Almost Forgot

I finished these this past weekend and haven't blogged about them yet. These are my 50^th pair of adult sized socks.^*


Pattern - Big Bamboo from Vogue, The Ultimate Sock Book
Yarn - Socks That Rock mediumweight, Lucky (from the March 2008 Rockin' Sock Club)

^*This number does not include the few pair of kid/baby sized socks I've knit. Oh, and all 50 of those pairs are for me. Yes, I'm a selfish knitter.

Latest Doilies

Doily making continues...


Scallopped Pineapple Doily - This one was resurrected.


Antlia Doily - A crochet along choice from the Doilie Heads group on Ravelry. Pattern here


Four-Square Pineapple - Pattern from Leisure Arts #75013, Pineapple Doilies.

All were done in size 10 thread from various manufacturers (i.e., South Maid, Aunt Lydia's).

I have 2 more doilies that need to be blocked and another in the works, so more doilies to come soon.

Summerfield Socks

I finished these last week, finally. For some reason they seemed like they took forever.


Yarn - All Things Heather in Festival
Pattern - Summerfield Socks by Lisa Parker (This was a Loopy Ewe sock club exclusive pattern.)

Resurrecting a Project

A few years back (before I became obsessed with socks), I used to crochet a lot of doilies (check out my Doily Set on Flickr). Some I gave away or swapped, some are used around my house, and some are stacked up waiting for their turn to be displayed. I still have a few that I finished but they still need their ends tucked in and blocked.

Lately, I've had the urge to crochet doilies. I don't really need more projects to work on, but I'm in denial about that, so I'm not even going to think about it. When I switched from avid doily crocheter to obsessed sock knitter, I left a doily unfinished. What's kind of sad about this, is the doily is only 4 or 5 rounds from completion. So, I figured this is a great way to satisfy my doily-making urge.


A pic of the in-progress doily in its unfinished (and waiting for me to get back to it) state.

The white and blue thread, as well as, the pattern and hook I used were all stored together. The pink thread was a little harder to put my hands on, but I did eventually find it. I'm hoping to finish the crocheting this weekend. And with any luck, blocking will occur soon after that.

Jailhouse Rock Socks

Pattern - Stansfield 14 from More Sensational Knitted Socks
Yarn - Socks That Rock mediumweight in Jailhouse Rock
Needles & Gauge - Size 2 DPNs, 7 st/in

And since I always need to have a pair of socks on the needles, here is my newest.


Yarn - All Things Heather in Festival
Pattern - Summerfield Socks by Lisa Parker (This was a Loopy Ewe sock club exclusive pattern.)