Sock Progress

I have about 20 grams of yarn left out of 80 for this sock; it's enough to make it pretty tall, but probably not enough to make it a knee-high. I'm picturing some eyelets at the top with a little ribbon. Oh, it started to get a bit tight around my calf, so I switched from size 2s to 3s. It's kind of tight at my ankle, so on the next sock, I'm going to go up a needle size for an inch or two there too.

Too Big...Rip...Just Right!

Well, I was wrong about the gauge, especially after throwing in the pattern. My first attempt at this sock was too big. I reduced it from 50 stitches around (my initial gauge of 7 stitches an inch) to 42 stitches around (real gauge of 6 stitches an inch).

I had an easier time with the short-row toe using this yarn over the rainbow yarn. Maybe I've learned to loosen up my wraps a bit. I do think this yarn is more tightly spun, so it's harder to split.

Shell Socks

I think I'm going to try this "Little Shell" pattern I found in my Harmony Guide of Knitting Stitches. All the action takes place on one row, with three rows of plain knitting in between. Like the rainbow socks, I'll be using the template from the toe-up socks at Knitty, but adding the pattern on the top of the foot and around the leg. Since I'm still using my size 1 dpns for the rainbow socks, I'll be working the shell socks on size 2s. The gauge looks very close.

Nodding Violet in the Vinca

Since things are going swimmingly with the second rainbow sock and the cherry blossom shawl, I've pulled out something else from the Recently-Acquired Yarn Bag--my Socks that Rock yarn.
This week the Socks that Rock gang over at Blue Moon Fiber Arts is holding a knitting camp on a beautiful island in Puget Sound, WA. I can't go, but thought I'd start a pair of socks with their yarn. So far, I've wound the yarn into two equal weight balls. Now I need to figure out a pattern!

Cherry Blossom and Rainbow Sock Progress

The title today pretty much says it all.
I've worked a little bit on the shawl, and a little bit on the second sock.

Do you see the way the different colors on the shawl are not mixing together? I'm not sure I like this, but will keep knitting to see what happens. It looks like this particular section is going to continue with the colors pooling, but soon I'll increase to double the number of stitches--that should throw them out of whack.

Too Many Little Pointy Sticks

Whew, I am glad to be finished with the double-pointed needles on the Cherry Blossom Shawl.
The stitches just barely fit around my 12" circular needle, but using the dpns felt so flimsy--I switched as soon as I could.

That was fun!

Hey, that wasn't so bad! I was worried that a sock would take forever because of the little needles and small gauge. In fact, knitting my first sock was fun. I've already cast on the mate, so I hope to avoid the second-sock syndrome.
It's all stockinette, and not the easiest to get over my heel. Next time I'll have to do some ribbing or some other stretchy pattern on the leg. You can see that the cuff is slightly rolled--I just did a sewn bindoff. I like it.