Fun, free and into everything. Don't tell hubby.

Back from NB again, this time for the long haul.  Huge congrats to my hero, for giving me yet another reason to call her that.  Four cycles of chemo.  Tough lady.

Another knitting binge took place while I was away.  I banged off one of these:

Austermann Step knee sock.  Toe up, k2p1 rib and fitted as I went up the leg.  I am stuck at the ribbing as I wait for the wonderful Knitpicks people to send me a replacement for a circular that pulled from its cord.  Those people truly GET knitters.  Have a problem?  They'll fix it.  I'm seriously considering asking them to take a peek at my creaky garage door, or maybe see if they have any advice for losing a bit of weight.  They are just that helpful.

Next, I made a couple of these:

Thrummed mitts for a work hubby.  I can't imagine wearing sometthing that warm on my hands, but I was eager to try thrumming for some fun.  They're done in Itchy Briggs and Scratchy Little, and they were a blast to do.  Anderson Cooper and I finished the first one at about 3am on Thursday.  He was little help, but he did inspire me to keep going.  (I love him.  It's sick how much I love him.)

In Sock Club action, I knitandfroggedandknitandfroggedand... I think I have a winner.  The short row heel was too shallow for my big feet, so I decided to do flap and gussets.  A combination of gauge, size and pooling issues led to a stockinette foot.  The toe and heel flap are in garter.

I opted to work the increases, start the rib and change to a larger needle, all at the beginning of the leg.  This means a seamless transition and more ease for my canoes feet to fit over the ankle portion of the sock.

I love the result so far.

And if I'm ever looking for some good fibre-related child labour, I think I have a great candidate.

Hey, (more) local (than me) knitters, anyone planning to go to this next weekend?  I'm going to try to go at least for a few hours, likely in the evening.  I'll be there with a bunch of stash and a complete lack of little girls.  Life could be worse.

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Comments

[Moe]

That's a really big cake of yarn. The calf increases on your knee sock are very cool.

Hmm, I would like to go to the charity knit at the Loop, perhaps I will plan to go for a few hours.