Twisted Fibers

My second cabled pattern finished!  I actually finished the first sock almost four months ago…but got really distracted by my Seaweed Gloves.  I have these favorite needles (Addi’s — they’re amazing) and like to do socks and gloves on them.  So I quick finished up the first sock so I could move on to my gloves.

But I got the second finished over spring break.  Ah, a week of knitting.  That trip to Six Flags Magic Mountain cut a day out of my knitting, but the coasters were so fun that I’ll let it pass. ;]  Seriously, though, Six Flags is hardcore.  I hadn’t been there for about 6 years, and since then they’ve added a ton of crazy roller coasters.  I overdid it and lost my $12.07 fries and shake (lunch).

Ok, ok, back to the topic!  here are my socks, in all their purple glory.

Diamonds Within Pattern on Ravelry (it’s a free download!)

I decided to try socks again.  I had been drooling over the lovely colorways of Felici from Knit Picks.  So with another order, I bought two skeins of sock yarn in the colorway of ‘Alexandrite’.  They took me a little over 2.5 weeks to do, which was much quicker than the first pair.

I knit them using Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s Sock Recipe.  My only problem was a mistake with the toes.  I didn’t decrease as much as called for, so I ended up grafting 32 stitches instead of 16.  This was when I was sick.  That’s my excuse. *nod*  I wore them for a day, and they worked out wonderfully!  My feet stayed nice and warm.

Now I’m wondering if I should try to knit some knee socks…

I worked on this through the summer, and finished it before school started. It nearly ripped my soul in two, but when I finished it, I was so glad. This is my first garment, and I do admit it was a challenging one.

Pattern: DNA Tank
Yarn: Valley Yarns Longmeadow in Purple

This yarn is 60% cotton, my first time knitting with it. I have to say, it is so soft and has great stitch definition. I’ve got a skein or two left over that I may make a headband or hat out of.

I should have made it longer, but I just wanted to be done with the thing. As you’ll notice, I didn’t finish the edges of the neck and arm holes, as the pattern said. It looks fine without it, though I may add it in the future.

My big project for the summer is a DNA Cable Tank.  It uses size US 5 needles.  I am using a cotton yarn called Valley Yarns Longmeadow in Purple.

I decided to start with the back, since it the simpler.  A diamond lace pattern is worked throughout.  This is the most challenging thing I have done, since it has both shaping and a lace pattern.  I have to adapt the lace every row to work with the decreasing.  it isn’t that hard, but not mindless.

So far I have about 6.5 inches, and I have finished the waist shaping.

I’ll try to get a picture up soon.

Made these over the summer:

This took about two long days, since I had to cut sooooo many squares.

I wised up for this one and used strips instead of squares.

Jeans Recon- did this in May or June I think.