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the bamboo socks are off he needles. i haven't gotten around to taking photos rather i just dipped into the stash, pulled out a really old ball of i don't know which self striping sock yarn and cast on for some plain jane old stockinette self striping socks. i'm about halfway through the toes. wheeee. i love socks don't you? done and started in the matter of minutes! i'll get around to posting bamboo photos soon i promise. oh in other news. my sockpalooza pal received her package and the socks fit. whew. she loves them. double whew! and add ins are always appreciated no? so now i can reveal :) stitch markers fat quarters and of course the usual chocolates and a bag of coffee! this exchange was oodles of fun. time for round 5!!!

well i've been knitting as much as 9 straight days at work allows. and i have a few updates to share. i absolutely flew through these socks for my sockpalooza 4 pal. they were so fun to knit and i think they look rather elegant in green. its just perfect that the only place with good natural light for photographs is my plant shelf ;) a few details for you: pattern: starting point - baudelaire variations: knit toe up using my usual toe, i cast on more stitches, used a short row heel, and continued cable through extended 2x2 ribbing at top. yarn: dale baby ull in deep green needles: 2 knitpicks circs - zero's for foot and lower leg, one's for upper leg see that nifty fossilized shell on the shelf. no idea where i picked it up or when but it stretches knitting nicely for stitchy closeup ;) oh and if that comment about the cable in th erib made no sense...here's what i meant. i'd also like to share my first completed hogwarts sock in hufflepuff colors. drumroll ple...

i know i know the whole thing got going a while ago. what can i say i'm a bit slow on the starting block sometimes. what do you think so far? fascinating i know. stockinette ;) oh. you want to see the top of the sock. ok. if you insist. baudelaire. i always thought that these socks would look fantastic in green and here's my chance. i know i said i wanted to dye some yarn for this exchange and i still may for a bit of a treat to go in the package. but i wanted to pick an interesting pattern and i hated to have the colors detract from tha tyou know? i've been knitting so many multi colored socks lately i guess i just needed a break :) i started this post yesterday and got called in to work so i didn't get to finish and i've been knitting a bit here and there since i started and wow! they are knitting up so incredibly fast. i had no idea socks could be this quick. i guess it helps that my pal has teensy feet (compared to me that is) can you believe it. i'm rea...

late eddition to announce i have completed the handpaint baby ull socks. 5 days on the needles! other than my sockwars socks i think that must be a record. i know i know i should be working on the exchange socks. but i still don't have half my hogwarts yarn and i have yet to decide on a pattern (or dye or choose yarn for sockpalooza.)

(thats side down upways "updates" for those of you with out a concussion) and i don't think i actually have a concussion. but my head really hurts and i'm kinda dizzy and get nauseous when i try to turn my head or walk around and stuff...lets just say i highy unreccomend reading before bed. especially if you keep harry potter in a nice safe place like on the bedside table. cause you could (if you have gravity issues like me) reach for your book to read before bed, fall off the bed and smack your head (right between the eyes) on the wastebasket between the bed and the bedside table. and if you read before bed and had such a silly thing happen to you then if were lucky a dave might magically appear to bring you frozen mixed stir fry vegetables to ice your face. unfortunately i'm sporting a couple of faint shiners (that ice wasn't quite fast enough) and have a kinda turvey topy head right now. in knitting news i have a hogwarts update. we've decided on the re...

ok, now for a knitting update :) i know thats what you really wanted to see. here are the contents of the sockpalOOOza package that goes out in one week. i am so excited! counterclockwise from lower left: there is a sock tote for her to use the next time she knits a pair of socks, the socks, postits. my favorite way to mark patterns, a card telling her all about her socks, a postcard of longs peak to show where i'm from, a birthday card fror her to share with a knitting friend on a special day, and stitch markers. yeay! i love presents! i can't wait to mail this! and on to current knitting... so a few weeks ago i went down to highlands ranch for the Littleton meetup, i went next door to string to do a yarn exchange. thats like free yarn you know. and picked up 7 balls of this elsabeth lavold sily wool. ooooh. wonderful yarn! i know, there are only 4 in the photo. thats because my italy cardigain is well under way. 2 balls in i just stared the third and i love love love this y...

well i have a finished pair to present! i cannot wait to mail these off. i have to give them a good wash and make sure the color is set. but they are done! woo hoo. i could have usually knit 2 pair of socks in the time it took to make these! geez. i had to rip so many times i guess thats what you do if you're knitting for someone other than family. it has to be perfect. or as close as i can get it! i'm sure there are a million mistakes but i don't want to know about them! i can't believe i'm going to give these away. and i can't wait to give them away! soooo excited! this yarn is knitpicks dye your own sock yarn. done with koolaid and the help of my friend shirley. oh and i used schoeller esslinger reinforcing yarn for the heels and toes. the pattern is adapted from sockbug's lacy scallop socks. i didn't do purl rows between the lace repeats. i also used a short row or hourglass heel.