Socks!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL!!!!!
Rose #10 seems to be the fan favorite so far. If you missed yesterday's post then check it out and then go pick your favorite rose.
Kiki has been making lots of socks lately (between the 3 or 4 sweaters that we will post about later).
She made these green & purple bulky ones the other night. The green yarn came from Illanna. I think the purple is Brown Sheep Bulky.
Kiki made these fantastic socks for me! I love them! Aren't they great?
Here is the mini version of the Steve socks.
Another pair of baby socks. These were made from the leftovers of Kiki's below.
The yarn for these also came from Illanna. These socks are so special, they even have an essay to go with them. Read it here.
Here is the bottom part, of which Kiki was not fond.
But she saved them and made them great socks with this fancy pattern at the top.
In case you are wondering if she liked them when she finished, just look at her happy feet.
So Kiki has made a bunch of socks and at least 3 sweaters in the last month or so, what have I been doing? I've been starting more projects without finishing anything! I am almost done with 2 baby items. One didn't make it before the baby & the other is not likely to be finished for the birthday coming soon. Maybe they want to be Christmas presents?
Her is one of the projects I recently started. It is a super secret gift for a dear friend. I figured it was safe to post in this form. Who knows what that will end up being?
The other project I started is selfishly a sweater for me! It will be put on hold while I finish the rest, but I couldn't resist the yarn Jessica just got in. It is malabrigo and is my new favorite yarn in the whole world. It even felts nicely. The color pictured here is Pearl Ten. Jessica is sold out of that color, but I hear she can always order you anything you want.
Steve
6 Comments:
LOVE those baby socks.... now I just need a baby to make cool socks like those... I am getting to a point where I think Orange and Blue are going to start wearing all the baby sweaters I've made.... Hey they should be put to good use right?!? And it will get cold here....
And YEAH!!!! You're going to post each day!!! YEAHHHHHHHH
Malabrigo has to be the most wonderful stuff in the whole world. Better than Manos (I know, blasphemy.) and better than Noro. I have a couple of skeins of different colorways at home and I have to figure out what I'm going to do with them. Something wonderful that shows off the beautiful dye.
Pretty socks! Every one seems to have the sock bug lately.
Thanks so much for this beautiful blog. I've visited quite a few times since I came upon it in a knitting search a couple of weeks ago. What a bit of serendipity for me! Kiki, your socks are really lovely. Their story moved me: I'm off kilter now. I couldn't close your blog's window without saying so. I wish you good health and all the strength you need. Take care, Yael
All your socks are so so so beautiful! I really loved the essay- I did know that you would make something beautiful with the "crazier than Ray at FF yarn." The essay was beautiful but it made me so sad.
I can't wait to see which Rose wins. They are all so beautiful. My vote is still with number 10, even though I probably am not allowed to vote twice.
See you tonight!
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