April loves...

 

Hello loves!

 

Yarn~ BAERENWOLLE BAERfoot in the color Lucy in the sky with diamonds   Book~ You by Caroline Kepnes   Tea~ Yogi Kombucha Green Tea.

Here we are- we made it to another weekend! Well done us.:)  It is going to be an amazing day, do you know how I know? Because my coffee tastes exceptionally good this morning- I view that as a sign.  Today the plan is to get in a bit of reading and of course some knitting.

 

 

I will apologize now as my projects lately have been all about the socks. May have something to do with our temps being near 100. Light projects that don't sit on my lap...priceless. The socks above are my Woodland Walk socks and there has been progress.  Not too much as I have had a serious case of cast-on-it is.

 

Pattern~ Socks on a Plane   Yarn~ Great Lakes Tweed Yarn in the color Surrealistic Pillow

I started this pair last weekend and they are done. I blame it entirely on the yarn. Great Lakes Tweed yarn was one I featured last year when I celebrated some of my favorite Indie dyers. I have been hoarding the above yarn and happy to report it has served it's purpose. To knit into some truly gorgeous socks that I cannot wait to wear this Fall/Winter.

 

 

A sign that I need some more of this yarn is in the fact that I cannot stop staring it at. :)  Then of course more socks cast on. Many more than pictured below...many more.

 

 

This yarn has been in my stash for almost 10 years. It is Knitpicks Bare and was dyed up during a knit night party at my casa. Experimenting in Kool-aide dying. Think it is about time to knit it up, right?

Alright, let's get to loves before I bombard you with all the socks.

 

• Woolen Wilderness has long been an inspiration to me. Her gorgeous projects have caused many of cast-on parties.
• Michelle has a wonderful podcast called My So Called Handmade Life. She is already on episode 9- which means, I am late to the game, but no less smitten. It is like her blog coming at you live.
• Not being one to swatch, ( because I knit mostly socks), if anything could get me to swatch it would be Michelle's gorgeous post.
• I haven't knit a stuffy in what seems like forever, but the sight of all these tiny knit dresses Little Cotton Rabbits designed for her stuffed friends has me rethinking that.
• Following along the process of Patricia's Birkin sweater in this post equals pure bliss.
• I am in constant awe of all you talented peeps who are multi-craftual. That is why this post by Melissa is one of my loves.
• I have seen some gorgeous knit models, but I have to say Simcha takes the cake. The cowl he is modeling is beautiful which is a good thing because were it not, it may just look like a handsome model wearing yarn. :)
• Despite being in the throws of sock knitting paradise, that doesn't mean my mind and eyes haven't been wandering.  Faith's Half Moon Oracle is one of those projects that makes me think that maybe a fun shawl would be something I could add to the menu.
• Leave it to Julie to come up with a wonderful feature, Knit Stories. Brilliant idea.
• Choosing a word for the new year is such a lovely idea. Julie has chosen the word adventure, packaged up mystery bags filled with yarn and patterns for shawls. Seriously, I want to peek into all her bags!
• Change...not one of my favorite words. I like things to stay the same, but wisely understand that change is inevitable. Loved this post from Karen.

 

Thank you as always for visiting with me. Enjoy this sweet video and have the best day today!

 

 

XO,

andi

Comments

[Caffeine Girl]

I didn't know you drink coffee as well as tea! Personally, I think both are necessary for a balanced diet and a happy life.
That Great Lakes Tweed is totally addictive. I feel like I could knit from that nothing else for the rest of my life!
Thanks for introducing me to Melissa's blog. It's nice to know I'm not the only ADD crafter. And her work is SO beautiful.
How did I miss the Birkin Sweater. OMG! It is SO gorgeous.

[karen]

Love the sock casting-on in-wild-abandon over there :) Nothing wrong with socks! I'm knee deep in my sister's sweater almost done with the first sleeve wahoo! Thanks for mentioning me, I am in good company if you like to resist change!!

[wendy]

You know I always love seeing your socks lol

[Dee]

Oh my gosh ..... 100°F already???? It's going to be a long,
L-O-N-G summer.

Your projects all look so lovely and spring-like.

[Claudia]

Oh what a fun surprise to see Simcha mentioned!!! It was Steve's suggestion to have him model the cowl and he does wear it much better than me :))) But he's still not keeping it. Love all the beautiful socks you have going. I knit a pair of Woodland Walk socks it's a fun pattern. Have a great week Andi!

[Lynn Taylor]

socks are a wonderful thing! i love the ladies making the dolls. i hope they have someone to do this after them. it is good to knit for others. i like to knit up something and then think of who to gift it too.

Have a great week Andi

[Kat]

That Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds colorway is my EVERYTHING <3 I love all your socks so much!

[Stefanie]

Hi Andy; I hope your health is back to normal. I had fun seeing all of your sock WIP's today.

[Carolyn]

I just love your blue sock! And the pink/green/cream! Such beautiful colors! I'm so envious! I only allow myself to have one pair of socks on the needles at a time because I am such a SLOW sock knitter. I'm on my third pair. Each of my other two pairs took over a year (not the only thing on my needles, obviously). This pair has been on my needles for 5 months and I have high hopes of finishing them this month and starting my first shortie pair. I love seeing all your socks. It keeps me plugging away on mine because I want a drawer full of lovely hand knit socks to wear all the time!

[Jane]

Look at all your socks. How fun. I say cast on with abandon. I love the video of the women knitting dolls and her comment about how they sit together in the afternoon and knit without saying two words to each other. Inspires me to do more charity knitting.