Addicted to Socks!

So between a short shopping trip, some housework and some cooking all I really did the weekend was knit my sock!

I had great fun and it's looking really good - much further along now!

Here are a few photos of the progress:

My first socks!

I've read a lot of posts on Ravely about how addictive sock knitting is, and so I had to give it a try for myself.

I got some Austermann Steppe yarn on sale in a local store that recently closed down, and although it's not the nicest colours, or shades I'd normally wear, for the low price I thought it was worth getting to make my first pair with.

There's a great pattern by Silver that is recommended a lot on Ravelry, and although it's for DPNs I decided to give it a try with magic loop.

So far it's going well. :) Although I think I may get a bit confused when I get to the heel, so I've found a magic loop sock pattern that also casted on with 64 sts to refer to if need be.

Here are my photos so far (notice how I had to change needles as I snapped my 2mm KnitPro by leaning on it!!) I didn't think the Pony metal needles would be very nice to work with, but I'm actually not finding them unpleasant at all.

The Big Baby Blanket!

Sorry for the delay in posting! Work has gotten so hectic, and when I get home I just want to knit! Which means after dinner and housework there hasn't been a lot of blogging time left.

But I'm back!

I got an amazing book for my birthday, another by Nicki Trench:

I love so many of the different squares, so have started a baby blanket....

....well....

I say "started"...

I did a "B" for baby on my 4mm circulars, but I found working with a couple of colours quite awkward with the different yarns and the cable, so I went out and bought some straight needles....only to get home and find they were 4.5mm.

So I started a second square and the 0.5 made a big difference, and I much prefer it, so I'm pretty much starting from scratch.

I've got the luxury of time, and it's nice to have a project which can be on going. But I've bought my yarn and have my straight needles now, so expect a lot of blanket square updates!

It's going to be a challenge making it unisex, I think. But hopefully I'll be pleased with how it turns out.