My Sister's Knitter

Well hello there!

Well hello there. Sorry I have been away for a bit. Was having some computer issues. Now all is well with my lovely laptop and I once again feel connected to the world. So while I have been away some knitting has happened. I am sure it will come as no surprise that is has mostly involved sock knitting.

I cast on some fun stripey socks. The color is called Bazinga (Big Bag Theory). It feels like it has been forever since I have knit some basic vanilla socks. I forgot how much fun it is, especially when you are knitting with  self-striping  yarn.

 

Then we have the Simple Skyp socks. A little more entertaining than the vanilla socks, but not too much. May explain why everyone has been casting these on lately.

What else did I do while not having internet access, other than realizing that I  spend way too much time on-line? I went through my WIPS and made decisions to frog or work on them. It was a lot like spring cleaning. I feel so much better knowing that those projects are no longer sitting on the needles. I got the idea after reading this post by Phoe. I loved how there was no guilt associated with her decisions to frog projects, just very matter-of -fact. So that is what I did.

Not too much productivity on my end, but there has been some great stuff around blogland. Let me show you.

• Audry is so right...these socks do rock!  
• I am excited to see her working on some beautiful scrappy knitting.
• There is someone out there that loves the color yellow like I love pink. Look at these lovely socks  , Allison knit.
• I have been drooling over this cardigan for a while. I like this olive green one knit by Sarah.
• Bethany gets two shout-outs. One for this beautiful cowl, made only more beautiful by the incredible photo. Secondly for this whole wheat banana muffins recipe that I will be baking this weekend.
• Ugh, talk about a beautiful knitting, check out Monica's Madeleine.
• This sounds like my kind of fun! Just one of the many reasons why I like Jody.

Had your fill of goodies? Then I guess I will let you go to enjoy the rest of your week. It is almost the weekend!

XO
Andi

 

The pink post...

Be prepared. If you are not a fan of the color pink, look away now. This will indeed be a pink post.

Some fantastically pink socks have come off the needles. 

For me, these are happy makers. As you may know I adore this color. Everything about it screams girl to me. I have had this yarn in my stash for a while. It was one of those skeins of yarn that you don't want to use because once you do, it is gone forever. So glad I didn't listen to myself.

Since this is a pink post, I found some more lovely pink items for you on Flickr.

 

1)Bethany's new yarn 2) Raindrop in Pink  3) Jesse's socks 4) Lakeshore shawl

This year I have been exploring new colors and learning to appreciate them, but my heart will always find love with the color pink.

 

"Almost all words do have color and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see

someone's eyes light up and know it is a pink word for him or her too."- Gladys Tabor

 

Wishing you happiness with your favorite color this weekend!

XO

Andi

Keeps on giving...

Happy Sunday everyone! Happy Mother's day to you if you are a mom! I hope you  have been spoiled much. Since I am not a mom, this day if no different for me. That means typical Sunday stuff. Getting ready for the work week and spending some time with my yarn.

As I may have mentioned a million times, I am working on WIPs. This one has been on the hook for a while. I know it is a project that will take some time to complete. But I figured I need to work on it at least once a week if it is ever going to get completed in my lifetime.

As I am working on these grannies, I am reminded of each project that was completed with them. Not only did these balls of yarn at one time produce a project, they are now helping me to create another one. How cool is that?

Not sure why the pink and green ones look so washed out, but they were as bright and colorful as the picture of the granny. Anyhoo...it is kind of like the memory lane of knitting. What do you do with your scrap yarns? Do you want to see some fabulous projects that other did with their scraps?

• This baby blanket is adorable. Add the baby and it makes it super adorable!
• I may have mentioned this one before but now that it is completed, it so deserves another shout-out. Ivy is lucky she doesn't live close to me because that blanket would go missing!  
• These scrappy socks are just fab! (Not sure why I have been saying fab lately)
• The usual suspect...the sock yarn blanket. This one is wonderful!
• Of course the hexipuff craze needs to be included. These puffs make me happy!
• This scarf not only made me really excited but introduced me to someone even more obsessed with sock knitting than me. Don't believe me...take a look at her blog. She has knit like 47 pairs of socks in 2012 so far!

