My Sister's Knitter

Getting It Done...

Whew, just made it. My April socks were finished last night with only about 2 hours to spare. I have no idea why they took so long. I started these in early March.

Pattern:Menehune Cobblestone Socks    Yarn: Pagewood Farm Alyeska-Bird of Paradise

 
I am still trying to get some of my WIPS done. I have been working on finishing up my Saroyan.As well as turning the heel on my May sock, It is a simple 3x1 rib pattern. The yarn is Cherry Tree Hill self-striping. I seem to have a thing for stripes as of late.

What else have I been up to?

• Discovering a fantastic blogger.
• Wanting one of these.
• Cheering on a friend who just finished her first pair of socks.
• Wish I were on this walk with my friend.
• Watching and wondering how much more devastation our world can handle.
• Was anticipating this.
• Caught a few highlights.

 
This felt like a very long week, now on to the next one. :) Enjoy a scene from my favorite movie ever. If you haven't seen the movie and want to don't watch this. It is a complete spoiler.

 

XO
ANDI

 

Where are they now?

 
As everyone who knows me knows, I rarely knit for myself. So when I saw this was going to be the topic of day 4;

Write about the fate of a past knitting project. Whether it be something that you crocheted or knitted for yourself or to give to another person. An item that lives with you or something which you sent off to charity.

I was like hmmm..good question.

 
Most of the blankets I have crocheted go to the sister. I know that they use them all the time.

 
The blanket for the nephew my sister reports gets tons of use and my nephew will not let anyone else use it! Good boy!

This pair of my mother's socks died. She washed them and they were not superwash. I blame myself I did not give her care instructions.

 
Then there is the issue with projects that have not been completed due to loss or damage. Noro Scarf a very recent tragedy, did not get finished for reason stated in a previous post.There were these Purple socks never got finished because I could not find them again. I know I was on the second sock, but for the life of me I could not tell you where it went. The likely outcome of these could very well be at a local good will. I am sure they would throw them away. I would love to have seen the expression on the person going through the donation and finding a half finished sock with sticks coming out of it.

 
The attic 24 blanket. Well it is still alive and well. And still not finished. I lost my thrill for it big time. It has almost over a year and I just can't seem to find the want to pick it back up or remove it from my Ravelry WIPs. Do have one of those projects that you just can't seem to get rid of but don't want to work on ever again?

 
The sock yarn blanket. I still love it and I still work on it, occasionally. It is just going to be one of those projects that will not probably be finished for another couple of years, but I am okay with that. I look forward to adding some of the new sock yarn scraps from this year's Year of Socks.

For the most part I do not know what happens with my knits after they leave my grubby little paws. When I knit items for others I rarely check back to see how they are enjoying it, I just hope they do.

XO

Andi