Puppies ready for adoption and other fo's.

Every once in a while one needs to post what has been going on. I have been trying for the month of Oct only knitting from my stash of yarn. Trust me I could probably try this for a year and still have some. But in truth I have been using my stash mainly since Aug. I did purchase the yarn for the puppies but did so in Sept. I think that was my last purchase other than the sock of the month club. One would think a dent would occur but not.

Calorimetry Never had made one but going through my stash found the yarn and thought why not. When I make it again I will cast on 8 fewer stitches as it is a bit big. Took another 100 yards of yarn out of my stash. One would think after all this there would be a dent. But, no not yet.

Husband's socks. Every once in a while if I make my husband a pair of socks, my stash does not get questioned. House socks or boot socks. These took 200 yards. Briggs and Little Tuffy yarn. I have heard this yarn wears like steel. Yarn is kinda hard on the hands. But, a quick knit after frogging them twice to get a gauge then size I wanted.
Big Sister to the puppies below. I was asked to make these for a young gal. Her feet grew really fast at a very young age and she missed the cute slippers. These are a size 13 womens. Dang big. I so hope she likes them.
More Puppies ready for adoption. I had a lot of fun making these. Faces are needle felted. One pair is going to the same family as the big sister above. The other pair to a good friend. I took about 4 patterns and blended them into one. The Big sister took a lot of math. All together this puppy family took 850 yards. Being that I did not know how they would turn out I am happy with them. I hope their new adopted family love them. They are all planned on being gifts. Hope they are box trained and stay quiet until ready. Tried to teach them manners.

Then I happen to create: A "Booby Pillow"

This will be a gag gift later on. I am waiting for Ken to take better pictures of it and then I will write up the pattern to be posted.

Oh darn now I need to start a new project. Going stash diving.

Contest

Adrienne over at the bellybutton of cali is having a contest.

Go sign up and tell her I sent you.

Don't forget about the Carefree Kal. Still time to play.

Come on over and play

Join me over at carefree holiday (or not) kal. we are holiday knitting or not, depending on your mood. Regardless, there will be fun and there will be prizes (yarn and some other goodies). KAL runs from Oct 1 to Nov 30.

Kal is limited to 100 people, so if you want to play, you had better head on over soon!

Everyone who joins is eligible for the "welcome prize" drawing. Mention that I sent you over. Yes, it's the brownie point game.

Wrong I did the Fifth.

I had started these before the end of the olympics so found out that they will count. Just not for gold. This is the Aug sock of the month from theknitter. The pattern is Stained Glass by Laura Andersson.

4th and final

Here is the last of the 4 pair of socks I made for The Olympic Sox 2008. I casted on the first pair on Saturday Aug 9, took 2 days totally off to turn 50, finished this pair Friday Aug 22. Wow 4 pair of socks in 12 days. I broke my own record by a lot.

This last pair is "Crazy Over You" by Adrienne Fong better give her credit so she does not make interesting comments.

All 4 pair were from yarn in stash. Nope, still no dent in the stash but oh well.

Was a fun adventure.

Another Olympic Sox 2008

Yea it is letting me post.

My third pair of socks for the Olympics. These colors are out of my normal hues. I purchased this yarn while on the Yarn Crawl at Village Yarn and Tea. I knitted the pattern Twinkleberry. I was advised to frog them and knit a different pattern. As you can see I did not listen. I love the yarn and I love the pattern. I very much enjoyed making these. They are bright, loud, and happy socks.

Here are my Maizy (knotty) yarn socks. This was the second pair for the Olympics. I made this pattern up and have yet to name it. Yes, I will take suggestions. No, Adrienne not the one you already submitted.














Well for some reason I can not post pictures to the blog. But, I have finished 2 more pair and will post pictures when I am allowed by the blog powers to be.

OlympicSox2008

Here is the first Pair of socks for the OlympicSox2008. I named these Dara Sock in honor of Dara Torres. She entered the swimming events in the Olympics at 41. I went into my stash and found one of my oldest skeins of yarn. I like how they turned out.