Photos

Here are some of my pictures of knitting. It is not all of them because most of my knitting related items are being shipped to me.





the first is of the Gentleman socks up to now. The second is of the spiral pattern in the knit stitches. I hope you can see it. The last pic is of the Knitting Way book.

I am now back in L.A. The plane ride was good but I did not get any knitting done as I was sleeping. I am trying to make up for it.

I got Charlene Schurch's More Sensational Knitted Socks. I dont like many of the sock patterns in here but there was one that I have the perfect yarn for and I really want to knit it.

That is about it. Later.

Gentlemen

Hey there! Today my Dad, step-mom, and step-brothers, and I went to a Miami Dolphin football game. I am not really into football but I am loyal to the Dolphins. They were playing the Cincinnati Bengals and lost by a couple touchdowns. The upside is that I got a lot done on Adam's socks. Yesterday I finished turning the heel and now I am done with the gusset shaping. They are going really well.

My dad is plugging away on his Hippie Scarf. He is a natural knitter. He knit a couple inches in garter stitch and then wanted to put a pattern in. I showed him how to do a purl stitch and on his first try he got it right. Now his scarf has the four middle stitche in stockinette stitch. He is doing really well.

Karen is knitting a dropstitch stole out of some really pretty yarn. She has gotten very far on it and it looks great.

My cousin Anjali is learning how to knit socks. She saw me making Adam's and wanted to learn. She already knows how to knit and purl so I just taught her how to knit on dpns. She is on the cuff of her first sock and it going really well.

I am also learning how to cook with my grandmother who is a super cook. I am being her sou chef for a Shrimp Creole dish. It is easy to make but tastes really good.

That is about it. Later.

Rip it, Rip it, Rip it

So yesterday I had a great yarn shop experience. After breakfast all the girls decided that they wanted to go to a knitting store. So we searched on Google and found one that was pretty close. It is called Anneke's Needlework and it is in Miami Florida. It was a little hard to find but we soon found out it was worth getting lost for. I walked inside and saw rows of yarn on shelves, yarn hanging off the ceiling and wall, and yarn in boxes on all of the tables. The shop has three rooms. Two of them are filled with yarn and the third one houses crosstitch projects, needles, and notions. I love this place. It puts my small LYS to shame. While there I bought my biggest purchase of yarn that was not for a sweater. I had all this christmas money and the store had a 15% off sale on everything in the store.

I got 2 more balls of Trekking XXL in two beautiful colourways, My first ball of Jitterbug sock yarn which I love, and some yarn for the argyle socks I want to knit. I also got size one needles for Jaywalker, and some bobbins for the argyle socks.

Now, about Jaywalker... I finally cast on using the right sized needles but it was still huge. I have now ripped it out and started Gentleman Socks designed by Kristi. My only explanation for the hugeness of the socks was that I was using a thicker yarn. I have no idea. I was using Trekking XXL. Does anyone know if that is thicker than the Yarn called for?

That is about it for right now. Later!!

Jaywalker

So today I redecided what pattern I am using for Adam's socks. I would like to knit the Jaywalker Pattern by Grumperina. He has already okayed the pattern. The only problem is that I am using size two needles instead of size ones. This means that the 76 cast on stitches would make a sock for an elephant. Does anyone have any ideas for downsizing the pattern. If so please leave me a comment. I would be very grateful.

In other news, I have started reading my The Knitting Way book. It is actually very interesting.

That is about all the knitting news I can think of. Later.

More Gifts

So after we had opened our gifts on Christmas, my uncle, his wife( knitter), their daughter(knitter), and baby came and I got some beautiful size 2 rozewood sock needles in their own little bag. I have taken my brother Adam's measurements and have knit a guage swatch with the Trekking yarn he gave me. YAY!!! I have not done any more knitting because I am waiting for the group I joined for sock knitters to start. I will knit Adams socks as the simple rib pattern sock.

Christmas

Once again I apoligize for not posting sooner. I just didnt have any knitting mojo. But now its Christmas and I got some great knitting gifts.

The first one is of the kit my step mom and my dad got me. It is for " Krista" of White Lies designes. This is why I like Ravelry. My stepmom looked on my queue and saw I wanted to knit it so she got it for me. Thank you Karen!! I am knitting it in a beautiful turquoise.

The next gift is a book that Karen gave me. It is called the Knitting Way. I have already started reading it and it is really interesting.

My two step-brothers got me sock yarn. Adam gave me some Trekking yarn which i will knit into sock yarn. Noah gave me some On Your Toes sock yarn. Thank you brothers!!

Well that's about it. Happy Holidays to those who celebrate them.

Christmas!!!

I just realized how close Christmas is!! I'm knitting and cross stitching presents for some people and I don't know if I can finish. It's too bad I have school otherwise i would have no trouble at all. I guess I will just have to work harder. Thankfully I have been getting all my homework done at school so evenings are devoted to knitting and blog reading. Bye now. I have some knitting to do.

Knit Knit

Finally

So I can finally post some pics of crafting in Amsterdam. I say crafting because it wasnt all knitting as you will soon see. I am going to try and put up some Amsterdam pics anto flickr but I am not good with computers.
This is the sock for my step dad Andy. The yarn is Regia and I got it and the needles at a yarn store, De Afstap, which was really close to the hotel. Andy's feet are so huge that this is what happened when he tried the sock on...



Yep. Thats right, a broken needle. To be fair they are size 0. Apparently I dont keep good care of my needles because anothe one snapped (on a different SIP).

There is one more thing i want to show you but it is taking forever to load so youll just have to wait.

Knit Knit!!