Trellis and Keyhole Tank

Ok, I've been wanting to make a tank top for awhile and decided on this pattern from the Interweave Knits magazine. The yarn is also from Knitpicks, a cotton/modal blend that I thought would be nice for summer. The cast on took forever! It is the tubular cast-on and I had never done it before, 5 rows of casting on! Go figure...... I finally got past that part and am into the 1x1 ribbing. Now, if I can only get it done before summer is actually over. Maybe that's wishful thinking..............

Cold Mountain wrap

I also started this wrap at the knitting marathon because I had been itching to knit some lace recently. I haven't gotten very far yet, probably because I've been working mainly on my socks. It is a fun knit and the pattern has been pretty easy to memorize, so far. The pattern is from Knitty and the yarn is hand-dyed from Knitpicks. Are we sensing a theme here that I order yarn from Knitpicks a lot? Uh huh :-)

Kool-aid dyed yarn

When Melanie and I got together, she asked me if I wanted to try kool-aid dyeing with her. So of course, I said yes! And this is the result, pretty cool, huh?

I wanted to try something I had never tried before, so I pulled out my 60" length, size 1 needles and set to work. Two-at-a-time socks, from the toe up! After many restarts, I thought I finally had it, until I tried them on and they were coming out way too big! So I restarted again, and am not going to increase quite so much. This yarn is the sock blank from Knitpicks.

Sipalu bag

I ordered this kit from Knitpicks a looooooooooong time ago. After starting it a few times, I got frustrated and put it aside because I couldn't get the hang of the stranded color work. I took it up again a couple weeks ago and have caught on to the colorwork, but since the yarn is fingering weight (Palette yarn) it is slow going, but still fun. And no, I did not grow a third hand, I asked the hubs to help me hold it open so I could take a picture :-)

OpArt blanket

I started this blanket a few weeks ago because I just fell in love with the pattern. And you know what I thought....."Oh, this is going so fast!" But that was at the beginning and now that I've increased several rounds, I have slowed down quite a bit. I haven't worked on it in about a week since I've started other things after a knitting marathon with my friend, Melanie. This pattern is found on the knitty website. The yarn is what the pattern calls for, Swish DK weight from Knitpicks.

More socks!!

I just finished the socks I had been working on this weekend. The yarn is Classic Elite Alpaca Sox and I loved knitting with it. It's very soft and I liked how the colorway had a spiral affect on the pattern I was knitting.


It's so hard to take pictures of your own feet. I have never found a good angle for it. So I begged hubby until he agreed - though he was grumbling about it.



Now, on to the next project as the yarn I ordered just arrived today - yay!!!