January 2009 goals

Posted on 03 January 2009 by Kris

Knitting-wise, 2008 didn’t end on the best note for me. Because even though I could have achieved all my knitting goals, I totally failed:

  1. Complete at least five repeats of the Mountain Peaks Shawl edging – Not done.
  2. Complete at least three repeats of the Cleopatra Wrap – Not done.
  3. Finish Tubey – Not done.
  4. Finish at least one pair of socks – Not done.

I have no real excuse; all I can say is “um, oops?” But new year, new month… and new goals!

  1. Complete at least three repeats of the Mountain Peaks Shawl edging
  2. Complete at least two inches of Tubey
  3. Start and finish at least one convertible mitten for Mom
  4. Finish Cleopatra Wrap
  5. Finish at least one pair of socks

Wish me luck!

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Toasty toes

Posted on 04 December 2008 by Kris

Hey, look, sock toes!

To the left, we have a Mock Wave Cable Sock. To the right, we have the (finally!) revived Fairways sock.

I don’t have much to say about the former, except that I’m tired of purlwise M1s. But the latter’s another story. You can totally tell I hadn’t worked on it in ages – my colorwork’s all wonky. (Should block out, though. I hope!) Also, I don’t particularly love the toe, but then again I don’t hate it, either. So I think I’ll just leave it.

And finally, it’s pretty high on the list of “things I will never do again.” Well, okay, it’s not quite there yet. I’ll probably knit the second one at some point, after all! But then it’ll go on the list! Believe me when I say that my next colorwork socks will be much simpler.

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December 2008 goals

Posted on 01 December 2008 by Kris

I’m kind of amazed by how much I knit last month. Although it’s not really obvious from my goals:

  1. Complete at least four repeats of the Mountain Peaks Shawl edging – Done!
  2. Knit at least three inches for Tubey – Done!
  3. Knit the toe for the first Fairways sock – Done! (Will post a picture soon to prove it!)

I achieved all my goals and made progress on my other WIPs, too! Yay!

And now, time for new goals:

  1. Complete at least five repeats of the Mountain Peaks Shawl edging
  2. Complete at least three repeats of the Cleopatra Wrap
  3. Finish Tubey
  4. Finish at least one pair of socks

These are definitely doable. The question is, will I actually manage?

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Finally, something new

Posted on 21 November 2008 by Kris

If you’re reading this post, it means that my webhosting switch was successful. Yay!

Also, this update isn’t knitting-free. Because I have a new WIP to share!

I wouldn’t let myself start any new socks until I finished both the Sharks socks and the Retro Ribs. So needless to say, I cast on for this as soon as I wove in the Retro Ribs ends.

Doesn’t look very impressive, does it? But it’ll be more interesting when worn.

These are Mock Wave Cable Socks. They’re easy, but they take slightly more attention than hockey knitting should. So progress may be a little slow. But we’ll see how it goes.

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Retro Ribs

Posted on 17 November 2008 by Kris

It’s that time of year again – the time when I can’t really take pictures. Thanks to a combination of my work schedule and the time change, it’s now too dark before I leave and too dark when I get home. And if I’m sick or otherwise unable to take pictures on the weekend, well, there goes another post-less week.

That being said, here’s something I finished nearly three weeks ago:

Pattern:
Retro Rib Socks by Evelyn A. Clark (Published in Interweave Knits Winter 2004 and Favorite Socks)

Yarn:
Koigu Painter’s Palette Premium Merino, colorway 461

Needles:
US0 / 2.00mm Inox DPNs

 
These were a great knit. They were just complicated enough to keep me interested, yet just simple enough for me to work while socializing. Also, as you may have noticed already, I’m a fan of Koigu PPPM, so that made it even more fun.

As for the finished product, I like this pair. Even if you do have to squint to see the pattern.

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