Julie's Socks

It took only twenty days, but Julie's second sock is finished. I just need to weave in the ends, and I can send it off to her by Saturday. I hope she models the socks (and lets me put a picture on the blog!).

Sock information
Pattern: basically, my own. Very plain. Started off with the cuff for Cookie A.'s Pomatomus, knit in stockinette for several inches, did the heel from Pomatomus, knit in stockinette for several more inches, and then did the toe of Pomatomus. It's a very, very, very basic, plain sock, also knit up in Patons Kroy Socks Stripes (Mulberry Stripes colorway), on size US 2 dpns. It took a full skein, and then a few yards ... so I'm guesstimating about 175, 180 yards.

Improvising

Ran out of the Luna today during lunch. Thankfully, I had some of the Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash in Tropical Punch left over. I don't have a lot of yardage, so this should be very interesting! Happily, I have the needles AND yarn (gasp!) I need for Julie's second sock. The goal is to cast on 72 stitches either tonight or tomorrow (24 sts per needle), knit the first 10 rows as [p1, k1tbl], and then knit in stockinette for an indeterminate number of stitches.

GRRRR!

I know that I definitely own a pair of size US 6 dpns. In fact, in my last post, you can see them jutting out of the Eggplant Socks.

I cannot find them.

Now, if I had not used these dpns since Summer '06, that would be perfectly understandable as to why I cannot find them. However, I used them as recently as mid-October of this year, knitting a baby beret that there is no record of on Ravelry. Ah, that's why. I knitted the Baby Beret from the ever-so fabulous (and aptly named) Wacky Baby Knits by Alison Jenkins. Back to my story. My US 6 dpns were used, they were fabulous, and now I cannot find them.

On Saturday morning I actually drove out to Michael's at 9 in the morning to buy these precious tools, but the only size sixes available were in the circular variety ... which I foolishly bought.

My brain has trouble processing two sets of circs for in-the-round projects, especially for socks. Until I either a) find my wandering US 6 dpns (which are in a lovely Brittany wood, if I do so recall, so nice and soft and supple in my hands) or b) buy some cold, hard Susan Bates, for they are cheap and I must save money ... the Thujas shall not be cast on.

Artyarns Addict?

I seem to be obsessed with Artyarns Supermerino.

Cue: it's been several years, but I bought my *third* massive purchase (massive being more than one skein) of Artyarns Supermerino, this time in colorway 151 Calypso ... for ... yes ... Thuja socks. I walked into Knitting on the Lamb, and emerged with three skeins of pink stripey happiness.

The first time I knit up some Thujas, it was the first time I had ever knitted socks ... and it was for a now-ex boyfriend. I was hooked after I finished that pair. They rocked. They were green. I post a picture of them here, but they do show the ex's feet, and I have a feeling that won't go over too well with him.

The second pair of Thujas I knit was the summer after that, in 2006. They were my mom's birthday present, and I call them her eggplant socks. They are purple, and as I ran out of purple for the toes, I finished them off with the leftover green. Here's an image of one of the socks in progress, sans green toes.

So tonight I have my three little skeins, sitting in my lap, and when I return from dinner I plan on winding them up. Never mind the other sock I need to cast on for Julie, the Celtic Knot afghan for Sean and Becky, the scarf for my nephew, the hat for my niece. It's getting colder out and I need socks, dammit.

Yarn Sale at Michaels

Today my friend and I went to the craft store... where Patons Kroy Socks Stripes were on sale. They were marked down a dollar each, I had a fifty-percent off coupon ...

Three skeins of sock yarn later, I hope I have enough to make the long-promised socks for Julie (of nosemitten ownership).

Patons Kroy Sock Stripes in the Mulberry Colourway, about 498 yards total. Machine washable, and according to the website, fond of US 3 dpns. Julie has specified that her socks be different, so I'll be using two different patterns. Which patterns, I'm not really sure...

Time Lord Sock Issues

Since the Time Lord is up in the woods, almost sans phone and internet access, it was a treat to see him pop online for a few minutes earlier this evening.

In a fit of missing him (and in that semi-delusional state after I finish a big project), I told him that I wanted to start knitting him the Dalek socks right away.

Little problem.

Tia, who designed the sock pattern, notes that she uses Austrian (European) shoe sizing. Her pattern is for a shoe size 40 ... roughly 7.5 in US men's, 9 in US women's.

The Time Lord wears a US 13 in men's. That's ... well. That's kinda a 47 in European (I think).

I'm going to go into a corner and hyperventilate into a paper bag now.

Jaywalking

I love to knit presents. I once had an ex-boyfriend ask me to knit for myself, for a change. This was after the conical shaped hat (he has a normal shaped head, thank you very much), and the green socks.

Back in March, I ordered two skeins of Lorna's Laces. I started knitting Jaywalker socks. The first one was recently finished, and I just cast on for the second.

Here is the first one, while it was in progress. This was from when I turned the heel, which always makes me feel incredibly clever.