On the needles Dec 30, 2010

Deathly Hallows for my 16yo grandson, done in a yarn I custom-dyed for these socks and Boyfriends socks for my youngest son, done in a combination of a green & a brown colorway from Knitivity.com. Ray does wonderful work!

Spinning

Found my spindle. Found my roving and the partial fleece. Thought I'd try this once more.

12 Days of Christmas Ornaments

A series of Meagheen Ryan designs ...

December Wee Tiny Sock Club Test Knit

2010 Irish Ornament

Another Meagheen Ryan design :)

Murphy the Sheep 2010 Christmas Cracker

Yule cloths :)

These were made as Yule gifts for a friend in Australia :)

Ruffled Washcloth

A Christmas gift.

I Love to Knit Socks giveaway :)

I've been getting the KnitPicky newsletter from AllFreeKnitting for a while now, but I've never entered any of their giveaways before. This time, tho, they are offering something I'd really love to have - a free copy of I Love to Knit Socks!

If you, too, enjoy knitting socks, then go here and enter this giveaway ...

http://www.allfreeknitting.com/sweeps/love-to-knit-socks-giveaway#

Post Deluvian test knit

Lukas' socks

My 8yo grandson informed me that 'store socks frustrate my feet, Grandma.' Then he asked if I could knit him some socks. This pair is based on Gavin's Socks, by designer Meagheen Ryan. She helped me to tweak her pattern to fit 'older feet'.

The original design was knitted in fingering weight yarn with 48 stitches on size 1 needles for an 18month old. This pair is knitted with worsted weight yarn, 40 st. cast on, on size 3 needles.

Iron Knitter - Rnd 5

In progress.

11/26 ... Completed pair.

Washcloths, gifts

The witch cloth is a swap gift. The peppermint cloth is a Yule gift.

Most recent dye job

IronKnitter3

The third pattern for Iron Knitter is Forest Plaid .... this the first sock, so far -

Nov 9 - Finished!

Hearthstone

I made an error and had to 'frog' back a few rows (and no life line!) ... so I thought I'd take a scan of this part before I finished frogging & put it back on the needles ... this time with a life line!

Island Paradise - Rnd 3 of Iron Knitter

Ghost Knitters in the Sky ...

A parody of 'Ghost Riders', this was written by MMario .... it had me in fits of giggles!

Ghost Knitters in the Sky

Some fiber folk went out to KIP one bright and sunny day
Upon a bench they rested nearby a public way
When all at once there gathered there in just a little bit
A crowd of nosy tourists to watch the crafters knit!

Yippie yi yayyyyyyy Yippie yi yiiiiiiiiy
Ghost Knitters in the sky

The needles were on fire and the yarn it shone like steel
As yard by yard of knitting began to fast unreel
A bolt of fear ran through the crowd as the row it neared the end
But the needles were reverse -ed, and the rows began again!

Their faces gaunt, their eyes have blurred,
their shirts are soaked with sweat...
They're knitting hard to finish soon, but they ain't finished yet
'Cause they've got to knit forever on that bench out by the road
With their navoho plied bison yarn that they hand dyed with woad

I hope to have this and some other parodies in mp3 format sometime "soon".

MMario

Dragons & socks ......

The dragon is peyote stitch. I learned to do this type of peyote stitch because I wanted *this* dragon.

The socks are the cuffs to a KAL.

The blues .........

The 100-gram lots of yarn over-dyed with sapphire blue jacquard acid dye. All the lots were originally blues/gray/black/white, with one of the larger balls also having some brown in it.

The picture isn't great - but the camera I'm using is lousy, so this is the best I can do. This was taken indoors under as much light as I could manage. I may take another picture outdoors.

miniMADmen sock war

Got my first sock in t

The 2010 miniMADmen sock war .... Sally thought Bert fit me.

Got my second sock today ... a lovely red & white sock that will grace my Yule tree this year. And Fia thinks I'm Peggy!

Two more socks! Roger (the 'plain' one) and Trudy, the lacy one.

Alice in Wonderland swap

I also got a HUGE coloring book, but that won't fit on my scanner bed! And the teas are pretty much a memory .........

Dragonfly markers

My Christmas Stocking