Woolgirl Sock Club Part 1

I joined ANOTHER sock club.....Wool Girl Sock Club. This club will be various Indie dyers chosen by Wool Girl to be sent out to all the members. This was such an awesome package. In the first shipment there was a skein of Miss Babs Sport weight yarn, a pattern, a journal, mint lip balm and stitch marker! Good grief.


And another umbilical cord hat :)
Pattern: Umbilical Cord Hat
Source: Stich n' Bitch
Yarn: Print 127
Made for: My baby stash
Needle Size: Size 8
Date Started: September 2007
Date Completed: September 2007

Update

This weekend I whipped up this hat for a friends baby who was born on Friday. Sadly though, the little guy went in for a heart surgery and didn't make it. Why? Why? Why?

This is in Jojoland Wool using the Umbilical Cord Hat from Stitch n' Bitch....

It was such a quick mindless knit i made another yesterday using Lorna's Laces Worsted....

Yarn Pirate Calamity in the Tidal Wave pattern...

Socks that Rock Flower Power in a basic sock pattern....

And my Rusted Root after decreases....

Socks that Rock Firebird

I didn't like the colors of this yarn and I didn't like the pattern. When the shipment arrived, I had already made up my mind that I was going to to use the yarn for the pattern that came in the mail. One Solstice Stitch Sock got done but it didn't flow for me. Instead, I made a mismatched sock by using the Monkey Sock Pattern from Cookie A! I knew I wouldn't wear these out and about because they were just too dang bright! Kind of fun, right?
Here is the Solstice Stitch Sock. I like the way it looked, it just seemed to drag on forever!
Monkey.....
Different heels......
Pattern: Monkey and Solstice Slip Sock
Source: Knitty.com Cookie A and Blue Moon Fiber Arts
Yarn: Socks That Rock Firebird
Made for: Me!Needle
Size: Cuff Size 2, Foot Size 1
Date Started: July 2007
Date Completed: August 2007

First pair of Monkey Socks

This is the first pair finished. I'm knitting another pair with the yarn I got from the Socks that Rock club. I frogged the Solstice Slip sock to knit another pair of Monkey socks.


Pattern: Monkey
Source: Knitty.com by Cookie A
Yarn: Cherry Tree Hill, Foxy Lady
Made for: Me!
Needle Size: Cuff Size 2, Foot Size 1
Date Started: May 2007
Date Completed: August 2007

Yarn Pirate Rum Runner

Here are the Rum Runner socks I finished the other day and I love them! This color is part of the Yarn Pirate sock club. The intention was to knit kneehighs but they wouldn't go past my calf!! Oh well.

Pattern: Plain Old Sock

Source:

Yarn: Yarn Pirate Rum Runner

Made for: Me!

Needle Size: Size 2 for cuff, Size 1 for foot

Date Started: July 2007

Date Completed: August 2007

Beach Socks

This was obviously a piece of cake to knit. Very basic. It went quickly b/c it was fun to see the pattern evolve! My 2nd FINISHED pair of socks!! This was taken at my cabin. Too bad the photographer didn't move my foot so we could get Mt. Baker in!!!
Pattern: Stockinette
Source: My head
Yarn: OnLine Supersocke 100 Summer Color 791
Made for: Me!
Needle Size: Size 2 Circs
Date Started: Sometime in June
Date Completed: July 5th, 2007


Socks and left over yarn. I'll never knit cotton socks again. Ick!! But they are fun colors! Like the way the turned out.

On the Needles and Some Booty!

Here's what came in the mail the other day for the Yarn Pirate Booty Club.....Kneeshighs are the plan. I finished my first Retro Redux Shrug from Lace Style the other day. I'm waiting for someone to be around to take a photo of the finished product. In the meantime, last night I casted on another one in black! It's a quick knit. Easy lace and the end product is cute!!
I planned on knitting the Summertime Tunic for Interweave Knits Summer 2007. But it's so boring! It's just dragging on and on. I have a feeling this will never get finished. Using Cotton Ease.
And here's a Monkey. My first Monkey. Using Cherry Tree Hill in Foxy Lady. I used Size 2 circs on the cuff and will use Size 1 for the foot.
Finally, my first Rockin' Sock Club June 2007. I used the called for pattern on the cuff in size 1 circs. The foot is plain old stockinette! Now I'm casting on the 2nd one. I hope to actually finish before the next round of club yarn comes my way. This was the first sock pattern I used from them. Yea for me!

Ampersand Socks and Top Down Baby Sweater

First pair of socks!! Since then I have knitted one Jaywalker using STR Silkie Walking on the Wild Tide and basic stockinette socks using Online Summer Socke. I will post the Online sock in the next couple of days. They are finished just no picture yet!! Now for the Ampersand sock, this was such an easy pattern to use for the first sock. I know I'll use it again but next time with size 2 circs for a tighter fit.
Pattern: Ampersand Socks

Source: Through the Loops free pattern

Yarn: Socks that Rock Lagoon Mediumweight

Made for: Myself!

Needle Size: 2 Size 3 Addi Turbo Circs in 24" length

Date Started: Sometime in the Spring

Date Completed: Sometime in the Spring

Now for the sweater. As I said in a previous post, my mom and I took part in the the LYS tour in our area. This was the first pattern I knitted and one of my favorites. QUICK knit. CUTE baby sweater!
Pattern: Top Down Baby Sweater

Source: So Much Yarn One Skein Project from the LYS

Yarn: Dream in Color Classy in Giant Peach

Made for: Someone's lucky baby. Not sure who.

Needle Size: Size 9 circs and DPN, Size 6 circ and DPN

Date Started: May 20, 2007

Date Completed: May 25, 2007

Firebird

I'm slow to post but here's some photos of the new sock yarn from the Socks that Rock Club. The colors a hot orange, fuschia, pink and peach. I'm not sure if I'm going to use the pattern that was sent because it's a cable pattern and that is so time consuming for me. Another member used the Monkey pattern and it looked really good so that's a good possibility for me.

Booty Club!!

I got in on the Yarn Pirate Sock of the month! What was I thinking? I know i don't need anymore sock yarn but her yarn is beautiful!! I'm already a member of the Rockin' Sock Club. You can never have too much sock yarn, right?

The plan is to get pictures posted of currents WIP's. 3 pairs of socks, baby sweater, Ms. Marigold, Pimlico Shrug from Knit 2 Together, and Retro Redux Shrug Lace Style as well as a few others. I'd also like to post the knit alongs I signed up for on the side but I"m not sure how to post the little icon that goes along with them! So tomorrow I might have pretty pictures to show.