Here I am! I didn't fall off the earth completely. I haven't been a very good blogger, have I. I wasn't sure if I was going to continue or not. I took some time off. Quite a long time. And I am not very interesting. So, there's that. I might give it another go to see if the inspiration strikes.

Most of what I do it either education for the kids or related to knitting. I have really found a passion in me for knitting. Socks in particular. The colors, the textures, the patterns, all are just lovely. A whole new world! Most of what I will be putting here will be education or knitting. We'll see how it goes.

School this year:

I have one in 6th grade and one in 3rd. We started the new year this past week after taking a couple of months off. New plans are being formulated. I am trying to figure out how to change things up to make us more effective. It is a tough gig, educating your own. But worth it in the end for each of them to have a custom education plan. I will put it out here when I get things situated.

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.