June
June's sock club yarn is here, ready before Jeni sets off to Woolfest.
It's inspired by the flowers in her garden and is called Honeysuckle.
It's lovely.
June 25, 2008
May 30, 2008
MAY
Today the postman arrived with several parcels. One little grey one contained this month's sock yarn from Jeni. Full of the promise of summer, the bright and breezy colours are lovely.
We had pondered what colours we would get on our Ravelry forum. None of us was right. Jeni surprised us with her inspiration, summer picnic wares from DIY stores!
It is bright and fresh, blues and greens. Fantastic.
May 16, 2008
Apple Blossom
April's yarn is inspired by the apple blossom in Jeni's garden.
I fancied doing something a little different with this yarn, so no socks here. I am crocheting a shawl. It's from an old pattern booklet that I was given by a friend. It cost a grand total of 60p when it was new.
The colours are coming together well and I think it looks very spring like and pretty. One of the advantages of crochet is the speed at which it grows. This is only a couple of hours work.
March 26, 2008
Daffodils
March's skeins are winging their way to all the Club members.
I got mine this morning. It's bright and bonny and very soft.
March 11, 2008
Roll on March
They're done! I actually finished these over the weekend. I had lots of knitting time while sitting in the car as a passenger.
I've very pleased with them and so is M. There is more than enough left for a second pair in the future.
I wonder what colours March will bring?
March 05, 2008
One down!
One sock done and the other almost finished!
February 24, 2008
February sock wool
This is wonderful and I had to take a picture of it in true Valentine mode.
I'm going to make Emilee's Heart Lace Socks from this wool.
http://emileeknits.wordpress.com/about-2/heart-lace-socks/
January Socks
I've made Cookie's Pomatomus socks from http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter05/PATTpomatomus.html from my January sock club yarn. They worked out really well and are very comfortable. Definately worth the effort.
February 22, 2008
Valentine Colours
Here's the lovely romantic yarn for February. There as been talk of lace hearts on socks on Ravelry.
January's Socks Started
Yes, at last I've cast on my socks with the lovely January Dream sock yarn. It's not what I set out to do. These will be trainer socks with a picot edge. A dear friend fell in love with the colours and she only wears trainer style socks, so I'm making them for her.
I'm having a go with two circular needles instead of my usual DPNs. I found it very awkward at first. I think I need longer cables. Now there is some fabric on the pins the going is a lot easier.
