Knitting My First Sweater

I am knitting an orange turtleneck. I have been working on it about a week.
I want to be able to wear it on Oct. 24th, I am busily knitting away.
I took me an entire day just to finish the first sleeve.

Also I am still working on the Through The Loops Mystery Sock Knit-a-Long.
One sock is caught up. The other is still just the cuff.

Socks!

The Through the Loops Mystery Sock KAL on Ravelry.
I purchased another set of needles so I could start both socks. The pattern suggested solid or semi-solid yarn, but this was the best I had in my stash.

Socks!

I did it! I finished the second sock before the end of the month. Hurray!
They don't quite match, but I am happy with them just the same.
There were a few mistakes I made in the first sock that I did not make in the second sock and a mistake in the second sock that changed the look along the instep. Overall a good learning experience. I am ready to knit another pair. But first I have a few UFO's to finish.

One sock

Wow! It fits!
The second is started. hooray!

Dreams do come true

Two years ago I bought two skeins of sock yarn, with the dream of learning to knit. Three days ago I took the plunge and started a sock. The sock will be my fourth ever finished knitting project. Hopefully before the end of the month I will have a pair. Today I made the turn in the heel and I felt such a super sense of accomplishment. I hope to finish the first sock tomorrow and cast the second one on, committing myself to finishing the pair. Unfortunately the sock I picked is too small for me to wear. But I tried it on Myra's foot and it is just right. And she is super excited mom is knitting her socks.

She said " I thought you did not know how to knit." To which I answered " I am Learning how."

Thanks to all the bloggers who share their craftiness with the rest of us, for providing me with inspiration and courage to try something new.

Thanks to ~*~Knitting Up A Storm~*~ for leaving me a comment and giving me that last little nudge over the edge to get started on a sock.


And here it is in progress. My first sock.



The pattern was found on http://knittingasfastasican.com. It is the Horcrux Socks.

I also spent a lot of time watching the videos on http://www.knittinghelp.com. Learning to yo, k2tog, ssk and p2tog, and watching the heel turn process.

I know it probably should not take me all month to finish one pair of socks but sometimes "things" come up. I set my goal for the end of this month because I know I will have to do Halloween costumes and I might feel the urgent need to start something unexpected ( just like I did when I started the sock! ).

I also did a prototype of a pirate shirt to find out how long It take to sew the shirt up. 8 hrs and 20 minutes. I blame the ruffles for taking up the most time. And I am super picky about the details of hemming and button holes. Also I hate the look of those little metal grommets and they usually fall out on me so I sewed all the eyelets.