Since that last blog has me reeling, I am going to go back to my socks scraps and create, before I get seriously side-tracked. 

Happy yarning today and I will see you later this week!

XO

Andi

 

Let's give yarn some love...

Why not? It gives us so much pleasure. So how about a shout out to some new to me Indies?

First up Phydeaux Designs. When I opened my mail and saw this beautiful packaging, I knew what was inside was going to be brilliant. Was I ever right?

This lovely is Mocha Creme Camel in a fingering weight. The yardage is 490 yards! That means this will probably become a shawl.

Hello green! This is another fingering weight with generous yardage in the color Green Teal Golden Amber. I'll say. Brenda is the owner of Phydeaux Designs and is a true artist. Her shop not only carries beautiful yarns but also wonderful buttons, shawl pins, and patterns. her customer service was excellent and super fast. I will be a repeat customer, so you better get there before I do!

Next up stripey goodness. I enjoy knitting with self-striping sock yarn because it feels like most of the work is done for you. All you need to do is knit a simple vanilla sock and you end up with a fabulous pair of fun socks.

Wicked fun! Seriously how happy would you be sporting one of these striped socks?  The top one is Groovy Garden Party (heck yeah) and the bottom one is Carousel. Another great shop on Etsy. Again the packaging and goodies, (candy and a cute lady bug stitch marker) makes me  stoked. Ladybug Fiber Company  is having another shop update on May 10th...seriously you should get there before me. :)

My last yarn addiction can easily be blamed on Maryse. She gifted me my first Biscotte & Cie and now I fear there is no turning back!

This bad boy is self striping in the color Melon D'eau. Do think she designed this sock yarn color for me or what? The best part about this new addiction is that The Loopy Ewe started carrying this yarn! I have my eyes on Uniforme du sorcier and Cupcake.

A whole lot of fun bright colors for some great summer socks. Whew! Enough eye candy for you?  And you wonder why I have nine projects on the needles. I haven't cast on, I promise.

I will leave you all now so I can get some sleep and dream of the next Indie dyer's shop I want to raid. As always if you have any shops you would like to pimp, let me know. Hope you are all having a lovely week. It is almost the weekend, hope there is yarn shopping in your weekend plans!

XO

Andi

 

Dwindling down...

Things are getting done and I am pleased as punch. Before I show you my finished projects, let me just add that I did not mean them to be so matchy-matchy.  I have noticed a trend in my knitting projects, where I seem to knit the same colors at the same time.

The pattern was an easy wonderful knit, made more wonderful since it was part of this KAL. The yarn proved to be surprisingly soft, and after a soak was like buttah.

Next up socks that you may be tired of seeing. In my defense they are blocked now, since blocking makes everything better, I had to show you.

Heh, told you they were matchy. The unintentional color theme seemed to be orange-pink-yellow combos. 

Two projects off the needles, that leaves me with nine projects still on the needles or hook. I am really holding myself back from casting on anything new till the WIPs are more manageable. That will not stop me from tempting you from casting on, because  I am evil. How about I show you some lovely projects from around Blogland?  

• Chantel's Damson is tempting me.
• Oh hello, Michelle's cute socks.
• Speaking of cute socks, must mention Dona's. She is a sock addict such just like me!
• Look here another Wholehearted finished and it's a beauty, and this one too...wow.
• This Oak Shawlette is killing me...but I must stick to my plan.
• Bethany you are your Spectra are fab!
• Marlyn's beautiful shawl...that color is yum.

A whole lot of temptation right? I will leave you with that, but I promise I will be back midweek with some yarn enabling. It has been a little while since I have done a shout out to some of my new favorite Indie Dyers.

Have a wonderful rest of your weekend and happy yarning!

XO

Andi