Have you ever placed a vase full of fresia in your bedroom? The scent is heavenly I assure you. Spring is in the air and with it come another pair of tiny socks. I adapted Hedera by Cookie A. for a miniature sock and I think it came out better than my full size version [...]

Progress on Sleepy Hollow has been swift. See for yourself. The back of the sock appears to have a “seam” which must be compensating for the stitch pattern in different sizes. I opted to make the socks in size 7/8 even though I normally wear a size 9/10 because of my propensity to knit in [...]

So far this year, in just January and February, I have managed to finish six pairs of socks…albeit *baby* socks. The other orange pair has been given to Baby Reece and the other purple pair were not ribbed (a mistake on my part) and therefore not photographed with the group above. I decided it is [...]

I spent last Sunday at Limantour Beach, a beach I have wanted to check out ever since I heard about it some six months ago. Jackie and Matt came with. During the afternoon I managed to put the finishing touches on the second sock of the colorful pair I was working on during the Super [...]

Thanks to Antwan for taking a few minutes at halftime to model the latest baby sock for me. More to come. 2/8/10: I just learned that Chrissy Gardner has published a book entitled Toe-Up! and you can find out more about the book at its website. I took a class from Chrissy a few years [...]

Knitting baby socks have been a kind of salvation for me lately. I have managed to finish three pairs in the month of January alone (two pair of these). I have accomplished what I never thought I could way back in 1981: knitting an entire sock from memory – no pattern. The purple socks pictured [...]

As I was thinking about what to knit for two sets of expectant parents at my work (I work with the Dads) the idea to knit miniature socks suddenly popped into my head. This is my first pair of socks for 2010 and my first completed project for 2010. I am SO proud of myself [...]

I started the year with every intention of knitting one pair of socks per month – 12 pairs total – but unfortunately work got in the way. I had the same goal for 2008 and even surpassed it, knitting a total of 14 pairs…I think (I’d have to refer to my Ravelry account to know [...]

Case in point: This is my new REI colleague, Antonia, happily knitting away in the break room. We quickly realized during training – she was training me – that not only were we fellow knitters but that we had actually bumped into each other at Artfibers recently, when she was on a field trip with [...]

So much has happened lately that it’s been difficult finding the time to knit. I started my training at REI and Alice came to visit. A bit of bad timing but hey I’m just grateful to have a job with benefits again and also for the opportunity to see my lovely daughter who I hadn’t [...]