Sock Camps a-Comin'!

I am so excited that Sock Camp is coming up SOON! I can hardly wait! We were given a homework assignment and sent an information packet, so that really got all of us campers revved up!

I had to stop my Inside Out sock so that I could concentrate on my homework.

Nothing interesting, really, to post. But here's my Little Emperor's coloring contest submission...

The dark pink over the bunny's eyes is a 'mask'. His stuff gets more and more vibrant and interesting.

Scout Rocks!

So here is my new Bamboo/Merino hand-dyed from Scout! I had originally wanted the Merino/tencel blend in the Biblioteque colorway. I instead got the merino and now this bamboo blend! Cool to see the color difference, huh? Same colorway, (Bibliteque), but this reads much more brown/beige. Now to plot what it shall become...

And as for my poor Inside/Out sock, I'm afraid progress is slow. I got caught on the reverse heel flap and had to tear back. Funny how one can look at something and intuitively know it is not right (like in this case, the heel was just too wide...) and STILL ignore it! I just kept on going but finally got smart enough to stop and realize that frogging was inevitable.

I'll keep plugging away, though interest wanes!

Do I LIE or what?

Bwahhhh ha ha ha!!! I just re-read an old post from January 16 of this year...
http://tapmouseknits2.blogspot.com/2007/01/sometimes-i-get-stuff-done.html

I actually was excited to complete my ONE toe-up sock with reverse heel flap, yabber on about how I loved that reverse heel flap, and even had the nerve to state that I think I am a "big girl" now and can do the math for future toe-up socks using this heel!-LOL!!! NO, NO--ROFLMAO!!!! For if it were true, this Monsoon Inside Out Sock that I have decided to knit in this way would not have it's heel currently frogged back!

Well...I guess it was a good thing this pattern is toe-up because I clearly need more practice with this method! Maybe I needed to try and do the math conversion again instead of using someone else's mathematical chart! That's what I get for being my LAZY-A_ _ self!-HA!

Rockin' along...

So I'm slower than the rest, but figured I might as well show some pics of my Monsoon "Inside Out" sock I'm working on, cuz the flashing of the yarn is quite interesting...The top pic is the insole; bottom pic is the sole. I always confuse the term "instep". I somehow psychologically think "arch" when I see "instep". But I KNOW 'sole', so that is the only thing that saves me!

I don't mind the way the yarn is knitting up. All I ask is that the second sock NOT perfectly stripe! I'm not super anal, and don't need complete 'matchy-matchy", but I don't think I could deal with stripes on one, flashing/pooling on the other.

So far, I started the toes on size 1 needles, tore back and re-knit using Inox steel 00 (yes, I finally figured it out with the help of Nartian!), and switched after about a couple of inches to the 000 (Susuan Bates). I think I ended up with this 'interesting' patterning because my tension goes in and out of looser and taut. It looks like it tried to stripe in a big, stripey way, but the gauge was just not staying tight enough. Oh well...I still love them and hope that the reversed heel flap (ala Widdershins, ala Diamonte) will work out. I decided to garter stitch the gussett increase to try and keep the look consistent with the toes. We'll see...

A bit of time to post...

...but no time to post pics right now...

I started my "Inside Out" sock from my first 2007 Rockin' Sock Club kit. A bit of a pain having to figure out gauge. OK, I"m lying-I decided I'd skip gauge and go right to using size 1 needles.

The toe started looking way to huge, so I hopped down to what I believe are 00 dpns, but could be 0...Yeah, I'm that bad!-lol!

Progress news: I finished the black onyx footies for DBF and will start matching ones for our son. And yes, I supposed I will work more on the Inside Out...Can I confess something else about that sock? After tearing out trial 1 and starting over, I got 1/2 way through the toe, started the second half and had to tear back again! The double wrapping was off...so basically, I've made near to no progress on them!

Meanwhile, Stilaholic Nartian was ripping through her first one-I swear, she looked like she was nearing the toes this afternoon. I wouldn't be surprised if she shows up tomorrow with a finished one in hand tomorrow!

Ah, well...that's why we are all different, right? One day, I, too will progress further!

Rockin' Sock Club 2007!

Well, it's he-re! Hooray! My first sock kit of the year arrived today!

Just a couple of picks to show what I got...

The opened skein of "Monsoon"...colors are a bit bleached-out, so the greens don't show very well...

And this year, we got a hard cover binder, a new pin, a new sticker, and a new section has been added called 'Footnotes". Oh-and I got my usual 'emergency sock yarn' (i.e., the keychain...) I'll HAVE to go buy a new crochet hook tomorrow! Still need to figure out whether I will follow the pattern or part from it at one point. Decisions!

HEY! Project Spectrum Fodder!

Just spun from the Spinderella "Alderman" thrums! And it could also work for "Yarn P0rn Friday", too, now couldn't it? Amazing, huh? Blues, greys and whites to coincide with Project Spectrum! (Yay, me! Not even trying!)

My first STR club shipment for this year's club should be arriving soon, too! Can't wait!

I looked at the kit ahead of time and just LOVE the new colorway! It always puzzles me a bit how some people get their undies all in a twist over 'sock kit spoilage' (i.e., when someone posts a pic that reveals what the new kit colorway is before everyone has gotten theirs for themselves...) I figure that it is just as much a surprise for me to see the kit for the first time on someones blog as it would be to receive the kit. Besides that, seeing it on a blog is still different than actually having it in your hands to see the colors in real-life.

So I guess what I'm tring to say is, I don't 'get' why some people feel the need to not know until it actually arrives at their door. Like I said, it is fun for me to be surprised as well, but can't I be just as surprised by seeing the kit for the first time on-line as well as if had received my shipment first?...

Well, I'm glad there are those in the sock club who are kind enough to share pics!