What? It’s not the new year? Oh…January 15th. Close enough. I cast on these socks back on December 20th, 2009, quickly knit the first sock, and just as quickly put them down to start new projects. In my last post, I finally cast on the second sock, and just finished it!
Pattern: Popped by Hunter Hammersen
Yarn: Malabrigo Sock in the Impressionist Sky colorway
Needles: Size 1 – 2.25mm Knit Picks DPNs
Cast on: December 20, 2009
Finished: January 4th, 2011
Modifications: None. I followed the instructions for knitting with fewer twisted stitches. The pattern still pops pretty good though!
Back in December, I also finished these adorable things:
One of my colleagues at school collects all things cupcakes and baking, so when I drew her name for our annual gift exchan ge, I KNEW I had to knit her cupcakes! They were very quick.
Pattern: Cupcakes by Eva McDonald
Yarn: Small amounts of Encore Worsted in a light, heathered brown and soft pink.
Beads: Random seed beeds that I found amongst my stuff in green, purple, and pink.
Cast on: December 9th, 2010
Finished and gifted: December 11th, 2010
Modifications: I omitted the cherries on top. That seems more of an ice cream sundae thing than a cupcake thing.
Stay tuned because I’m going to resurrect my “10 questions for…” this week! I just received the interview answers back and they are great!
Tiger says: “I love tissue paper...and sleeping.”
Looks like Tiger had a busy day, and then plotzed!
My Pacific shawl is in that same color of Malabrigo Sock. It's cool to see how different it looks when it's knit to its proper sock gauge, as opposed to on size 6 for a shawl.
Love the cupcakes!
Posted by: pdxknitterati/MicheleLB | January 15, 2011 at 08:42 PM
Yes, Tiger LOVES tissue paper....he loves to jump on it and make it crinkle. After playing for awhile, he crashed!
It is strange how much lighter your shawl looks than my socks. That could be the difference in dye lots, but I imagine the loose gauge you used had an effect as well.
Oh...and when I post your interview, I'll fix the italics on the book - plus, I'll add a link to Amazon.
Thanks for the comment!
Posted by: Beverly | January 16, 2011 at 11:41 AM
I have an unreasonable weakness for all things cupcake. The multi-color sprinkles just push it right over the top. They're adorable. I like the socks too, but then again I'm biased!
Posted by: hunter | January 21, 2011 at 06:53 PM
I started those socks during the month you were the featured designer in 2009! Gah...I hate it when I don't finish something for so long, but now that I have, I'm wearing them to death! I love the toe design and Malabrigo sock is so nice...
As for the cupcakes, I thought they were pretty cute, but the teachers at my school positively swooned over them! Totally cracked me up...especially since it took me two days to knit them.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting! Come back anytime.
Beverly
P.S. Could you put in a good word with Knitty's random number generator? I really want to win your book! (great exposure, btw)
Posted by: Beverly | January 21, 2011 at 07:42 PM