Blog Diving!

Well, Stilaholic Nartianhas finished her PAIR of Kews! And Monkey1's pair, to boot! Am I lame or what? I can't seem to get past my first Kew!

And I even checked out my lil' bro's blog and he actually has updated it recently!

So everyone else progresses and I feel like I've not got much done at all! This past weekend I had bad lace knitting karma and am not feeling too great about that, but at least with the Kew, I can easily frog back the few rows where the chart and I parted ways and get back on board! As for the shawl...? Ah, not sure I'm up to the challenge in dealing with that one! I need to just work on some plain stockinette, huh?...

Color themes and other knitting aspirations

Well here is the progress on my Rooster Rock Kews:



Yeah, down to the heel flap on the first sock and that's it right now! Meanwhile, my KAL buddy had knit along to some other project since she has finished her pair! Take a look: http://stilaholicnartianknits.blogspot.com

This is the "Sock 1" previously mentioned which continued to stripe, but in a bit fuller ribboning, since I loosened my tension a bit. Much better than pooley Sock2.

And do you notice a similarity in the color scheme going on here?



Velvet Cake! This is the accompanying 'focus project' that shares the ziplock baggie with the Rooster Rock kew. It's the beginning of a top (Rebecca No. 22) which I am hoping will one day actually BE the a top! I'll try to maintain my focus, though the STR pink granite I just got is calling me big-time!

The good news? The pink ribbon socks are done and two of the 2 pair of toddler socks I was "Extreme knitting" (sock within a sock) are finished. I liberated the first two after finding the second joining and decided I needed to finish them separately. I did decide to be crazy and do the seconds at the same time (sock within a sock...) just so I could say I did a whole pair in this manner. And of course, once they are done, never to do them that way again unless I suddenly were stuck on a desert island with no other knitting or needles and trying to make it take as long as possible to do...

Socktoberfest continues!

Well I just read that Lolly is going to keep Socktoberfest going! At least at Flickr! This is great because I was feeling like a big looser for not finishing the second sock of my Breast Cancer Ribbon socks I had started a year (or two?) ago. I would have finished the second sock by the end of October, but I realized I had forgotten to add the reinforcement yarn in the toes and tore back the decreases. I was so tired working on them last nigh that I couldn't keep track of my decreases and finally put it down and decided I didn't need to be anal about finishing the damn sock by EOM!

So here is my progress...


And, in case anyone is searching for pics, here is the October "Don't Come A Knockin'" Socks that Rock Club shipment.


I haven't gotten very far with my Titania's Revenge socks, and may shelf those and work on this kit first, since it is med. wt and will knit up quicker! (Yes-always a plan!-lol!) But...to finish this pink ribbon sock first, a hat for a friend's grand daughter, and hmmm...I think I'd better seam a fluffy baby 'jacket' or I may end up being shamed by the mother into doing it! But have no fear! I am always knitting on ten million things at once!