Sock pics

Here are the finished socks:

Details:
Yarn: Cascade Fixation Color 9843, less than 2 balls
Pattern: Made it up
Needles: 4mm double points (the package said US size 6, but that would be 4.25mm, so they must be from the UK)
Comments: My first pair of big socks! Not bad. Stretchy yarn takes some getting used to, but working with the merino stretch first helped.

With the leftovers, I made some baby socks:

Pattern:
Cast on 20 sts on US size 5 double pointed needles and join. Work 16 rounds in moss stitch (Round 1: [K1, P1] repeat to end. Every following round: K the P sts and P the K sts). Work the short row heel shaping over 10 sts, until you have 5 sts between yarn overs, then back to 10 sts and rejoin the round. Work another 9 rounds in moss stitch, then repeat heel shaping for toe. Graft toe sts to instep sts. Should fit a 0-3 month old, maybe older since they are stretchy.

I really think this is cute

Sweet Mary Jane Cardigan

And it would be cheap to make, but what would I do with it?

It's a sock!

Kristi and I are having a mini sock-a-long. It started when we were in Portland browsing the Yarn Garden and she said she wanted her next project to be socks. Totally doable, and I told her I would help her through. But in order to be able to help her, especially long distance, I realized I would have to get some Cascade Fixation and needles and follow along. When she visited yesterday, we worked on our socks some and I gave her a primer in heel shaping (plus some take home instructions). Since I rushed to get to the heel by her visit, it was pretty easy to finish up the sock this morning.



Specs to come later.

Kate is never interested in me until I have a camera in front of my face.

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Knitting Tour of Oregon

Checked out many yarn shops while in Oregon, but the best by far was Juniper Fiberworks on Century Drive in Bend. EXCELLENT selection of yarns, plenty of stock, and organized by color, which is great because I was on a quest for the perfect shade of salmon for a new sweater. As I was walking out of the store, 11 balls of Plymouth Suri Merino attacked me and demanded to be taken home. So I took them.

The suri makes it feel like angora!