I’ve been reading on Ravelry (knit and crochet community)
how everyone is going to this huge Sock Summit.
It’s like the knitting Olympics. And to be honest I never
knitted a sock.
I am clueless to what it takes to make sock.
I feel like I’m missing out. I’m not a stranger to dpns.
Actually I love them. That’s
why I can make so many mittens.
So how can there be a problem? Double
Pointed Needles are my life.
Well I picked the easiest pattern possible.
I also used some scratch yarn that could be
ripped out, stitched and ripped out again.
I even pulled out my 2005 Family Circle
Knitting Issue.
I GOT IT, after three “rippits” I learned
how to “turn a heel”. (I’m so proud).
I didn’t do the toe though I know how to
decrease and do a kitchener stitch. I learned
the kitchener stitch when I was a youngster,
and darned socks with a light bulb as
a darning egg.
I’m going to finish this some day.
Maybe I can use it to polish furniture..hehehe.
So feeling confident and hoping for success
I wandered off to the next town to my
Local Yarn Shop.
It’s a nice shop. The shop owner is both
efficient and gracious. Her assistant helped
me and she’s very experienced.
Anyway she had a fun yarn called
Summer Sox by Classic Elite and it came with
a pattern. I came home and casted on.
Like today it’s cold, drizzling, damp, and raw.
A great time to learn something different.
Well it took me hours to get 4 inches done.
Size 2 needles and the thinnest yarn
ever. No wonder they’re having a Summit.
They’ve earned it.
Here is my little project that took me HOURS to do.
And I’m not even close to being done:
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And being true to my passion for mittens
I picked up some gorgeous pink Merino
Super wash from Karabella. Look at it,
even the ball band (label) looks like it’s a
jewel.
I’m going to be making Bella’s Mittens from
the movie Twilight….more on that later <g>
Any time you’re south of Boston, drop into
the Sheep Street Yarn Shop.
This tiny place holds everything you need.
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