Odessy

A friend of mine asked me to knit her a hat to go with a handwoven scarf for her birthday. Well, her birthday came and went and I finally got a peek at the scarf. I took it with me to match with either yarn I had in my stash or to get matching yarn.

I dove in the stash and dug out three beautifull color options. All three pretty, all three with particular qualities, all three matching with the scarf and with eatchother as you can see in the picture below.

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On the left there's a skein of Socks that rock heavyweight colorway ms larock. A very pretty muted colorway. The people at Bluemoonfiberarts really know how to make a girl happy. Both popping colorways as more subtle ones like this.I could go over to their site and order 10 colorways if I had the money :). Maybe just one or two.

The next skein is one of Colinette Jitterbug colorway Ischia. I am so in love with this skein. Vibrant, flashing colors. Impossible to resist... and I know Marion will love it. However, this skein is so pretty and vibrant, it will take away the attention from the scarf.

The third option is a combination of two skeins of alpaca/merino from the Natural Dye Studio. Ssssssoft. Buttah. But not quite bright enough for a blue-eyed blond.

I showed my friend the color options and she was heavily divided between the colinette and the Socks that rock. She also liked the color of the Jitterbug more than the STR, but agreed that the Jitterbug is just too loud for the scarf.

And so Ms Larock will turn into Odessa..

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Spring spring spring

Now that spring is in the air, Spring Forward is done! Absolutely love this pattern and the fit is great. A bit snug, 2.25 mm needles would have been good too, but my feet aren't very big. In the end I really like the result. The yarn is nice to work with and feels very nice on my feet. Now I'm off cast on another pair of Spring Forward socks for a friend who also really liked the pattern. I'm going to use the Phildar Hobby I have in my stash basket.

And the rollercoaster goes....

Himmelhoch jauchzend,
Zum Tode betrübt –
Glücklich allein
Ist die Seele, die liebt.

(Goethe)

Don't know what or how to feel, nowadays. I know I will be fine one day, I know I will be happy again in a nice not-so-up-and-down reliable way. It's so scary to be on my own.



'Don't even think that you'll win this staring contest.'

Dude, I'm screwed

Some songs just 'get the gist'. Like this one. The Connels, '74-'75

Got no reason for coming to me and the rain running down.
There's no reason.
And the same voice coming to me like it's all slowin down.
And believe me -

I was the one who let you know
I was just sorry-ever-after. '74-'75.

It's not easy, nothing to say 'cause it's already said.
It's never easy.
When I look on in your eyes then I find that I'll do fine.
When I look on in your eyes then I'll do better.

I was the one who let you know
I was just sorry-ever-after. '74-'75.
Giving me more and I'll defy
'Cause you're really only after '74-'75.

Got no reason for coming to me and the rain running down.
There's no reason.
When I look on in your eyes then I find that I'll do fine.
When I look on in your eyes then I'll do better

I know I'll do fine, I'll do better. I'm not sorry-ever-after 2008-2009. I did the right thing. The rain is running down and there's no reason.

A spring fling?

Still flinging, though the sock doesn't really look like spring. It's more like a fall forest with specks of light coming through the leaves... I'm affraid these socks are no longer a fling for me. Love love love the pattern and the yarn is really nice to work with. Sock one is allmost done.

The other sock project I'm working on - when I'm not working on my spring fling - has one finished sock, but I might frogg the toe and rework it because it looks funny.

Spring Fling

I'm having a spring fling.

I wasn't sure I liked it at first. The colors and the pattern, well, I'm not sure if I really liked it. Especially in the beginning, it really looked like barf in a forest. The pictures I had seen of this colorway on ravelry and blogs had more yellow in it. This one is just dark green and brown with a couple of yellow blobs.

But since this is not the first time I tried knitting a pair of socks with this skein of yarn, I refused to frog it again. If I don't like it, well, someone will.



Trying it on however, really made the colors live. The pattern I've chosen is just great to knit. Interesting, but not too interesting. Easy to remember but entertaining. I think I'm starting to like these socks... but there's a problem. They are a bit too big for my legs. Guess either the yarn is too heavy, my legs are too thin or the pattern was written for bigger legs. Oh well, I'm just going to knit them and see who it will fit.

Yarn: Socks that Rock lightweight in Rocktober
Needles: 2mm
Pattern: Knitty's Spring forward

Norsok

Yep, finished the Norsoks. Piece of cake. In less than 7 days of occasional knits I knit a pair of EU 45 socks. (man's US12?) and they fit like a glove. Just hope they won't shrink :). Next time I might use bigger needles or more stitches. The recepient is very happy.

Pattern: Thuja from knitty
Yarn: Norsok
needles: 3.25 mm

Now, on to the next gift pair:



I'm using simple black regia for heels and toes. Partly because I'm not sure I'll make it with the yarn (large men, big feet)and partly because I'm affraid the Kureyon won't last long...