Finishing Frenzy

Knitting-wise this has been a rather productive week.

I had some meetings where I could knit which allowed me to finish my monkey socks:

They're a bit fraternal (one definitely has more brown) but I don't care.  They fit perfectly and they were fun to knit and the Oak Grove sock yarn (from Rhinebeck 2005) was fantastic to knit with.

I departed from my usual toe-up, short row heel formula and worked the pattern as written, except I did my first eye of partridge heel.  The look and fit is perfect and it's making me rethink my preference for short row heels (which I still suck at--my short rows are never quite right).

I also had fun with my this-year Rhinebeck purchase.  I made myself Matador from last Fall's Knitscene.  It was so easy I had the whole thing done in 4 days.  And I rather like it.

It could be a smidge bigger and I may go back and rip and redo since I have almost a full skein left (but, realistically, probably not).  I think it looks fine no?

The yarn is Beth Ann from Briar Rose fibers and has the niftiest little flecks of blue in it.  It's also lovely to work with.  I can see myself using it again. 

Tonight I'm vacillating between finishing the first piece of Roam or starting my Earth Stripe Wrap now that all the colours are in.  Maybe I'll do a bit of both.

Comments

[deeni]

Heyyyyy! Those colours look really good Steph on you. I love that button.

I think the brown adds character to the overall 'sock' experience. I love Cookie's patterns. She's right up there with Lucy N. in my ever growing sock saga.

Peace

[claudia]

So nice, she posted twice!

;-)

Love them Monkeys. And the sweater, besides being a lovely color, really shows off your front porch.

[Marlena]

I was never totally happy with my short rows either until I heard about misocrafty's short row technique. It seriously changed my life! My short rows are perfect now.
http://misocrafty.squarespace.com/journal/2006/9/21/short-row-heel-tutorial.html

[Brooke]

Holy moly, that was fast. It seems like just last week you were telling us all that you were going to make Matador out of the Briar Rose over Gnocci. Wait it was just last week!

The monkeys are great too!