have to wait until after I finish SweetHeart.

If I were to buy only 1 sock book, which book should I buy?

The Mystery that is Socks

Ok so I couldn't resist. I've been curious about sock knitting but was afraid that the instructions would be too difficult to decipher.

Yesterday I took the plunge. I purchased some DPNS and cast on on my first sock. I'm starting with something small - Pumpkin Girl's socks. I'm learning a lot of new things with this project. Fun!

Heel

and toe
Upon seeing the sock fitting, Little Man asked if I'm knitting one for him, too. Oh Joy!

UPDATE: Here's the link to the pattern.

Project Updates

Sweatheart Sweater - The second sleeve went by so fast. It made me ponder about attempting to knit socks. There is some major puckering going on that makes me want to rip out the heart and maybe try duplicate stitch instead.

To Dye For - Hesistant to rip the above sweater has lead me to look at my other WIPs. I went ahead and knit the first sleeve which went by so fast. Those big needles hurt my arms though.