One sock down

Hey look I just grafted the toes of my number 1 Hera sock. Pattern is about to be release in a few days, be sure you check it, it's a fun pattern and the finish product is lovely ! A picture worth a thousand words as they say...

Hera

I will have a FO soon with these ! Stay tune ...

New IK summer 2008

Just received it yesterday and since I did not look the gallerie before today I am a bit disapointed of the designs for this summer, so far I only like 3 pattern enough to consider maybe knit them :

Apres Surf Hoodie by Connis Chang Chinchio

Plaid Halter by Gryphon Perkins

and Windowpane Socks by Chryssy Gardiner

(links are on Ravelry)

About Hera, I am doing good and I am close to the toes and will be done by the end of the week with the sock #1 for sure and will knit furiously to make the #2 as fast as possible because with all that sun today that makes me wanna knit socks and wear them in open shoes ! So people could see that I am wearing those cool socks and they are handmade, even if I am the only one to know... it will be my little secret while walking aroung in Quebec city ! Picture tomorow morning with the sunlight because I can't catch a could one so late today.

Umm by the way... it's my post #50, great huh ?

For tonight get a kitty(my ex-kitten)

Test knitting : Hera

As I told you, I am test knitting Hera pattern for Jesh and here are the progress :

The cuff and the leg is almost done now and I am waiting for instructions about the heel and the foot from her. Pattern is fun and easy to memorise and I love playing with this yarn ! It's my first time test knitting anything and so far this is fun to collaborate in the process. The yarn is the Araucania Ranco Solid that I bought some weeks ago. The yarn is fun to work with but a bit splitly. It's soft and the fabric created by the stickes is very very soft. I will probably buy of this yarn one day to maybe make myself a tank top of something close to the skin.

I think that I told you yet, but I sign in the Summer of Sock 2008 KAL. I also sign in both contests the most socks and the vacation picture. But my concern is about the sock yarn that I need to achieve my goal : I don't have large stash and I could not afford to buy that much new skeins so I arrange myself to get some sort of a sponsor.... my mommy and my BF will both sponsor some socks during the contest. How great is that !!!

PS if any yarn dealer what to sponsor me, I will be more than happy to provide you publicity for a very long time !!! :) What ? We never know...

Good bye my love

No bad news, but it's today that Mr Wonderful flew to a foreign country for his work... It's for a year and I will see him every 2 months for 2 weeks, but since today it's only the first day it's horribly hard to be alone tonight, I will miss you a lot honey !

Anyway, back to knitting !

Today I needed something to keep my hand busy and I knit this :

A little pair of sock ... incomplete because I ran out of yarn, it's the colinette jitterbug left from the Monkey sock, I will look at it maybe tomorow I will have to complete with another yarn for sure, I still also have a left over from another colinette jitterbug, but it's green... It will look weird. No rumor starting, I'm NOT pregnant or anything. Since the point was just to have fun maybe the green toes are acceptables Do you think so ?

Also, I will be test knitting a pair of socks for Jesh from Ravelry. My first test knitting ever and I am very excited to begin, You can see on my link her blog and the fabulous sock that I will test knit for her. Fun ahead.

FO : Rainbow socks

Rainbow socks against the spring rains... what can beat a rainny day and put a smile on your faces : Rainbow socks !

Specs :

Needle : 2.25 mm
Yarn : ONline Supersocke 100 color Savane about 2/3 of a skein (I have enough left to make a pair of baby socks)
Cast on : March 20 th
Cast off : April 29 th

I finish those in April to be part of the "pair a month challenge" I am playing on Ravelry. Kind of fun and make me knit more socks than if I have no plans. These socks were fun to do and I enjoy short rows heels. My only mod is that I made a different toes than the pattern called for.

Did you notice : after a startitis crisis in the past few month I now finish what I begun. My only 2 WIP waiting for attention are Thermal and 103-1 Jacket. Thermal is waiting for a new pair of circular and 103-1 will be done in a few weeks for sure.

Jump in !

As many knitters, I always look for some ways to be able to afford more yarn to increase my stash larger and larger... while browsing around on other Ravelry members blogs I notice again the PayPerPost website. It is actually a website where bloggers and advertisers meet to spread the word about items you already love and make money while doing it! I saw it quite a few time all around and I though why can’t I give it a try?

The advertiser post opportunities on the site and if a blogger “Postie” meet in the interests they are math up and so the "Postie" post about the advertiser and he make some money. So isn't a great thing you talk about something you already like as you would have probably do in a post eventually and you get paid for it, amazing !

Then I fill in the questionnaire and waited a few hours for approval and now this is my first “paid post”. So far I read both negatives and positives reviews about it but as I was reading again the word of mouth ethics , I feel secure to do it and be honest to my readers as you will always know by the button at the bottom of the post if I was sponsored for it or not.

I will make myself an opinion by the time I will make a few sponsored posts and then I see if I wish to continue. As my mom always told me : you don’t know before you tried !

Stash enhancement

I received my order from Valley Yarn last week but I had no sunny day to take good pictures of it so here I present you my new highly addictives yarns.

First when I bought these there was a 10% off everything... so what could I do ? I only ordered some yarn I never tried before : Malabrigo merino worsted, Noro Kureyon sock yarn and Araucania Ranco solid... they are all so yummy ! Can't wait to decide what exactly I will do with all of them.