My Sister's Knitter

Sunday Socks...

Happy Sunday peeps! Brilliant weekend so far, made only more so with the finishing of my swap socks. They are super bright, but that is what my swap partner wanted so that is what she got.

Something about bright yarn makes my camera scream. This was as mild as I could get it for you. The pattern is No Purl Monkeys and the yarn is Brooklyn Handspun in the color Happy Place. I still have a few more goodies that I am waiting on for my swap package. Once received these bright babes will be traveling very far.

With these socks off the needles, that leaves me with zero socks on the needles. Wait...what?!? Heh, I will be rectifying that here in the next couple of minutes. I can tell you this, the color of my next pair will be subtle in comparison to these. Now to decide on a pattern that will be simple enough so that I can watch the Olmpics and work on them. Are you watching that Olympics? Just to be able to view the human spirit and endurance is just amazing to me.

I am off to cheer, but before I do I will leave you with some fantastic socks that I love from Flickr.

1.Cactro  2. Stripe Heel  3. slip and slide  4. spiraling socks

XO

Andi

 

 

 

 

A shawl and some loves...

There once was a girl who liked to knit shawls. So she did.

Between socks and shawls, I just can't seem to get enough. Isn't this yarn lush?

There was not a lot of light coming in today, odd I know considering I live in AZ. Still it was kind of cool because it gave the shawl a burned edge look when I took pics. Anyhoo, the pattern is Lala's Simple Shawl and the yarn is Phydeaux Designs Yarn.

Another shawl has been cast on, I will share more of that one with you in the coming week. This shawl has now been frogged  because the lace yarn I was using kept breaking. A tad bit of a nightmare.

Other than finishing up this shawl not a lot of excitement going on this weekend. If you are looking for excitement check out some of these loves from around blogland.

• From the queen of shawls, Helena, I bring you a stunning  Damask.
• How about some seriously great socks from Kiwiyarns, Life on Laffer  and Knit the Hell out.
• Does it get any sweeter than Camilla's Oaklet Shawl?
• This is my kind of Sunday, spent with some beautiful hooking from Raina.
• A beautiful Tea Leaf Cardigan modeled by the lovely Lori herself. Love her.
• Allison's tee is perfection.
• I adore everything about this post from Annie. Those letters are just amazing.

Wow , now that I have sent you everywhere and then some, I will sign off. I need to get working on my swap socks, the additional goodies I got for her are already in the mail to me. I will post a picture of the package before sending them off to the recipient.

Have a brilliant rest of your weekend!

XO

Andi

Addicted to the stripes...

Seems to be no cure. There is nothing I can do about the fact that I am addicted to knitting up striped socks.

Who can resist bright fun stripes? Obviously not me.

I just cast on the typical 64 stitches, used a short row heel, then finished her off with a classic round toe. What more is there to say about the yarn that I haven't already gushed on about. It really is beautifully soft and squishy yarn. Bonus it stripes up beautifully.

The next pair I have cast on are not stripey, if you can believe that. Yet that did not stop me from picking up some more self-striping yarn from a new to me shop.

Color-Grunge

Color-Summer Berries

Color-Melon Medley

Whew that was a whole lot of talks of stripes. I plan on taking a break from purchasing any more self-striping yarn for a bit. There is enough in my stash to have at least ten more pairs. :)

Have a lovely Sunday everyone. I am off to bake this bread, wishing I were making a vat of this instead.

XO

Andi

 

Taking it outside.

Before the temps reach over 100 degrees, I thought I would take my shawl out for a little photo shoot.

The Shaelyn pattern was surprisingly easy, but with lovely results. The only modifications I made was on the yarn weight and needle size.

The colors look a little washed out here, but it was 6:00 a.m. in the morning. :)

That's better. Here you can really see all the beauty that is this yarn. First time working with Twist & Twine yarn and I see many more in my future. Now back to working on my Dewdrops shawl.

For those of you who were interested in seeing how the newest stripey yarn on the needles was stitching up, here you go.

Wonderful right? I want to add this yarn is such a pleasure to knit with. It is soft, squishy and stretchy. If you want some of this great yarn, head on over to LadyBug Fiber's Etsy shop. There are so many to choose from! I can't say enough about how brilliant this yarn is!

As you can see I have plenty on the needles to keep me occupied this weekend. I discovered this series on Netflix and have been happily knitting away while watching. How I do love my U.K. crime shows. In addition I need to play catch-up all all the lovely blogs out there.

Hope this weekend finds you sheltered in your cool homes from the crazy temps torturing the U.S.

Happy Yarning!

XO

Andi

 

Yarning along...

First came my love of reading, then came knitting. Their roles seemed to have been reversed over the years. I am trying to get back to a point where they are on equal platforms.

My mom picked up this biography for me thinking I would like it. She was right, so far it has been captivating. Hopefully I will finish it soon and be able to share a review of it for you.

See that knitting huddled on the side? That is yet another shawl cast on.

The pattern is Shaelyn and the yarn is the ever yummy Twist & Twine Tula in the color Calle Lily. It is knitting up like butter. This may be the reason why it is more than half way done, I can't stop knitting on it.

Are you joining in on Ginny's Yarn-Along this week?

I will leave you with Christopher Walken's reading of The Raven. Enjoy your 4th of July and be safe!

 

XO

Andi

A weekend FO and some loves...

Even with a case of startitis, things are coming off the needles. Came as a surprise to me as well.

These are my Simple Skyp socks, which I named Sir Isaac Lime. That is my favorite flavor of Otter Pops.

The yarn is Socks that Rock light weight in Lemongrass. This was my first time using STR and I fear I want to knit many more socks with this fabulous yarn. It is wicked Squooshy!

In celebration of casting off a pair off socks, it seemed only right that another jumped on the needles. Of course the yarn is bright and stripey, it is what I have been craving lately. And I am not the only one, Claudia and I have been having fun enabling each other with new shops carrying self-striping yarn.

Sorry for the blurry pic. My camera was not liking all that color explosion. I will brag more about this yarn next week.

How about some loves? Feels like a while since I have shared some. I am sure it hasn't been that long, but it feels like it. First  salad that I can't get enough of.

Just a simple tomato, cucumber,red onion,feta and balsamic vinegar salad. I can eats buckets full and I do!

Now how about some loves from blogland..let's go!

• Oh my gosh Becky, take a look at her shawl. Jody...wow. Are you drooling right now, because I am.
• Sam's scarf has me thinking I need to make one of these.
• I have been waiting excitedly for each new posting of Robin's crazy quilt's stitches. Seriously, scroll down and you will see each fantastic one. Robin has become a dear friend, we share a love for Colorado where she lives and where I grew up. She posted an excerpt of a letter she sent to her brother about the devastation our lovely state is experiencing. It makes me cry.
• I will be casting on this lovely hat, which is modeled by the even lovelier Andrea.
• The Ishbel pattern never seems to go out of style. Everyone has knit one and some many. I on the other hand none. After seeing Cassy's (great blog name!), I feel destined to add it to my ever growing list.

There you go. Bet you fell in love at least once with all those beauties. I am off to do some knitting and preparing to cry after watching this movie tonight. Hope you are all safe, sound and happy!

XO

Andi