So bored....and a little busy.

It was a boring weekend. I finished a goomba hat last week for my fiance for his birthday, and then, because I don't want to do another goomba hat just yet, I took a little break. I haven't knitted anything since probably Wednesday and that has made life a little boring. It helps that finals start on Thursday, meaning I should be doing plenty of other things, but nothing is quite the same as knitting. :(

Crazy Colorful Socks

Here is the first sock of the colorful crazy sock. I am halfway done with the second sock and can't wait to start wearing them.

I could have sworn that these were going to be some ugly socks, because the yarn was not that pretty, but it was free so I can't complain. But these socks are so cute and I can't wait to make another pair. The 2 skeins of colorful yarn looks like its going to make 4-6 pairs of these socks, so maybe I'll make some as gifts, or try something new. Either way I'm happy I found a way to turn ugly yarn into cute socks.

I hope I can finish the second by the weekend, it really just depends on how much work there is at school. As soon as I get them finished I'll post a picture of them on my feet, where socks belong!

Goomba....BONK!

I finished the goomba hat last night, it took me about 5-6 hours. Ok so first I look like a dork trying to use my webcam and second, its way too small for my fiance which is who it was originally for. So I will be making up my own pattern for a larger better fitting hat for people with larger heads. I think I'm going to go to larger needles and add a few stitches to the cast on, also I think I'm going to add about 20 rows to get it to be a little longer. But first, I got my free sock yarn in and I am going to do some anklet socks.

2 Hat Ideas

I have 2 ideas for hats one for me and one for my fiance. Let me know what you think, now I know hats like this already exist on the internet, but I made my own pixel version to count out the stitches. So here's a prototype for a kirby beanie and goomba beanie. And I can't get them to upload without it looking blurry, but imagine past the blurriness, if all goes well then I'll post a better picture with the grid and everything.

One sock down, One to go

Here's the finished sock, now one to go. I guess another week on it and it'll be done. Which is perfect timing because then I should be getting in some more yarn!

Good News

I'm getting some free sock yarn thanks to a blogger I found on the knitting web ring. Can't wait till it gets here!

Bad News

I ordered Book 5 by JO Sharp last week and found out the website I ordered from is out of stock and won't send it for a week or 2 more! I guess it gives me time to finish my sock, but I was really looking forward to using my Silkroad DK Tweed that I bought a few years ago and lost the pattern to. I guess I'll have to wait a bit longer. :(

The Heel Hath Turned

The heel hath turned and here's the picture. Yea I realized after I took the picture that you can't really see the heel, but give me a day or two and it will probably be finished.

After I find my camera's SD card I'll update my plant pictures.

Back to the old knit and purl...

I've recently been sucked back into the world of knitting by a friend of mine who wanted to learn how. So after teaching her the basics, casting on, knit and purl and starting her off on a ribbed scarf, I went home to search for my old robe I had started but never came close to finishing.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find the pattern.

I've ordered a new pattern that uses the same yarn, JO Sharp Silkroad DK Tweed. Its a cute sweater from JO Sharp called Freya.

Well pending the book with the new pattern coming in I started a pair of socks since I had all the tools on hand, no need to spend any money! And here's where I am so far...

And I only started yesterday! My favorite part is that the yarn is self striping, yep that's right self striping, be sure to take another look.

More to come soon on how my plants are fairing and how the heel hath turned.