It's not socks!

Well, I'm cured (I think!) I've locked away my sock mojo until the August Sock-a-month challenge. Sock overdose is not healthy, well not in the quantity I had this month!

This is my new knit. I'm using some of the Fantasia dk from Hartmuths. I wanted something that would work with the yarn, yet still show the pattern, I think this is working! This yarn is lovely to work with too.

And here is the 5th & final pair (I promise) of socks for July:

Regia Surprise color. Not much of a surprise when you've already made a pair the same size!!

On the Teal Zip front, I've tracked one down from Zipperstop in the US. It matches exactly from their shade-card. They told me it would take 2 weeks for them to order it in, fine I told them. So what do they do?? Pick a 'similar' shade & send me that in the hope it will do GRRRRR! It's winging its' way back across the pond to be exchanged. Next time, I really will get the zip before I begin to knit! It's been so cold here, I want to wear that cardi!

DD had her Hip Spica taken off on the 18th & is whizzing around like a loon. I'm tempted to call the consultant & see if they can put it back on for a while, to slow her down :) She has a rather disturbing limp, which we're hoping is only temporary as they never mentioned a limp at all. We're back in on Wednesday 1st August so she'll be checked out then.

Regia Pompon Socks

I pounced on the postie on Saturday morning & this sock wool jumped straight onto my pins! It's new Regia Pompon 4 ply. I've got this mad urge to pull the pompons through to the right side as alot of them ended up inside. They're so snuggly & warm, more like a 6 ply fabric. My feet are definitely mutton-dressed-as-lamb, but I love 'em!!! I've got the pink one too, so dd will get some of those & probably me, for bed-socks :)





As usual, my new stash came from Wolle-Hartmuth in Germany. They still have loads left in case anyone gets the pompon urge LOL!

I'm on a Roll...

A sockage roll !!!!!!!

I got my mojo back & I'm taking advantage of it before it goes again. Here's this weeks offerings:

These are Broad ripple from Knitty in Cascade Fixation shade 9843. I've already got a pair of these & they're my best stay-uppy socks, so I've made another pair.

These ones are Lacy Mock Cable socks. The wool is an unbanded one from Wolle Hartmuth. It looked, on the ball, like it was stripey, but it's knitted up different from how I imagined.

These socks are so s-t-r-e-t-c-h-y. I made them on 2.5mm with 64 sts to fit my big barges.

Close-up of the pattern & colour is more true in this one:

What Kind of Yarn are You??

Being fairly new to the world of blogging, this was new to me over the weekend.

I took the test & imagined I'd be a nice squishy cashmere, a fluffy angora maybe, or how about a nice squidge of merino?? Nope, this was my genuine result:

What kind of yarn are you?

You are Dishcloth Cotton.You are a very hard worker, most at home when you're at home. You are thrifty and seemingly born to clean. You are considered to be a Plain Jane, but you are too practical to notice.
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SODDIN' Dishcloth cotton, well that's just great! Born to clean, they're having a laugh LOL!


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Prom Night!

I couldn't resist snapping a pic of my 16yr old ds on Friday when he got ready for Prom Night. Why do your kids always look older in photos, he looks all grown up here:

When I left school we had a leavers disco in the hall & chucked eggs & flour over each other on the last day. They don't do that now!!!

Hello Sock Mojo...

My sock mojo has been missing for a while, but I'm happy to say it's back. It may go again at any minute, so I've snapped a pic to prove it's well & truly here!

These are for my son's 14th Birthday which was 1st May LOL! He wanted Villa socks & this is as close as I could find in my tiny stash of sock yarn!

I'm still on the trail of a 22" teal zip. An ebay seller in china claims to have all colours. Maybe if he emails me back, we can do business. He only wants £1.00 postage for any amount, it's just getting contact off him that's proving difficult! I need to finish that jacket :(

I popped back into town on Saturday, hoping to nab some more Jaeger Aqua, but most of it was gone & I only managed to get 7 balls & 2 more balls of Regia Stretch. Funny, 'cos there's never anyone in the wool dept when I go in, maybe the staff swiped it LOL!

Here are the completed socks:

I hate it when some of the colours are different lengths, just look at that annoying red bit on the toe, it did that on purpose, I'm sure. It's bugging me, if they were mine I'd have to change that, but he's gone to school in them, so they must be OK for him :)

Off to dive in to the sock stash, I need to make some more!!!