Startitis

It's more magenta-y.
But it will be a wispy scarfy thing.

Madrona

So, I went to Madrona fiber arts retreat today.

Took a class on pattern making, and I learned great ideas for getting creative. And it was gratifying to have people think my idea was interesting.

So, I am updating from
My phone, and so I am required to grumble about how I can't organize the photos from here. Errrrr.

Anyway, moving on, so, we have two pictures of the rainbow socks - one with flash and one without. They have turned out to be fraternal twins, but I still love them. Some one asked if I were knitting Jayne (Firefly) socks. Which is an interesting idea.

Next up, my madrona market place purchases - a beautiful red camel heavy worsted weight which will be a hat and mittens. Then a purple sock yarn by Madeline Tosh. Hopefully it will reduce my hankering. That is if I knit it.
Next up, is the new contrasting yarn for the mystery socks, I'm glad they had green and not yellow of the cascade heritage sock. The next part is shamrocks anyway. I would love to do a purple yellow sock combo at some time, but up here it means the UW Huskies. So, the conversation goes like this, "oo, I should knit that pattern in purple and yellow, that would be awesome" "ew.... Husky colors???"

Last but not least, I bought a project bag. Then Erika bought an even cooler project bag, and I had Bag jealousy, but it's all good

Only a matter of time.

Did you think I had lapsed into my old ways?

Well I still haven't updated my other blog.

But I wanted to show you my progress. And my mistake.

It took a long time, but I finally knit on one sock with the other socks yarn. I've been afraid it would happen. Then got complacent.

Ah. Milestones.

Supposed to..,

Be working on the green shawl, but I got to a color change on the socks.

Camera phones suck.

Another mystery sock day

But I have been working on the toe up socks.

I think watching DVDs is not actually helping with the knitting speed, I get distracted.

It might also not help that the apartment is a disaster, and I can never really do anything while I am actively avoiding cleaning the apartment.

The cats also do not help with the pawing and the "hold me" and the "feed me"

It's times like these I need a partner to take pictures of these ridiculous creatures.

Right now, Alice is lying on my knee with her fore paws tucked under my arm. Arranging herself so that she is being held a little like a baby. Looking balefully at me as I text this on my phone.

Anyway, I've made a little progress on the toe up socks. Which seem boxy, and too big but that's just perception.

More about socks.

So, I make arbitrary decisions and strange lists and assign days to knitting projects. I mostly don't listen to myself.

Today is mystery sock day (tomorrow too) but I'm done with the current clue, so, I decided mystery sock days where I cant work on the mystery sock are rainbow two at a time days. So.

I am making a little progress.

I am so impatient for the next color, but excited it is going to be very long color repeats.

The red are the rainbow, and the purple are the mystery socks.

On the needles... I like the hiya hiya better than the knit picks. At the moment.

Starting to get more reasonable.

New technique

Today I started my first ever two at a time toe up socks.

I blame my friend Sabine, since she hand dyed a rainbow in sock yarn, and I want to use every tiny scrap.

So a week ago I went to my closest LYS, but they didn't have the needles I needed. Boo. I then decided I could wait till Madrona Fiber Festival, when I am allowed to break the yarn diet, but then in a moment of weakness I ordered the needles on line (which was way cheaper than getting them at a store) plus I could get two different kinds, one knit picks harmony and one hiya hiya (which came with a pattern for a Barbie dress).

I immediately cast on with the help of YouTube and well, the beginning of socks are always fiddly. I'm sure they will go great.