Tigerwalkers

I forgot to post pics of my latest sock! I knit another pair of Jaywalkers.

I started these for the "Air" months of Project Spectrum, but was a little late completing them and even later in showing them off!



Stats:
Pattern: Jaywalkers by Grumperina
Yarn: Lisa Souza superfine merino superwash sock yarn in the Mombassa colorway - purchased at Stitches East
Needles: Size US 2 DPNs


I love this yarn - it striped perfectly and there is so much yardage in this skein I think I have enough for a second pair!



I love how the toes pooled!


Roar!

Summer of Socks!

Well I didn't intend to knit socks all summer but it seems like they are the only thing I can focus on lately! My poor Printed Silk Cardi has been languishing half done


and the Liesl I started ages ago - still looks like this:



My Goddess Knints mystery circular shawl? Still only on Clue 3 of 5!



I love them all - but for some reason I just can't seem to concentrate on anything requiring more than minimal thinking!

So - that leaves socks! My version of mindless knitting.

I recently finished some Noro socks. This was the first time I used the new Noro sock yarn. I have to say I love the colors! I wasn't crazy about the texture, and the yarn broke on me a few times, but overall the results are great!



I was anal about making sure the two socks matched!



I also cast on another "mindless knitting" sock - my 4th pair of Jaywalkers! This pattern has become second nature for me - I don't even need to look at the pattern anymore at this point.



This yarn in Liza Souza's that I picked up at Stitches East last year. I just love how it is striping! I'm calling these my Tigerwalkers!

So here's hoping I can focus on something more than socks soon! I signed up for the Ravelympics - so that will definitely challenge me to work on something more complicated.

Hope you're having a great week!

Jaywalking... again!

I finsihed another pair of Jaywalkers last week. This is defiitely my all time favorite sock pattern. It's quick and easy to memorize.



Stats:
Pattern: Jaywalkers by Grumperina
Yarn: Trekking XXL in color 107
Needles: US 2 dpns
Alternations: Knit with size 2 needles instead of size 1s (I knit tight!)







I bet you can't guess who took these picures...

I'll give you a hint...

She was visiting town this weekend from Rhode Island...

She has a cute dog named Murphy...

She knits socks faster than anyone I know....

Yup! Sarah! It was so great to spend some time with her - it was just what I needed :)

Thanks for a great weekend!

Obsession...

Thy name is Chevron scarf...




I am completely and totally obsessed with knitting this scarf. I started it on Saturday after seeing Sarah's and I am loving it!!!

I don't know what is so very hypnotizing about it... is it the color? the pattern? Both?




I'm sure most of you have seen the Flickr group of all the gorgeous Chevron Scarfs out there. And I'm sure I'm the last person on earth who hasn't knit this, but let me just warn the other 1% of the knitting population who haven't knit this - it's addictive! It comes with me in the car - to restaurants and to bed!




The yarn is thicker than sock weight - it's a light worsted - so it's knitting up faster than the sock weight would have.

The pattern I'm using is a little different from the rest of the Chevron Scarfers too - I'm doing more of a Jaywalker style scarf.

I'm using 6 balls of Koigu that I got at last year's Sheep and Wool. I was a new knitter at the time and had absolutely no idea what I was going to do with this yarn... but I knew I wanted it. So I grabbed a handful and took them home. They had been waiting for their purpose for quite a while.

I am alternating them two at a time for this scarf. Two rows in one color - then two rows in the other. Here are the colors I'm working from:



I love it!



Speaking of the Jaywalker pattern - here is a Jaywalker sock I completed. It's going to be for my mom. One more to go!



She picked this lovely blue yarn from Zen yarn Garden. It was actually a gift from Jolene - thanks girl!