Socks 2010 – Part 2

I have finished the mini Seaweeds! They only took a few hours to make and are really cute. They’re not perfect, far from it, but for a first time adapting an adult size sock into a baby size one, I think I’ve done pretty well. Baby sized Seaweeds socks! The picture is not the best, [...]

Socks 2010 – Part 1

My Seaweed socks are finished! I can’t believe it took me less than a month from start to finish. This feat has been achieved thanks to my Little One whose sleeps patterns have become much more regular. I now have at least 1 hour every evening solely devoted to knitting! GREAT! Nothing like knitting to [...]

Sock it to me

2010 will be the year of the sock. I have just finished my first pair of toe-up socks. They use a short rows heel and toes. They are plain stockinette stitch except the cuff which uses a 2×2 rib pattern. Nothing special about them, but they are saved by the self patterning yarn: Galaxy from [...]

Ooooh Ooooh! Miss you!

The upstairs neighbour is listening to The Rolling Stones’ “Miss You” on repeat, so that kinda inspired the title of this blog post… Same neighbour who almost got us killed a couple of months ago. Not sure I blogged about it then. Long story short: while he was away, one of his gas pipes broke [...]