Saturday I went out to get the mail and was surprised to see a package from my friend Jen. I opened it up immediately and was thrilled to find a skein of Socks that Rock in the much coveted colorway, Dragon Dance! In addition, there was a lovely note from Jen, two ballband dishclothes (perfect [...]
Archive for June, 2008
A surprise and a zombie
Posted in Socks, Socks that Rock, Summer of Socks 2008 on June 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Summer of Socks 2008
Posted in Sock Yarn, Socks, Socks that Rock, Summer of Socks 2008 on June 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Summer of Socks 2008 officially began this past Saturday. For those of you who don’t know, Summer of Socks (SOS) is a summer long knit-along for socks to celebrate summer while preparing for winter. The festivities include prizes for different sock events like most socks knitted or random drawings for completed socks in two week [...]
Little Knit
Posted in Finished Projects on June 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Baby Shrug
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Pattern: Baby Shrug by Debbie Bliss
Yarn: Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Prosperous Purple
Needles: US size 6 (4.0 mm)
Start Date: May 6, 2008
End Date: June 5, 2008
Comments: I absolutely love this little shrug! I had made the Fiery Bolero a few years ago for myself and it is practically the same pattern. It’s knit all [...]
A New Mom Finds Time to Knit Lace!
Posted in Finished Projects, Socks that Rock on June 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Lace Ribbon Scarf
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Pattern: Lace Ribbon Scarf by Veronik Avery
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Mediumweight in Bella Coola
Needles: Addi Lace size 3 (3.25 mm)
Start Date: May 19, 2008
End Date: June 1, 2008
Comments: I did it! I found time to knit a lace scarf while caring for my newborn baby. Yay! I was a [...]
And the winner is…
Posted in Contest, Socks on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
And the randomly selected winner of two skeins of Panda Cotton is:
Kelli of Knitterbunny!
Thank you everyone for your sock pattern suggestions. Surprisingly there was very little overlap and a number of them were unknown to me. Here’s a rundown of everyone’s favorites (pattern links are to the Ravelry page):
Kelli of KnitterBunny loves [...]
With a little help…
Posted in Socks that Rock on June 2, 2008 | 16 Comments »
*3rd Blogiversary Contest at the end of this post!*
Yesterday afternoon while Matt and I caught up on the last few episodes of Lost I came to the end of the skein. After casting on 44 and knitting 16 repeats my Lace Ribbon Scarf was as long as it was going to be – 58 inches. [...]
