Things are finished…

{ September 29, 2008 @ 3:17 pm } · { family, Fo! }

So I finished T’s Socks!! And they fit. He mentioned something about wearing them to work even. We will see. Anyway, here is a picture of the finished socks… they are on my feet, T is not a model.

Stats:

Yarn: Panda Cotton- Not a fan of knitting with this yarn, but the socks are so freakin’ soft. If they hadn’t been promised to T I would have kept them. So I am torn.

Pattern: ribbed socks

Verdict: The black was VERY hard to see, so it was mainly a knit during the day project.  Which is fine but the combination of hard to see color and hard to knit yarn, made this an annoying project. T is lucky that I love him. heh

It feels great having those things off the needles. Now I can work on other things without the guilt.

After I finished the socks I pulled out the tank I made for the Princess. All that I had left on it to finish was attaching the dang straps. So I finished that.

Stats

Yarn: My handspun Dora the Explorer colorway from Spunky Eclectic

Pattern: Summerbreeze with a lot of mods.

Mods: Straight stitch skirt, knit straps, and a ruffle bottom.

Verdict: Love this top! The roving was so bright that I was afraid that I was going to hate the yarn. However, 2 plied made for a beautiful yarn and toned down the pink. Knitting it up just made it even better.

It was supposed to have the skirt lacey, but I decided to show off the yarn better I would need straight knitting. Then as I neared the end of the top I realized I still had a lot left, so I gave the bottom a bit of flair by doing a k2, m1 about an inch from the bottom.

The Princess seems to like it, don’t you think?

So with thoes two projects finished it frees up my knitting so that I can work on other things. Of course that means I decided to make things for Christmas this year instead of buying. Thankfully everything is small and quick knits (or crochet as in the case of the dishcloths). I think that the most involved thing I have going is a shawl (designing it, but once the pics are taken it will go to grandma) and the set of mitts for mom.  Now that I have the proper yarn and needles for the mitts I will cast on soon. I just need to get more of this shawl done first.

Knittingly,

Dee