Part two..

Hmmm. Something happened to Blogger (not me mind you - I know I am totally new to blogging but it couldn' possibly be MY fault) and I couldn't get it to post anymore pictures. So this is a continuation of the last post...

Anyway, this is the first project I did in CTH Supersock:

I made it for this guy:
Obviously, he was much smaller when he wore it! :) This one was made from either River Run or the Tropical Storm colorway. I can't remember. It made an excellent baby sweater - it is soft, warm, and machine washable. Here he is when he actually fit into it:

Too cute, huh? Funny, almost three years have gone by since that picture was taken, yet I feel I have aged at least ten years since having a child. Worth it, of course, but wow, parenthood can take alot out of you.

FO (Finally!) and then a little more Cherry Tree Hill

Sooooooo, I was totally going to finish those Broadripple socks on like WEDNESDAY but life got in the way again. (Note to the City of Boston: I love you, I really do. In fact, I cry myself to sleep every night since I moved outside of your limits. However, the roads around you? You know, 128 and the Pike, and 9, etc? They all SUCK. And they make it difficult for me to continue my long-distance relationship with you. It took me 2 hours and 8 minutes to get home after our rendevous on Friday and this is simply not acceptable.) I have been doing some training at a sister institution to my hospital and the new place - very strict and VERY LIMITED internet. Seriously - they block you from going to even Hotmail. What is that about?

But, yesterday I did finish the socks!!!!
Pattern: Broadripple from Knitty
Yarn: Cherry Tree Hill Supersock in Northern Lights

Also, I posted on a couple of message boards about how I really like Cherry Tree Hill Supersock and some people asked to hear more about it. Well, obviously I like it, and Clara from Knitter's Review has written a review here which I'm sure is much more informative than me going, "I just love it! Love it! It is squishy and soft!", so you should go there and read her review. What I do want to add is that most of the colors are REALLY bright. I wear mostly black and brown so I reserve use of this yarn for socks or items not for myself. Anyway, here are some pics of things I have made with it...

These are made in the Fall Foliage colorway and the free pattern is here. I made these last summer and they have been washed (in hot water!) and machine dried. They did "bloom" with time and have lost a tiny bit of stitich definition, but otherwise they have held up very nicely.

Life gets in the way of knitting

So I had planned to finish by Broadripple socks last night but a *minor* car accident issue got in the way of my knitting so I really only worked maybe 20 rows or so on them last night. So annoyed, but I WILL finish them today. (At work, if I am lucky).

Anyway, with the Broadripples so close to completion I am contemplating my next project. I joined Socktoberfest yesterday and am thinking of making these next:

They are the Snowflake socks from MagKnits and the link can be found here. I think I will make them knee socks (since they are oh so popular this season) and will probably do them in a solid brown or black color (I like the idea of white socks buuuuut... I have two dogs and a three year-old) to peek out from under my knee-high boots. The pattern calls for Lorna's Laces but I was thinking Koigu. Anyone have any suggestions for an online shop that sells Koigu and ships fast (I'm into immediate gratification)????

I found the coolest thing last night while surfing the net: Yarn Safaris. They pick you up and take to to either pre-arranged or custon yarn shop tours around New England. So it would be like a stitch n bitch on the bus ride combined with going to multiple shops and getting to buy lots of stuff and getting to oogle other knitter's purchases too! I would hate to think about how much money I would drop. If they organize a trip to Patterworks I'm definately going - I think it only like two hours or so from me but I don't know that many local knitters and my husband and non-knitting friends are certainly not going to drive up to New Hampshire for what they see as simply "string". :)

On a side note: do any bloggers out there know how to move my sidebar info up to the top of the page? It currently appears half-way down the page. Odd.

OMG, I'm going to swoon

So, after I left a standard mediocre day at work last night I checked my mail on the way up the driveway. Expecting the usual - bills, and more bills, and those stupid flyers that jam up your box. Instead there was this LOVELY skein Merino Sock! in Marsquake from Lisa Souza. And seriously, I was all like WTF because I just ordered it over the weekend! Anyway, the yarn is sooooo soft and the colors are even more lovely than in this picture. AND, it was only $16 for over 500 yards! The yarn might be a teeney bit more fine than the other sock yarns I am used to working with but maybe it is just my imagination. It took all my control to not immediately wind this into a ball and start a new pair of socks right away. (But this is what has made me the queen of UFOs and I am determined to change my ways sooooo...) Here is another shot of it out of the skein band:

Instead of immedately playing my new yarn, I was a good girl and instead went full speed on my Broadripple socks (sorry for the crappy color of this pic) so that I can move onto the next project. No second sock syndrome this time... I WILL finish these puppies tonight!

Stitches advice, anyone?

So I am considering go to Stitches East in November. My family lives in Maryland, only about an hour from Baltimore, so lodging and such would be free. I have never been to such an event and wonder if my marriage will remain intact after my husband sees how much money I have dropped on yet MORE yarn. Here is the complete lists of vendors: http://www.knittinguniverse.com/flash/events/html/east/marketfloor.php OMG.

I know there are classes and such there but I plan on just buying yarn to pad the stash. I wonder though - do I need to get there as soon as the door opens to get the good stuff? I imagine that it could get a bit like a stampede...

In other news, about two weeks ago I started these Broadripple socks from an older Knitty. Over the weekend I finished the first sock and got the the heel on the second. I am using the Northern Lights colorway in Cherry Tree Hill's Supersock and I just love that yarn. I don't know why I don't hear knitters sing it praises more often. Last night I placed an order (per direction of the fabulous girls from Lime and Violet) of Lisa Souza's Merino Sock in the Marsquake color. Can't wait until it gets here!!!!!