How Lucky Can i Be!

Just imagine….my daughter just came in for a visit to the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival and went back to Seattle only to turn around and fly back to Boston to attend the final game of the World Series…and lucky me was invited to meet up with her. What a great night it was and no, we didn't bring our knitting!!!!

Red Sox Win the World Series 2013

A Great Smile from My Lovely Daughter

Great Festival at Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool!

Enjoyed a wonderful trip to the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival this weekend. My daughter flew in from Seattle with my grandson Ethan and we spent the entire weekend in Rhinebeck. What a wonderful festival with so much going on. Bought a load of fleece, a new Bosworth spindle and yarns to knit those socks with. Many many vendors and competitions and demos. Worth the trip and had great weather to boot! thank you Leslie!

Red Heart Clog socks

Really great to have a break from knitting the Scrunch socks! Love these knitted using Knit Picks Palette yarn. Came out really nice and think I'll do another after the back log of Scrunch Socks that I have! Yikes!

A Challenging Pair of Socks

Just finishing up a pair of these for a woman who needed a sock that was 12.5" length from toe to heel. Had not done a sock this large ever and apparently she wears a size 15 shoe size...This was a challenge as I also had to increase the circumference of the leg and foot an inch...adding more stitches for rib pattern and making sure that the balance of the overall sock remained correct to what I designed it. Very long and difficult but the results were great. Also great was the Alpaca and Merino wool yarn I used.

Eyelet Lace socks Pattern

Started the pattern for the Eyelet Lace Socks. Great excuse to knit another pair of these really beautiful socks. Stay tuned....hope to have them done this month.

White Eyelet lace Socks

Working sample for pattern.

Short Scrunch Socks

Really wanted to do this sock for a while and did it a couple of weeks ago. Catching up on my postings as I have been busy with custom socks of late...but wanted to post this sock on my blog. I actually love the results and will do another only in white or off white. This is citrus lime in color and I think I am the only person that loves this color!!!!!!!!

Citrus Lime short Scrunch socks

Scrunch socks in Merino

I received an order from a woman in CA for a pair of the Scrunch Socks in wool. She picked the color of Mink Heather (Knit Picks) and they came out perfectly.

Beautiful softness and the elasticity of the wool made the sock a bit more comfy around the foot. I will do them again in wool but may use a fingerling wool instead of the sports weight. Might be interesting to see. But these came out really nicely.