Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Yarn Along Wednesday

Continuing to follow Ginny at Small Things for a weekly Yarn Along...

After some contemplating and a few auditions of last week's tunic, I decided to frog it and put it away for another date.  It just wasn't working like I wanted it to!  Since I had freed myself up for that obligation (even though my oldest doesn't have a spring jacket yet), I worked all week on my second ever pair of socks.
They aren't impressive and I don't like the yarn they were made from but they were great to learn from.  I'm ready to move on to another pair with better yarn and on two needles.  In the meantime, I just realized that Baby Logan does not have an Easter Basket.  I'm using this great free pattern and some Malabrigo scraps to whip one up.  I've never magic looped since most of my patterns I already have needles for but I needed to with this one.  It was finally time to learn and I hate buying needles for project after project-after all-that is what an Addi Click set is for!

Because of the awesome weather and the copious amount of yard work to do, reading took quite the way back in the bus seat this weekend.  I'm still pluggin' away on the Yarn Harlot's book, The Things I Learned from Knitting.

Looking forward to seeing what others have in their baskets! I always add to my queue of things to do!

12 comments:

  1. Cute red socks, Kristi! Too bad you don't love them...I'm still afraid to venture into sock knitting.
    I love the orange for Logan's basket!

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  2. I like the socks. How are you doing socks on two needles? I have only knit one pair and would love to try again.

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  3. The socks are adorable!! And that Easter basket pattern is sooo cute!! I bet he'll love it!

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  4. Well, I am impressed with your socks! I haven't ever knit any, but I want to try. I'm going to look up that pattern, since you say it's good to learn from . Maybe I'll have time to dive in sometime soon. xoxo

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  5. The socks are adorable, and I love that orange Malabrigo. What a cute little basket. :)

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  6. The orange is stunning! I don't have baskets for the girls yet... hmm....

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  7. The orange is so bright, cheerful and energizing!

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  8. Your first pair of socks are perfect!

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  9. Congratulations on your second ever pair of socks! I didn't knit a pair of socks that I really loved til the 4th pair I think. Sizing issues, yarn issues, etc. on the pairs before that, but I learned so much along the way!

    I absolutely love the orange. :)

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  10. Great socks! Oh how I wished I had more time for knitting :)

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  11. i love the idea of a knitted easter basket! i bet it will be cherished since mama made it.

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