Baseball Socks 2012

Each year during baseball season, I pull out my sock yarn and knit a pair of socks.  They are easy to carry to the games and don't make me sweat as much while I endure cheer on the boys. 

 This year was no exception.  My goal is to knit through some of the miles of sock yarn that I have stashed here and there around the house and knit up socks for everyone! I grabbed a manly color and got knitting.  Seeing that this sock was meant to be for one of the boys I added a few more stitches and knit a bit longer in hopes of producing a sock that fit.  Which it does, no problem! So what then is the problem? Sadly, I don't have enough yarn.  I thought I did. I really thought I had another skein.  But as I tore through my stash yesterday I only came up with this red.  

So, tonight I will rip the sock out, go up from size one needles to size three, keep my standard stitch count and add red on the cuffs, heels and toes.  I hope that will solve the problem. At this rate, the baseball socks will turn into hockey season socks.  

Wish me luck!

Making...

Oh my gosh!  I must apologize!  I held a contest on my blog and then went away for awhile!  Totally unfair to you all that left such nice comments.

The winner, picked by the surly, wonderful fifteen year old is Kristina!

Kristina, shoot me your address in an email and I will get your yarn off to you!!

As you can see I finished another pair of socks.

This pair I started way back in March of 2011!!

They sat languishing in my knitting basket until I finally found some energy to knit the other sock.  Not sure why it took so long, because once I started it was completed three days later!

Specs can be found on Ravelry.  But give me a few minutes as I have to locate the ball-band with all the information!

Currently, I'm working on this sweater.  It will be completed and then packed away for next winter. It's working up fast now that I'm concentrating on it exclusively.

I need to make the rounds to see what you are all working on!  

See you all soon!

Making

Astor is drying! So pictures soon! I think we are going to be very best friends, yes indeed!

So what else have I been making? How about these sinfully delicious cupcakes. Found the recipe while looking for yet another chicken recipe. If you like chocolate and cream cheese, these are for you!

I started a sock a few weeks ago while at Ryan's games. I didn't have anything to do while waiting, so I walked over to the yarn shop, that was conveniently located a block away from the hockey rink and bought some needles and yarn. The colors definitely remind me of the the upcoming change in seasons. My hope is that I won't have to wear socks for too much longer!

And lastly, I want to share this great little ipod case that Rebecca made. She is the owner of the blog called Poshyarns. She ran a contest a month or so ago and I was the winner! I'm constantly losing my phone in my purse, so this will be just the thing to help me keep track of it. Thanks Rebecca for your sweetness and please go say hi to Rebecca. She creates the sweetest things for her family.

What are you all working on?

New Socks!

I've been knitting everyday.

It's kept me calm over the last few weeks.

These have been finished just in time, as we received snow last night.

Sknitches

colorway: Handsome Devil

size 1 needles

60 stitches

Next up: a Christmas present! Shhhh...don't tell.

It's a Wrap...and a Sock!

A while back, my friends at flickr got to see a peak inside my knitting bag. Thankfully, knitting has commenced once again!

After, my husband was "retired" I sorta lost my mojo for knitting and had a really difficult time finding motivation to choose a project and stick with it. One day, as I was cleaning my desk, I found a long lost gift certificate to Jimmy Bean's Wool and decided to spend it recklessly on something that was, by far, the easiest project that I have ever made. Just a long rectangle with a seed stitch border. Easy, yet I know I will use this all the time during the summer and at the beach in April. The cotton is heavy like a nice warm beach towel. No kid prints will be allowed!

This will be all mine...ahhhh...

Mac and Me

Summer Wrap Blue Sky Alpaca's Dyed Organic Cotton
Honeydew

I plan on showing the finished project next week!

And finally, another set of socks are in production.

Sknitches

syncopation

mint mocha latte

One Last Thing!

Ry's socks!

3x1 rib

size one needles

my own pattern

Cascade sock yarn

unsure of what kind

can't find the ballband

and I should be finishing packing

now that i've blogged this

i'm all up-to-date

see you in a week or so!

Simply Still Day 3

Simply Still Day 3

And speaking of sock yarn (and Melena can back me up on this)... Get on over to sKNITches at 12:30 pm today and stock up. I simply adore their yarn! Unfortunately I will miss it today because I have to volunteer in my son's classroom. It's probably a good thing since I can't keep up with what I have in my stash!

Dreaming of the vacation to come...

New Socks

I set a goal this week to finish the three projects that I have on the needles. First project is completed! I LOVE sKNITches sock yarn. It's squishy, soft and knits up really quickly. It's superwash merino and washes up nicely. I made a pair of socks out of this yarn before and wore them all through hockey season. Sadly, I blew a hole in the heel the day of our last hockey game of the season :(

This pair is to be gifted. Hopefully, she will enjoy them!

The Scoop:

sKNITches bebop sock yarn

Morning Haze

3x1 rib

size 2 needles

On a lighter side, I made these meatballs this week. Didn't tell anyone they were made with turkey. Ryan proclaimed them to be the "best meatballs he has ever eaten." and I have to agree. They were moist and tasty. Try them...your family will never know!

Frustrated!

Man oh man! Do you remember this?

Well it's now this. I ripped back once and thought I had the problem solved. Got to the same spot as the first time and still had the problem. So I have gone back to the beginning and will give it one more try. I really like the whole appeal of this project so I want to continue on. Yarn-overs get me every single time!

I am knitting...just a boring old rib sock. This yarn is again from SKnitches. It's soft and squishy and knits up quickly.

Lastly, I've been working on lighting and my photography. The first picture is in our town waiting for a red light to change. I'd just dropped the boys off for school and the sun was just coming up over the hill.

The second is in my family room. Very few lights were on in the room and I was experimenting with my new external flash.

Winter Fun

Everything lined up perfectly this past weekend to finally enjoy our pond. Anyone who knows a thing or two about pond ice knows that conditions have to be just so. No snow, frigid temperature and a nice wind all help to make smooth, perfect ice.

When all of this presents itself, everything else is dropped and we skate! And if we're out there, so are our neighbors and pretty soon a skating party is in progress. Pizza, chicken wings and beverages are consumed and everyone goes home tired. A perfect winter's evening!

Inside my skates were my newest finished socks. They kept my toes nice and warm. I love this colorway! Many of my friends at the hockey rink thought they could be colors of McKenzie-Childs.

Thanks again for all your caring thoughts about Murphy. It is so strange not to have him here keeping me company throughout the day. We all miss him greatly.

Shrimp On the Barbe

That's the name of the colorway given by sKNITches.

BeBop Supermerino yarn

56 stitches on No. 2 needles

3x1 ribbing

I really enjoyed knitting with this yarn. I think next time I will use No. 1's on the the calf and then change to No. 2's from the heel flap down. I have a feeling I will get some slipping down my leg as I wear them.

sKNITches has some really pretty colorways to choose from. You need to get on their mailing list so you know when they update. The yarn goes fairly quickly.

On to my next pair. This time I am making a pair of Jaywalkers. I am probably the only person out there yet to make a pair.