Lace Cuffs

I finished the lace cuffs of my Summer of Love Lace Socks. Here they are blocking. There was alot of pooling on both cuffs, but I guess it just adds character!! The pooling happens in about the same areas on each cuff because I started each one at the same point in the colorway.







THE STATS SO FAR
Pattern: Summer of Love Lace Socks by JC Briar
Source: Rockin' Sock Club - August 2007
Date: Cast On: 09.19.07
Yarn: Socks That Rock Yarn, lightweight, Flower Power
Needles: Size 1 US (2.5mm), Addi Turbo circular needles, 40"
Method: Magic Loop, 2S1C, cuff down (after cuff is knit side to side and then joined)

Fuzzy Finis

My Fuzzy Feet are all knitted, felted, and fitted!!! HOORAY! I'm not too happy with the stripes not matching, but nothing I can do about that now. At least they're done, they fit, and my feet will be nice and toasty this winter.

Jazz-Purr

THE SCOOP
Pattern: Fuzzy Feet by Teresa Vinson Stenersen
Source: Knitty - Winter 2002
Date: Cast On: 09.18.07 // Cast Off: 09.19.07
Yarn: Patons, Soy Wool Stripes, Natural Pink (1 skein per foot); 70% wool/30% soy
Needles: Size 10 US (6.5mm), Clover Bamboo circular needles, 29"
Method: Magic loop, cuff down

Summer of love, here I come

Yippee!! I finished my 2nd fuzzy foot at lunch today. The whole thing only took about 3 hours. I'll felt the pair when I get home from work tonight.

So -- I'll be able to start the Summer of Love lace socks from the August Rockin' Sock Club this evening, although I probably won't be able to accomplish a whole lot because it's back to school nite tonight.

Obssessed

I got up at 5am this morning to start work on the second foot of my second attempt at my Fuzzy Feet. I made it all the way through the gusset decreases in just 2 hours. Now it's just the foot and toe and then washing machine - here I come. I may or may not be able to finish the knitting at lunch today. We'll see.

Unfortunately, the striping is not lining up. I wasn't able to start the color change at the same point on both feet because there is not enough yarn in one skein to do it. Each foot takes almost a complete skein so there's no room to skip parts of color. I suppose I could have cut and spliced, but that would not be fun. Oh, well - I can live with it. Besides, who knows if this pair will even fit. I'll consider myself lucky if they do fit.



The reason for my obssession?? - for my mad dash to the finish line??

I was inspired by this. This is the August Rockin' Sock Club sock, knit by Pat. When I first received the kit, I was very UNINSPIRED. I thought the colorway was awful, but seeing Pat's version truly changed my mind and now I can't wait to get started, but I want to finish my Fuzzy Feet first.

I forgot to take a picture of the hank before I wound it into two balls, so all you get here is a picture of it in the balls and the teeny-weeny hank that comes with it. It is the Socks That Rock light weight yarn, Flower Power. The pattern for August is Summer of Love Lace by JC Briar. The cuff is first worked flat and then joined and the remainder of the sock is then worked in the round from the top down.

Fuzzy Wuzzy

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy
Was he

---- well ----
my Fuzzy Wuzzy did have hair
---- but ----
my Fuzzy Wuzzy had no flair

My Fuzzy Wuzzy was a weeeeeee bit too small.

So - what am I talking about, you may ask? Well, Fuzzy Feet, of course, from the Winter 2002 issue of Knitty.

I was inspired by Nicole of Stash and Burn fame to knit some Fuzzy Feet. I'm using Patons Soy Wool Stripes. I guess I left my fuzzy foot in the wash too long, because it is a little too tight on my foot, although I can wear it -- but I won't. I plan to make another one to replace it and then make the second foot, making them both a little bigger. Fortunately, I had only made one foot and felted that to see what the outcome would be. The first foot only took about 6 hours to complete, including the felting, so not too bad.

Pre-Felted Fuzzy compared to a normal sized sock

Pre-Felted Fuzzy alone

Post-Felted Fuzzy on my foot - looks OK, but its too tight around my toes
Yikes! It hurts!

Fuzzy & Scooter

THE SCOOP - Fuzzy Wuzzy with no Flair
Pattern: Fuzzy Feet by Teresa Vinson Stenersen
Source: Knitty - Winter 2002
Date: Cast On: 09.17.07 // Cast Off: 09.17.07
Yarn: Patons, Soy Wool Stripes, Natural Pink (1 skeins/1 foot); 70% wool/30% soy
Needles: Size 10 US (6.5mm), Clover Bamboo circular needles, 29"
Method: Magic loop, cuff down

Now that I have a better idea of the felting process I can better guage my next attempt...and here it is.

Post-Felted Fuzzy #1 compared to Pre-Felted Fuzzy #2

This is the second attempt of the first foot. I added 5 extra rows to the cuff, 4 extra rows to the heel flap and 8 extra rows to the foot. I'm going to go ahead and knit up the second foot and felt them both at the same time. If they fit, great. If they don't, oh well. I enjoyed the knitting and that's what really counts.

THE SCOOP - Fuzzy Wuzzy - 2nd attempt
Pattern: Fuzzy Feet by Teresa Vinson Stenersen
Source: Knitty - Winter 2002
Date: Cast On: 09.18.07 // Cast Off: 09.18.07
Yarn: Patons, Soy Wool Stripes, Natural Pink (1 skeins/1 foot); 70% wool/30% soy
Needles: Size 10 US (6.5mm), Clover Bamboo circular needles, 29"
Method: Magic loop, cuff down

...and that's a wrap...

Charm Wrap is now complete.



THE DETAILS
Pattern: Charm Wrap by Mary Jane Mucklestone
Source: Knitting Daily
Date: Cast On: 08.15.07 // Cast Off: 09.17.07
Yarn: Lion Brand, Vanna's Choice, Silver Blue (7+ skeins); 100% acrylic
Needles - Cast-On: Size 11 US (8.5mm), Clover Bamboo circular needles, 29"
Needles - Lace Pattern: Size 10 US (6.0mm), Clover Bamboo circular needles, 24"
Needles - Body: Size 9 US (5.5mm), Clover Bamboo circular needles, 29"
Needles - Sleeves: Size 9 US (5.5mm), Susan Bates circular needles, 32"
Note: Sleeves were knit in the round using the Magic Loop method

It's 99% A Wrap

I'm almost finished with my Charm Wrap. I am currenly working on the belt, but only have about an inch or so to go on that and then I have the two belt loops and then I am done. I would guess that would be no more than a half hour more on this project.

I really like the pattern, but I would not use this yarn again. As I had mentioned in my first post regarding this project, I had gone chintzy on the yarn and did not want to spend a whole lot, so I bought Lion Brand, Vanna's Choice. I should have gone with my first thoughts and bought wool, but I didn't. Oh well... Anyway, this is just something to throw on at work when I get cold (which is practically all the time). Where I work, it is extremely casual - jeans everyday, so this sweater will fit right in. (Keynotes from the big boss are self evident of the casualness...).

As usual, Scooter wanted to be a part of the photo shoot.