Stocking Up

Even though I am still working away on my latest pair of socks and still have one skein of sock yarn left, I couldn't pass up a 20% off coupon from my LYS.

I've only used patterning yarns before in my socks, so I thought I would force myself to but some solid colors. I came across this KAL from knittingdaily.com that I really want to try, and I'm thinking the solid yarn will show the pattern off much better. It will be a bit of time before I get to them though ~sigh~ I'm just to the heel flap of my second sock on this pair.

I was very tempted to set these aside and get started on the Monkey sock pattern, but I resisted. Last thing I need is another UFO !

A set for Ellie

My mother-in-law has always like the color blue, so I made this set up for her. The square cloth is from the yahoo! mid-month dishcloth group and the other is the same bobble pattern that my mom gave me. The bobbles were much easier this time around and I actually like making them.

We are off for vacation - camping at Allegany State Park in New York. A most-beautiful place! I'm bringing along sock supplies and a dishcloth pattern, just in case I suffer withdrawl......

Silly Socks

Well, I was just loving this sock yarn because it was making this fun spiral down the tube. Very nifty. Well, then I got to the heel and that was the end of the spiral. Bummer. But I still love them, spiral or no spiral.

My Apron

Yippee!! It's done! And I love it!

and no, I'm not 8 feet tall - I'm standing on a chair in my kitchen, so I could take the picture in the mirror :)

Its a Good Thing

No, I'm not quoting Martha Stewart .... far from it.

I'm just thinking that it's a good thing this is 'just a dishcloth' because the blatant mistake I made in the pattern would render anything else useless. But what's a little extra stripe among friends, right?

This pattern was the Yahoo Group's mid-month mystery dishcloth pattern and there is no picture provided. So when I originally saw how different this one area was, I thought maybe it was just the way the pattern was going to be. Like a stripe on the top and bottom. Nope. Just a mistake on my part. But other than that, I really like this pattern. I'm thinking of working it up as my next pair of socks. Of course, not until after that apron gets finished :)

Bobble Bobble

Although really far from being perfect - I have learned to bobble. My mom had this pattern and didn't have any desire to learn how to do it, and I was intrigued by the instructions, because I had no idea what a bobble even was. I guess 'bobble' sounds better than 'wart', though I think wart is more representative of what the silly things turn out looking like! (sorry to all you bobble lovers)
I'm giving this to my mom - she wants it to put under her african violet plant as a coaster kind of thing.

I am happy to say my apron is 12" long (only 3" more to go before the sash). I really thought I would be bored stiff with the pattern, but it's a great mindless project when I'm too tired to keep track of a pattern, but still feel like knitting. And the longer it gets, the more I see how awesome of an apron it's going to be!

Look What's On My Feet!

And look what will be on my waist--my apron! Only another 10" to go.....