OTN Sock Update 2

Here are my Coriolis Socks. It is not easy to see, but the coriolis is the line that goes up the sock.

These are the beginning of my Country Fall Sock Blank.

My first sock blank is almost done.

Socks OTN

On the Needles:

Both sock Blanks, using the Riverbed pattern.
A medium blue pair, using the Coriolis pattern.

Both are Cat B.'s (Bordhi) using New Pathways for Sock Knitters.

Pictures soon.

Socks on Blockers

Here are my socks:

1st and 2nd - Mom's early Socks.
3rd - One of my first socks, Cuff Down. One prior pair MIA, another OTN, and first one had Single sock syndrome.
4th, 5th, 6th (and Closeup) are Toe-up.
7th - House socks, Toe-up with Cat B.'s Cuff
Last - Patriotic Sock, Toe-up with Cat B.'s Riverbed Pattern and K,SS,K,P2 cuff.

More Details in Sock album.

Sock Blockers

I received my sock blockers today in the mail. I have a busy week planned, but hope to get better pictures of all of my socks. The blockers should help show off socks a lot better.

Dish Cloth

Here are a couple of pictures of a Dish Cloth I gave as a Gift to my State Contact at the Assembly I went to in DC. This is an original design. I started with using the Multi-color only (Too much color). I tried to use the Mulit-Color in the stitch definition (Too complicated). I finally took it to DC, and knit the Border, then went to inside and outside of the mulit-colored yarn, and knit the inner color. Blocking in warn water really helped the project. The yarn is Berroco Comfort DK.

This is a good picture of the colors.



This is a better picture of the stitch definition.

Thanks to littlecottonrabbits for use of your online Alphabet.

Sock Blank #2

While the ladies in dishcloth_haven were chatting about food, I came home and cooked up some fiber dye. My first blank does not have a color name. The second blank does.

Country Fall

The colors are Red (The same as from Blank #1), Golden Brown and Dark Brown. These are colors I think about during the fall. Here at home, we usually get yellows and dried out brown. I do see myself as a Fall/Winter color person.

Thank you to Susan for helping me with the color ideas. She also suggested not creating a standard pattern. I changed color randomly, and the bands are not the same size.

More of my Sock Blank

Here is a picture of my sock blank now. I am knitting a K2P1 ribbing. When you click on the picure, you will be lead to my sock blank album. I took several pictures, but did not find one that really showed off the colors. I also decided I need a sock blocker. I have one on order, and will probably take more pictures of my socks.

Congrats on Sprint Cup Win #6 and 7

Socks from Sock Blanks

Here is what my socks look like so far. Yes the colors is a range of blues-purples-maroon-red and grey-brown. I have been happy with the colors, but very surprised. I will have a lot of knitting time this week, so I hope to progress a lot.

Congrats on Sprint Cup Win #5

My first Sock Blank

Ok, what is a sock Blank? It is a new item at Knit Picks.
This is a sock Blank.

So what do you do with white, double knit sock yarn? You Dye it!
Mix the Dye. So this:
Becomes this:

My new sock yarn is resting on a towel, drying. I hope to swatch my socks over the weekend, and see which pattern I want to use. I have a complete album dedicated to my blanks. Click on any picture to view the entire album.

I had an entertaining afternoon. I went shopping after work to get my needed supplies. I soaked my blank in water, and mixed my dyes. I did not use any vinegar this time. The whole time I was working, I was catching up with the KnitPicks and It'sAPurlman Podcasts.

My Patrotic Sock

My sock appeared in another blog. Nobody Dyes visited my LYS on WWKIPD, and loved seeing her dyed yarn in socks. Thanks for sharing Nobody.(Click on link).

Blog Pictures

I have a new home for pictures for now. I am storing them on Google's Picasa.

http://picasaweb.google.com/darkinnknits/Knitting

I am slowly updating the blog entries.

Issues with my Blog

Many of the pictures are going to be broken links for a little while. I am receiving too many hits to my domain, and another oversize bill. I either pay extra for more bandwidth, or I move my pictures elsewhere. There are cheaper ways to store pictures, so I will move my pictures elsewhere.

OTN

Here is one of my OTN. They are the Patrotic Socks. The yarn is hand
dyed, called Patriotic by Nobody Dyes (etsy)

Congrats on Sprint Cup Win #4

Nap time is over? (IPhone Blog Test)

What do you mean nap time is over?

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Edit: I can now post text and pictures from my phone.

My New Vest

Here are pictures of my newest vest. Yes it was time consuming with 5 colors at the same time, but it was worth it at the end. I found this pattern from one of Yahoo's "Rachel's Knitting Room" She also has her blog @ rachelsknittingcorner.blogspot.com. The pattern is from FreePatterns.com. It was included in Rachel's Daily Free Patterns, so that you Rachel.



I was able to wear the vest one whole day. It is now too hot for vests.

Missed a Pair of Socks

When I posted all of my socks, I missed one pair.









I've been told this is a Princess Pattern, because the bottom of the socks are Purled.

Update

My ISP says I am offered a one time refund. I may have to move my pictures even for the blog elsewhere is this problem happens again.