Love and frustration

All in one picture:


The air conditioner is my new best friend. The stole is my new least favorite project. I got 1/3 of the way around with the border before confronting the truth that I did not have enough yarn to finish. I bought the yarn at Elann a few months ago and this color is sold out. I had no choice be to frog all the border and I have to figure out how to rework it with fewer stitches so I use less yarn. But I will not be doing that now. For now, it's on timeout.

3-month-old socks

I can't believe I finished these at the end of LAST term and haven't blogged about them yet. Yeesh.



Details:
Pattern: Embossed Leaves from the Winter 2005/6 Interweave Knits
Yarn: Sock It To Me in East Coast Blue from Elann.com, 2 balls
Needles: US size 1, dpns
Comments: I altered the pattern a little. I wasn't into the German heel, so I gave it a French slip stitch heel. I'm truly a creature of habit and if a pattern differs from what I expect, I change it to what I'm used to. I probably should have left it alone, but the socks turned out well anyway and I really like them. Only 5 more months until I can wear them. :-)

More updates to come, including Matthew's socks, the stole in progress, some more socks in progress and a tank from the Summer IK.

Good stuff

We can all use more good stuff. Here's some good stuff Kristi sent me a few weeks ago.

The top I made her last year:


The socks I made her for her birthday, aka the mystery project:


Details:
Pattern: Pomatomus Socks from Knitty
Yarn: Sock It To Me in Desert Sand(?) from Elann.com, 2 balls
Needles: US size 1 dpns
Comments: Tough pattern. Not a bad pattern, but I'm really slow at knitting through the back loops, so it felt like the socks took forever. But the outcomes is pretty nice.

Also, my sock pal got a pattern published in Mag Knits. Once again,
I'm really impressed with her work. Did I mention she's only 13?!? Wow.