Some Knitting Progress
I'm trying to get some traction on the slippers for my mom as well as the Frozen Margarita socks, and am happy to report a bit of progress on each. I'm targeting Mother's Day for the slippers (and they will need to be mailed - eek!), and an early June wedding for the socks.
The slippers for my mom look like a hot mess right now, but most of the knitting is done and I'll be left to all of the seaming and then felting very soon:
You'll recall that I had decided to leave most of the foot plain for the Frozen Margarita socks, with the exception of the lime slice on the toe. Here I am closer to approaching the MUMTU heel process (brace yourselves for a play-by-play on that!):
The Karbonz needles have decided on their next project:
I had intended to take some time to find a great pattern for this super cool yarn, but I keep thinking that Monkey Socks would work really well. Other than the mitts and slippers, I don't tend to return to the same pattern more than once or twice, but I've probably made 4-5 pairs of Monkey Socks over the past 10 or so years. They work for me for a bunch of reasons: the knitting pattern looks complicated but it's a fairly simple repeat (and easy to catch any errors right away and fix them!); the pattern works with self-striping yarns as well as solids and even those difficult kettle-dyed ones that love to pool; they fit really nicely; they look great; and they all look different somehow!
(I think that it's not just the Karbonz who've made a decision about this yarn!)
This morning I spied our foxie loping across the field and into the woods. I haven't seen the deer in several days, nor have I seen any recent evidence of them (although it's more difficult now that all the snow has melted, at least for now!).
The slippers for my mom look like a hot mess right now, but most of the knitting is done and I'll be left to all of the seaming and then felting very soon:
You'll recall that I had decided to leave most of the foot plain for the Frozen Margarita socks, with the exception of the lime slice on the toe. Here I am closer to approaching the MUMTU heel process (brace yourselves for a play-by-play on that!):
The Karbonz needles have decided on their next project:
I had intended to take some time to find a great pattern for this super cool yarn, but I keep thinking that Monkey Socks would work really well. Other than the mitts and slippers, I don't tend to return to the same pattern more than once or twice, but I've probably made 4-5 pairs of Monkey Socks over the past 10 or so years. They work for me for a bunch of reasons: the knitting pattern looks complicated but it's a fairly simple repeat (and easy to catch any errors right away and fix them!); the pattern works with self-striping yarns as well as solids and even those difficult kettle-dyed ones that love to pool; they fit really nicely; they look great; and they all look different somehow!
(I think that it's not just the Karbonz who've made a decision about this yarn!)
This morning I spied our foxie loping across the field and into the woods. I haven't seen the deer in several days, nor have I seen any recent evidence of them (although it's more difficult now that all the snow has melted, at least for now!).
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