Independence Day Socks

  

Pattern Name:   Independence Day Socks

Cast on: 6/18/21

Bind off:  7/13/21

Needle size:  US sz 1/ 2.25 mm Magic Loop

Yarn:

The main color is from The Wooly Cabin in the colorway Old Glory.  The Cuffs/Heels/Toes are in leftovers from Hobby Lobby's Yarn Bee in the colorway Dark Denim.

Notes:

These were meant to be done for the 4th of July.  However, I didn't quite make it.  There were still fun to knit.  I have to admit that the Yarn Bee Yarn is a little splitty, so I had to be careful when slipping my heel stitches.  Still I loved the way they turned out.

I used Susan B. Anderson's sock recipe from her blog for my heel numbers.

I knit 16 rounds for the cuff; 50 rounds for the leg; and 70 rounds for the foot.  Next time I'll try 60 rounds for the leg and 75 for the foot.  They fit well but are just a touch snug and I'd like a little taller leg. 

My Sock Madness Recap

The Sock madness  has come and gone.  I thought it was about time I did a wrap up.

I had high expectations of myself this year.  So I bought enough sock yarn for all the socks.














Anxiously waiting on pins and needles for the initial pattern to drop.  I started playing with my phone, as you do.  I came up with this little picture of my yarn waiting patiently.
















The pattern to lock your place into the competition was Whoin?

I made it through the gauntlet and went on to the official round 1.  This pattern was Braidalot.

Round 2 was Diamond Duality.  At this point I was pushing my luck and barely made it through to the finish line.

Round 3 was Lacy not Lazy.  These were definitely not done in time to move on in the competition.  In fact, after getting knocked out, it took me a couple months to work up the motivation to finish them. 

Although I have severely limited my personal use of Ravelry, due to their policies and management practices.  I have linked these patterns to the Ravelry site because that is where this competition was held. 

Oh the Madness...

The Madness Part 1


I am participating in Sock Madness 10.  It is hard to believe that this crazy knitting competition (if it really can be called a competition) has been going on for 10 years.  I've competed in 3 of them but due to life events, have never gotten past the 3rd round.


This year I snuck past the second round by hours with this beautiful pair of 'Rose and Thorn' Socks.



Now it is a waiting and resting game.  I'm sure round 3 will start soon enough. 

The Madness Part 2

So now to the explanation, I really would rather avoid, but you deserve.  Frankly, I don't have a good explanation for abandoning you.

About a year and a half ago, I posted a blog post written by someone else.  After it was posted, it was difficult for me to get it looking the way the writer wanted. (She had every right to want it to look good!  I am not criticizing her at all! This wasn't her fault!) The process disenchanted me with the blog.  Now to be perfectly honest, I was never very consistent with my blogging; more or less because I haven't felt like I have anything to say.

Recently, I have felt like I had something very important to say, so I started writing occasionally at Out of My Personal Wilderness.  This got me to thinking about this sad and long forgotten blog.  I'd like to resurrect it by writing about my interests, all of my interests.  I am a very diverse person.  I have opinions about a lot of things including politics and religion.  I enjoy a lot of different hobbies like knitting, sewing, spinning, guns and motorcycles.

So I promise to speak my mind and write about what is in my heart, when it is in my heart.  This may not always be politically correct, but I promise that I will do my best to be sensitive.

In the words of Tigger, "TTFN" or Ta Ta for now.

New Year's Goal Check In

We are almost half way through the year so I thought I'd check in with my New Year's goals

1. Update the blog once per week - Fail!  This is only the second time I've blogged since making that goal.  However, I won't be too hard on myself since life is busy.  Maybe after graduation next year this one will be a bit easier.

2. Feel comfortable enough in my skin to wear a little sun dress for Easter - I didn't end up wearing a sun dress but I did wear a really cute pants outfit.

3. Finish everything currently on the needles - Lady Eleanore scarf; 2 pair of socks for my daughter and the Old Man and the Sea Sweater - I finished my Lady Eleanore and the 2 pair of socks but I have yet to pick back up that sweater.

 

 

 

 

 

These are the two pair that are now finished.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Knit a handspun pair of socks - I haven't even thought about this one.  I haven't touched my poor spinning wheel in more than 6 months.  The poor thing probably thinks I left it.

 

5. Knit a worsted weight pair of socks - I haven't started this.

6. Knit a pair of mittens from silk hankies- I haven't started this.

7. Knit the sweater from 'Botanical Knits'- I haven't started this.

8. Knit a sweater from the Blue Cascade yarn- I haven't started this.

 

I have been enjoying this view as much as possible this spring.

 

PS.  In trying to find pictures for this post, I have found a disturbing lack of finished object pictures.  There are an abundance of in progress shots.  I will have to work on that.

Un-delete

It's almost the end of another year and when not freezing (it was -5 F at noon), I've been thinking alot about the past year.  I've been contemplating where I am, where I want to be and what I want in my life.  These are questions that I think about alot but more so this time of year.  One of the things that was bothering me was that a few months ago I deleted this blog.  I really didn't have time to keep up with it and decided it wasn't worth it.  But as usual for me I had delete remorse.  Luckily for me, blogger now has an undelete option.  So, as luck has it, I have my blog back.

I'm not sure where it will go but it's good to be back online.

I leave you with today's knitting project.