Spin.Knit.Kids.School.Repeat

Well, since I've been MIA for a bit I should probably update what I've done lately:

May:

I finished my MIL's scarf/stole/shawl thingy.  I used 2 skeins of Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock yarn in Mulberry Spice and Sweet Clementine. (-2)

I was asked to weave a scarf for a friend after she'd seen one I'd done in the same yarn. Woven using Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in New Moon Alice.



I spun this yarn and knit a Haruni:
Spun from 2 Sunshine Yarns SW Merino Rovings.  Un-Birthday Party and Patronus.  I spun these on the new lace flyer I got and ended up with around 880 yards of 2 ply fingering yarn. (-2 +1-.5 = +1/2)


Picture of the yarn preknitting:


I spun this yarn for a friend.  Sunshine Yarns SW Merino in Blood Red, spun into a 2 ply sport weight 300 yards.  She made this into a gorgeous shawl.



In June I finished:
Char's Birthday Boheme.  Made with Sunshine Yarns Worsted in Ever After.
The pattern is written for sport weight, with sizes up to 18 months.  I was able to modify using some tips from other project pages to make a 4t using worsted weight yarn.  She is very happy with it.  (Please don't pay any attention to the mess in the background!  The kids' toybox was confiscated and redeposited in the middle of my office floor.)  Buttons are by BlueManateeButtons on Etsy.  (-2)

In June I also started 2 pairs of socks...brilliant me made each on a set of DPNs instead of my usual 2 at a time using magic loop knitting.  So I  have 1 of each.

Skew:  Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in Alice (WIP 1)

Rivendell: Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in Forest Mist. (WIP 1)

And spun this yarn:  Sunshine Yarns SW Merino, Potronus, 2 ply light fingering, 500 yards.

Wow, if that came up in a search I'm sure I'd get some "what the ____" 's !

Anyways, the "Like A (Monkey) Virgin" socks were finished last month!  A record 12 days of knitting, with school taking time away, these are my fastest socks yet!  And I love them!  They fit wonderfully, the colors are great, the yarn is great...(wait, how could I not love the yarn...it's Sunshine Yarms!)

Here they are:

Yup that's right.  April 1st we had snow and hail, so I cast on another pair of socks!  I cast on Cookie A.'s Monkey pattern.  It's a well loved pattern that I never even thought of making, since there are only 11,500(ish) pairs out there according to the Ravelry pattern pages. The pattern is free, published in Knitty.

Plus the April Sock Knitter's Anonymous group on Ravelry is having their Cookie A. month this month and we decided to have a side knit-a-long for "Monkey Virgins."  Only those who have never knit a pair of Monkeys qualify for the SKA Sockdown Challenge with Monkeys.

After scowering pictures of FO's on the project page I thought I wanted a mostly solid color, but then I found the perfect yarn and it just sort of clicked!

My "Like A (Monkey) Virgin" socks have been started! They are being knit in Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in Red Queen.

The SKA March Mystery Sock KAL is going on still.  Clue 3 was released this past Monday and I've just gotten to the point where I can start it today!  I've gotten through the heel flap part that is patterned.  I did however decide to only do one repeat of Clue 2 (the leg) as adding the second repeat would have made the sock too tight around the cuff for me at it's full height.  I even considered giving these away as a gift and the intended recipient had the same issue, so one repeat is good by me.  I'll be disqualified for the prizes, but I'll have a very pretty pair of socks!

No not basket ball!!!  As if I'd even know that when that was beyond it being called "March Madness"!

No, this is my own form of March Madness!  I've cast on 2 pairs of Mystery Socks so far this month and it's only the 7th!  Not only that, I have plans for at least one more pair!

The first pair I cast on is the SolidSocks Mystery Sock March/April 2010 pattern for the Solid Socks group on Ravelry.  I'm using Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock (big surprise there!) in Mountain Shadow.On US 1 (2.25mm) DPNs.  I'm thinking I'm going to try and run to the LYS down the street from school in order to get a few more pairs.  I have exactly 6 needles this size, one of which is broken.  So I knit clue1 of sock1 for this pair and then had to move it to a couple stitch holders to be able to start another sock.

Mountain Shadows Hide Mysteries:

My February Socks died today!

I LOVE the pattern, Bex, by CookieA.  But I couldn't get them over my heel.  Turns out I was on a needle size too small.  The pattern calls for 2.5mm, and I was on 2.25mm.  Oh well.  They were frogged this morning.  It was sad, I even cried a little.  When you see the pictures you may understand:

All the beautiful cables:

Yes, I know, we are halp way through February.  But when you have to order more yarn to finish a pair of socks and then they must wait until other items are finished it's okay if January's socks are a little bit late!

So for January's installment of the Sock-olution I made Peat Duckies in Sunshine Yarns' Peat Merino Sport Yarn.  Here they are!

Well, not real vampires...not that there are such a thing, but...

Yummy Vampire Merino Worsted from my dear friend Dani of Sunshine Yarns.  I joined in on her Sunshine Sweater Club that shipped this month. And yesterday I found 9 wonderful skeins in my mailbox!

I love it!  IT's one of my favorite colors from Dani, I already have a pair of socks in the same color:
These are my Vampire Kai-Mei Socks.  Knit in Sunshine Classic Sock using Cookie A.'s pattern from Sock Innovation.

January's socks are 'Duckies' in Sunshine Yarns Merino Sport in Peat.

I love them...so far! Unfortunately I have run out of yarn, just past the heel gusset and have been unable to procur any more yarn yet. I'm thinking I might need to ask Dani to dye some up for me so I can finish these up.

I started these sock on January 1, 2010 @ 12:01am! And knit through the majority of the night, well, morning. I can't wait for them to be finished.