Finished Project Friday - Feb. 18

Trekking Socks

Hello Knitters,

I've got a short list of finished projects for you all today.  I finished both the Trekking socks and the Monkeys.  I  know it doesn't seem like very much, but let me tell you, it was a lot of knitting!!  I've been working on them almost exclusively since Monday, and got the Trekking Socks done last night and the second Monkey sock finished this afternoon.  I guess I forgot how much work goes into a pair of socks. 


Tea Party Monkeys

I'm very, very, very happy with how both turned out and I can't wait to wear them :)  After making my Sunday Swing socks back in January, I've developed an even stronger like of wearing hand knit socks.  That's a good thing since I seem to have quite a few more pairs either in progress or waiting to be cast on!! 

I hope you all have a lovely long weekend and that you get time to relax and enjoy some knitting.  My plan is to stay off the Internet for the weekend and work on finishing up more of my WIPs, so I probably won't be back until Monday or Tuesday.  And hopefully I'll have a whole lot to show for it! 

Happy Knitting!!

WIP Wednesday - Feb. 2

Hello Knitters,

This week I thought I'd share three of my WIPs that I'm currently working on.  The first one is my Pink Cotton Stria Stripes Hat, which you can see in the picture above.  I cast on for this during the Winter X-Games over the weekend.  I first learned how to knit in the round three years ago while watching the games by knitting an Itty-Bitty hat (you can check out the finished hat here if you're interested), so it's become sort of a tradition for me to knit one while watching.  I just need to finish off the top of the hat, which I hope to get done before Friday.

My second project is my second Monkey sock.  There's not too much say about it really.  I've only got the cuff done and have just begun the pattern on the leg.  I'm going to work away at it when I can find the time and hopefully I'll have a finished pair soon.

I knit these same Be Mine socks before about a year ago for the Ravelympics.  However, before I even got to wear them, they had an unfortunate incident with the lint shaver.... I never really said much about it because it was pretty upsetting to say the least.  Especially after how hard I struggled to knit them two-at-a-time.  This time I chose to do them on DPNs because I find that much easier and faster.  I'm only done the leg of the first one, but it's coming along really well.  It's a fun pattern and I really wanted to have a pair of Valentine's socks :)

Well, that's it for today!!  I hope you are all having a great week, and that those of you hit by the snow storm are keeping warm and well!

Happy Groundhog day :)