My Forays into Fiber and other Geeky Things

Oh a Two-fer, you say Some projects I am working on. Luscious Lace Scarf Which started life like this and now now looks like this... A completely unintended color pattern that's working it's way across the vertical pattern.... I mean just look at it!!! I am liking the result... Oh I finally turned the heals of those damned socks They became "those damned socks" sometime in the second month of working on them... Why did no-one tell me that zero size needles take forever!!!!????

The second post of August. I had best show you all what's on the needles, yes? Lets start with the newest project first. Around the beginning of June, I finished a few things. This for instance I had to go hunting for a pattern so it lay dormant The roving, merino of course, was from Carolyn of SeeKay Crafts I just loved spinning it. So much later I found a pattern and cast on Now it looks like this...... Carolyn, thanks for your colorway of "Spring Green" this is what it looks like knitted. Another thing on the needles since June is this pair of simple socks. Which are cleverly stashed in a "Harley Flames" box knitting bag by JessaLu Stitches. Yes, real men, knit, spin and carry project bags. And the red scarf is still coming along, I was hoping to have the first one done by Sept 1st.. Not happening... Btw, get out there and hike the trails these last few weekends of summer, but with this study, be prepared to go in circles

I don't know what happened here, turn my back and July is out the window. Summer is coming to an end in the North-Country and I want to deny it. Even today, Nature is giving it her best at a forecast high today of 91 degrees F (33 c) Meanwhile, that cranky old laptop of mine has again given up the ghost. The charging light would not come on even with the power tip being wiggled. You may have seen it before, here, acting as a background for some of my knitting. So out came the implements of destruction. Screwdriver, reading glasses, soldering iron solder and a flat surface..... Through the magic of the internet, we will speed an half an hour by. We are left with this.... You can barely see the red circle around the part I had to solder to make the laptop come back to life. I had previously replaced the power socket so I just hoped solder would fix the problem ...... It did. Meanwhile, I cast on Luscious Lace Scarf by Knitting Pixie I promise pics will follow, as soon I can get past...

Dobby has a new pair of them... Finally I have been working on these since January. Above is the first part of the toe up construction. I used the "forward" wrap method which requires you to make the cast on by knitting it... It only makes sense when you do it. Trust me it's brain bleeding.. The toes had an increase of a two stitches every row until I had 44 sts a round. Later on, when I had progressed beyond that point I truly felt as if I had a real sock in the making. Then I hit the heal.... and the "rip and repeat" learning curve. It was NOT a fun time.. when you had to really learn short row heal and screw it up time and again. But last night, finally, after 3 months of these living in my knitting bag, they are done. I so am stoked that I actually did these. BTW, That FUGLY blue yarn mentioned here has gone to stash camp in the basement along with a few of the other "not stash" yarns. On a geeky note, I got to play with a toy ACER has a better o...