Finished!

I finally finished my socks, now I have to rewrite the pattern, so that it is understandable! I will offer the pattern for free on Ravelry when I have all the bugs worked out, and it has been test knitted!

I have finished these mittens too! This is not my pattern, they are Norwegian Totoro Mittens by brella. They are a free pattern on Ravelry.

 

My New Sock Design

I have been working on a new sock design, and it has been a real work in progress as I am trying to write out the pattern as I go. I am on the second sock now, and am finding errors in my pattern. I think I may have to knit a second pair to work out the kinks.

I will add more photos after I finish my second sock.

Afghan Squares

On one of my Ravelry forums we are doing a group afghan. We each make 4 squares for each of 6 people, then we receive 4 squares from each of those 6 people, and we have an afghan. Following are some of  my squares. 

Red Cashmere

I bought this red cashmere sweater from a thrift shop for a few dollars. It had a nice cable down the front, but it seemed a bit dated, and I cannot wear turtle neck sweaters. I unraveled it, washed it and skeined it. Now I just have to decide what to knit with it. It is super soft and nice.

Decadent Socks

I finished knitting my socks over a week ago, but just now got around to posting them on my blog. I adore the color of this yarn. I have two people on Raverly who test knit the sock pattern for me, and I want to thank them, so Thank you Jean and Linn!

I am keeping this pair for myself!

A Tea Cosy

I knitted this tea cosy for a swap on Ravelry. The pattern is from the book "Gifted" by Mags Kandis.

I embellished it by knitting in two colors and adding knitted roses and mice. A big thank you to Janet McMahon for her pattern of baby mice on Ravelry.

I think this turned out really cute! I used Philosopher's Wool for the body of the teapot cosy and scraps of other wool for the flowers and mice.

Decadent Socks

I have been working furiously on my design. I have scribbled erased, knitted, frogged, and knitted again. but I have finished one sock and am quite happy with the design. The picture below is not really very representative of the color as it was taken with horrible flash, because the day was so overcast.

I am now busy deciphering my notes and have started on the second sock. I will have to make some adjustments before I will be ready to publish the pattern, because I have little quirky things I have done that will have to be clarified. I am very happy with the design and am trying to come up with a name for the pattern. For some reason, the color makes me think of Paprika! This is closer to the real color of the yarn.

So back to knitting!