hippity hop, little grasshopper

I really like my Knee high to a Grasshopper socks. So much so that once I finished my socks, I wore them all evening, and then to bed, and then all of the next day. This is unheard of, as I never wear socks to bed, and don’t like to wear the same socks two days in a row. But, I love these socks. Even though I messed up the lace pattern on the back of the second one. I fixed it to the point where it’s hard enough to tell where the mistake is , and that’s all that matters to me, right? Now, I can’t wait to see what the lovely Blue Moon ladies have in store for us next!

Finished Shedir, and my socks-in-progress

So, finally yesterday I got it together enough to put some knitting pictures up on flickr, so today I want to show off my finished hat and socks in progress. Here’s a top down view of my Shedir that I finished…two Sundays ago?

I really do love the way the top of this hat comes together. I discovered that it is REALLY hard though to get a good picture of the top of my own head. Thank goodness for digital cameras!

My reward for finishing Shedir was being able to start my April Rockin’ Sock Club kit, with the beautiful and soft Silkie yarn. Here’s where I was progress-wise yesterday morning:
              
If you can’t tell, that’s a finished sock on the left, and the beginning of the second on the right.

I am excited that I have discovered a new photo-spot for knitting pictures, which is the bottom of my IKEA footstool. It’s less shiny than the kitchen table I’ve been using, and the light seems to be better too. Yay!

Slacker

I’ve been busy so I haven’t posted, and for sure haven’t had time to take pictures, but I do want to attempt to be semi-regular in my posting, so I’m going to post picture-less for right now, just so I have some sort of update. I finished Shedir this weekend. Got all of the main chart repeat done in the test on Saturday morning, and made myself finish the rest Sunday morning before I let myself go to breakfast. It ended up taking more time that I thought so I ended up at more of a brunch time than breakfast, but I was glad. I’m really happy with the way it turned out. It feels a tiny bit big, and a tiny bit long, but not so much on either that I would have changed the pattern.

Finishing Shedir allowed me to start the new RSC socks, called Knee High to a Grasshopper. I really do love this yarn. The way it works up in sort of dark/light stripes is just gorgeous. I started it at first on the medium size on the prescribed size 2s, but was using DPNs instead of the two circulars called for in the pattern, because I don’t have size 2 circs. After I got a few inches up the foot it was clear that it was going to be too big, so I took it out. It’s going so fast though, I’m not really all that upset. Since I have 2 KnitPicks circs in their size 1 (which is really more like a 1 1/2) I’m going to use those and try to follow the 2 circs instructions in the pattern. I did the small size this time, but it seemed to be too small after finishing the toe, so I’m trying once more in the medium size, but with the smaller needles. I think the real answer might be to knit the toes on the size 2 dpns and then switch to the smaller circs for the main body of the sock, but only time will tell. I’ll have pictures to post as soon as I can get my act together.

Also since my last post, I got my sock pal’s info for the Sockapalooza sock exchange (link in sidebar). I am very excited about this, since I’ve never done a swap of any sort before. I really hope I can make something that my sock pal will enjoy. I think she and I have similarly sized feet, so hopefully that will help. I am hoping to figure out a pattern this week, though I won’t start knitting until the Grasshoppers are done. Fun fun fun!