Thumbs Up Thursday

Thumbs up to Donna and Brenda for completing their February socks!! Who is next??

The Frill Seeker Lace scarf is almost done! Thumbs up to me!

Sock Photos

I owe you photos of my ufo socks from past years. These are the socks I am going to work on first in......
Yes I am a person who suffers from SSS...It is sad but true... I hope this KAL will cure me! (Don't stop knitting)....

Sock number 1 is ....A Jaywalker.... Loved knitting it but go sidetracked....

Knit in a Berocco Sock yarn that is perfect for JayWalkers! Going to get more in with the next order! See the ball? That will be a sock next time you see it!

These next ones are BLACK and BORING ...yup that is my excuse...2 years in knitting..Would have fit my son when started....NOW they are for me. Lesson learned...I will never ever knitting plain st st black socks ever again! I just do not have the attention span. Will probably be my January sock just to get it off my UFO list. Yes the black blob in the middle of the photo is a sock.

The last pair I have to finish are a pair of Fair Isle Knee Highs I started for my friend Jen. Did one and it seemed small so I got her to try it on. Yes way too small... Into the frog pond and start again. Waaaaa... It was decided last week that knee high socks count as 4 socks so this should take me through 4 months.... blarg...

So that is my next 6 months of puyskal (Pull Up Your Socks Knit a Long).

I have the first photo already of a finished sock from Pam! Way to go!

It Is Time to Pull Up Your Socks!

Kniterary is having a Sock Knit a Long!

Do you have troubles knitting both socks in a pair??

Do you find yourself being flummoxed by Finalization?

Well!

Join us at Kniterary while we

Pull Up Our Socks

and

Spend the year making sure we are not stricken with

SSS

(Second Sock Syndrome)!

How can YOU join??

Commit in January to knit one (YES ONLY ONE) sock each month in 2011!

If you have already been felled by SSS you can finish the mates for your pile of loners or you can start 6 socks the first half of the year and knit the mates during the second half. Choose your own yarns and patterns!

THE AIM: At least 6 pairs of socks by the end of December 2011.

When you bring in your sock to Kniterary for its portrait you will receive 10% off the purchase of 100 grams of sock yarn. (only available 1 time a month per person) AND enter your name for the year end Prize! I will need proof that you are still Pulling up your Socks!!

Sound fun and Silly?

THEN

DON'T DELAY

SIGN UP TODAY!

JOIN THE FUN

AND

PULL UP YOUR SOCKS!

Summer is Really Here!

It has been hot I know.
But

It is never too hot to be knitting or crocheting! Small projects are the key.

Such as Socks.....
See! Brenda is knitting socks with the Indian Spices sock yarn that The Sweet Sheep dyed for our Knit in Public day celebration!

Oh, by the way, there are still 3 skeins in the shop! I still am planning on doing a shawl with mine like Marion is....oops....forgot to take a photo.... But here is the yarn!

Make Summer the time to get started on your Christmas knitting and crocheting! Socks, mittens,hats and scarves are all small projects that will not make you hot on the beach.

Yes! The beach!

I was knitting just prior to and just after taking this photo! I love to knit on the beach!



You could take the summer to knit something that requires meditative concentration but is very light weight! Lace! Yes Lace...

Come into the shop and see the Queen Anne's Lace Patterns and the lace weight yarns. There is sure to be something that you'll want to knit!

I am off to the cottage this weekend and I am bringing 2 projects with me. One is a modification to the Striation Shawl....with cables! The other is the Mint t-shirt. I will share my progress when I return!

Keep cool and keep crafting!!

September and Jaywalkers

Summer is just speeding by!!

The summer lull is over and new stock is arriving almost daily!

The new Berroco Blackstone Tweed is devine! Imagine a tweed without the scratch factor! Angora and mohair are added to the wool and my what a feel. There is a sample sweater in the shop to try on. I have already sold out of the booklet but more will be in soon!

Lots of new sock yarn in!
I am knitting a pair of Jaywalker socks out of the Berroco Sox and they are turning out fabulous! To look at the ball you would never expect the result!

I have it in 2 other colourways too!

There is more Peruvia and new colours of Ultra Alpaca as well.

Still to come in....Debbie Bliss, Handmaiden and Manos.

I have put some new fall classes on the website and there are more to add. The schedule will be made up as soon as Vickie and I have a moment together to work on it.

If you haven't been in the shop lately lots of changes have been happening so make sure to pop on in!

See you soon!