First of all, if you are a Notorious Sock Knitter and are avoiding spoilers, do not go any further. There are spoilers on this page!!


I have done a fair bit of knitting and no blogging lately. A few people have pointed out the fact that I need to update this place again. So, a nice sunny day presented itself and I took some pictures of what I have been doing other than blogging as of late.

I have acquired a lot of new yarn from Wollmeise, Socks That Rock sock club, Hazel Knits, and Yarn Dyenasty. Gorgeous colors of all kinds have come to my house to live.


So without further ado, I now present a few pictures of socks, what else.

This first pair is made from Hazel Knits yarn in the color Laguna. Truly a wonderful yarn to knit with. Very tight twist and very smooshy to the touch. The pattern is called Artichoke Socks. Really a very simple pattern to work. I am very pleased with the matching of pattern to yarn for this one. They fit like a glove.

After this picture, are the spoiler pictures. Do not go there if you don't want to be spoiled, okay.




This is the March shipment from Socks That Rock yarn club. The yarn is of medium weight and is divine! The colors are not those that I would choose on my own. Yet, I truly love them! Here are a few pictures of the yarn in a skein and then unwound in preparation for the ball winder.








Here is where I am in the pattern thus far. The pattern was written by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, aka the Yarn Harlot. Again, this was not a pattern I would have chosen. And yet, I love it! I am obsessed with knitting this sock. It is coming out really nicely. Lots of fun to knit. There are so many new things that I have not done before like a picot hem, decorative rosebuds, and some interesting twisted stitches. The second sock will sort of mirror the first, I believe.

I am quite proud of these. They far exceed my expectations!

I made a pair of fingerless mitts this week using Malabrigo Worsted. Quick and easy!




I also received the first shipment of goodies from the Hazel Knits sock club. These are the yarns, which are gorgeous! There were some other goodies in the package as well. Not sure what I am going to use these for yet. Love them!




And finally, I started a shawl out of Wollmeise in colorway Versuchskaninchen1, if I spelled it right. The pattern is Clapotis. The shawl will end up with a parallelogram shape and a pattern of ladder looking sections from drop stitches. I can't wait until this is done! It is a fun knit and the results will be beautiful, I hope. Oh, and see all those little stitch markers? I made them myself, with the help of the boys.



I actually have nothing in the way of socks in progress at the moment. Back to that next week though.

Jake has been especially sweet lately. Maybe it is because he is trying to counter-act his brother's sourness. Lots of buttering up going on. He is so adorable when he does this. He tells me I am the perfect mom. Yes, I need to write this down and save it for the upcoming teen years when he will "hate" me, right?

Happy Valentine's Day!

How adorable are these little cuties? A friend has some pygmy goats that birthed last week. We went out to play and snuggle with the new little ones. The black and white are sisters. And the white one is a male that is a few days younger than the girlies. They are just precious! We can't wait for the other momma goats to have theirs as well as the sheep that might be birthing in the spring as well.

This is Wollmeise. Some of the most wonderful yarn I have ever worked with. The colorway is Koralle im Meer. The project is a cowl, kind of like a circular scarf. I love this yarn.