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Yarn and Yarn

I got new sock yarn. It is Jessi's fault, as I saw some Christmas colored sock yarn on her blog from Gypsyknits. I wanted some of the Gingerbread House. She dyed some 3 ply Sock It for me! It's wonderful. No clue what pattern I will use, or when I will get to it.

  

  

 

More yarn stuff.Note to self, if you hear great big paws dancing around while you are  reading e-mail, get up and check on the 4-footed baby immediately.

 
The remaining section in the ball, in the back,  is what I got out of Belvedere's mouth. The rest was dragging all over the floor and the bottle cozy (now washed) was on the floor. He did not swallow any. This is burgundy Colrain wool/tencel from Webs.

Sock Continues

I am still working on the sock, (Yes, Plurkies) I finished the heel flap, then thought it was not centered, and missed a yo, so ripped all the flap out to redo. My mini African Violet is blooming, at least it is still alive. Plymouth Sockin Sox

  

The lavender in my itty bitty Aeogarden is blooming

 

The tomatoes in the big Aerogarden are growing

  

Speaking of blooms, none of the Christmas cactus in my office are thinking about it, but look at the one I stuck outside last spring and watered once in a while. I paid 99 cents for this one at the grocery store after Christmas.

 

Some Sock Progress

I got tired of knitting on the 200-odd stitches of stockinette on Faery Ring, and set it aside for while. I picked up my Diagonal Lace second sock. The design is from Wendy Johnson's book. I got two knee sock patterns today. I wonder if I can make knee socks with a 560 yard skein? Anyway, I haz resolved to finish this pair before starting another. What other socks that I have going? This is Sockin' Sox yarn from Plymouth. I think it is a bamboo blend. Speaking of socks, I discovered that I never grafted the toe on the Mini Mochi socks I finished except for one toe, many moons ago. I also wove in the ends of my Genmaicha Mitts from last winter. I discovered that one has a cable that is not exactly like the other one. I remember having trouble with it. I will not show them to the Knitting Police.

 

Belvedere went to class with DH on Monday night, when DH was giving a test. He reports, "Daddy let me get in the truck. Usually he doesn't let me when I try to get in the truck or Mama's car. Mama put my collar on with my Alabama bandanna and I got so excited, 'cause I knew I was going somewhere. We went to this big place called Jacksonville State University, but I didn't get to run around in the big grassy yard, we went in a building. We got in this box that Daddy called an elevator and we went up and down to see people and go in people's classes when they were teaching. I got petted and I even scared some students. Nobody seemed to have any snacks, though. Daddy gave me water in my neat travel bowl. He says I went to sleep and snored. When we left for home, Daddy wanted to go down the stairs. I got tired halfway down and stopped to rest. Daddy wanted to keep going and pulled my collar off over my head with the leash, and had to put it back on. Then we came home and I went to sleep until Mama came home and woke me and Daddy up."

Entrelac, Etc.

To make up for the lack of progress on my entrelac wrap and lack of blogging, I have lots of photos today. First, the entrelac in Plymouth Kudo yarn.

See the Knit Picks Zephyr needle points there? Neat and lightweight.

A few months ago when it was fresh, I hung this what? Deer pelvis. maybe? on the fence to keep it away from the puppy. It's still there.

I looked up at the sky over the pasture. The sky is so blue and the  light is so pretty and golden, that you would think the weather was fall-like. No, I was dripping in sweat after walkng and running up hills.

I looked down in the grass below this sky.

I also got sock yarn in the mail from a destash sale. This is Yarn Nerd 900 MHZ wool/tencel in Palm Beach colorway.

Another Sock

I started the second sock of the Diagonal Lace pattern right after I finished the first sock.

I Actually Finished a Sock!

I finished the first Diagonal Lace Sock! I have not been knitting very much, since I think I started it in June. The yarn is Plymouth Sockin' Socks with bamboo. I started the sock with an Internet pattern that I found before DH got me Wendy Johnson's book, Socks from the Toe Up. Now I have all of the patterns. I am still short row heel challenged, so I love the gusset and flap heel for toe up socks.

"Mama, are you sure this is the best angle for the sock?" asks Belvedere. I think the vine is a gourd, as it has white flowers, not yellow like squash.

Jeweled Leaves

The overcast skies and the raindrops on the Elephant Ear leaves combined to give a jewel-like shine. I also got the WendyKnits designed Diagonal Lace sock to pose. I have a little cuff left to do before the ribbing. The yarn is Plymouth Sockin' Socks bamboo blend.These were taken with the Nikon D200, which has not been used much lately.

 

 

 

 

Obedience class and the 40 mile trip each way is very tiring. I am tired too.

Pup, Socks, Knitting

I have been working on my Diagaonal Lace socks from WendyKnits. I have not worked any more on the entrelac wrap. I have gottn close to halfway up the leg of the first sock.

 

I actually went to the LYS today because I had to have the new KnitScene for the Heather Hoodie Vest pattern, which I might attempt in worsted instead of bulky yarn.

Here we have puppy photos. Belvedere is five months old and 80 pounds. DH took lots of photos,but he got upset when I deleted the pooping puppy ones. Hopefully, it won't be too hard to get Belvedere in the car to go to obedience class, as he got in the passenger seat when I came home, and climbed in the back seat. I have a bucket seat cover, but the seat and the console have already been drooled on.. DH has been taking him visiting and to the vet in his truck.

 

New Knitting Projects

Well, I finished Siesta, and went outside for a photo shoot with DH. Peanut decided to attack Punkin, scratching DH's leg very badly in the process, so he was standing out in the yard bleeding, when we discovered the D50's battery was dead. So was the D200's. Oh well. These photos are with Nikon Coolpix L4.

Meanwhile, I went back to the Diagonal Lace Sock from WendyKnits in Sockin' Sock yarn from Plymouth. Think it has bamboo in it.

 

Then I started an entrelac wrap that may be a cross between Lady Eleanor and Santigo from Caron. Links later. The yarn is Plymouth Kudo, a silk, cotton and rayon blend.

 

New Sock

I started a new sock, Diagonal Lace, a toeup sock that I found in Wendyknit's free sock patterns. The yarn is Plymouth's Sockin' Sox bamboo blend in Cranberries and Blueberries in Moss, I think.

The backgrounds are chocolate mint and Spanish lavender.