Seagulls and acid socks

I had a great time yesterday as I walked down to the shore to photograph seagulls.

The sky was incredibly blue, sun was shining and the birds were already waiting for me.

Ok, I admit, I gave them food. Many people hate seagulls, but to me they are a deear sign of home and summer.

And then to the socks.

 

Acid Oil Spills (Link guides to the Ravelry project page)
Pattern: Hidden Path 
Size: Around 40
Yarn: Wollmeise 100 % Superwash, yarn club colour Okzident
Needles: Knit Pro 2 mm

 

They were a superfast project, even though the needles were tiny. I love the river at the back of the leg. The pattern is very well written. I will make many more of these.

I got an blog award from Lori, thank you! I will post about it soon.

Clown barf socks

Pattern: Own plain vanilla sock
Size: ~44, European
Needles: 3,0 mm Knit Pro
Yarns: Nalle Colori and Lanett (held double)

Ugh. I am taking part in a Finnish charity campaign. We knit socks for people in the margins of society, mainly for the homeless. The socks are distributed through a very well-known organization, which for ages was a one-man struggle against poverty and prejudices. Now the founder’s son has taken over the work after his father died. They serve food and shelter and socks will be very welcome.

I’ve knit two pairs now and will try to make a couple of more pairs. I know the clown barf socks are ugly as hell but I hope the colors will be appreciated by someone whose world lacks colors as it is.

Million pictures of a spicy river

Ganges
Pattern: Popped!
Yarn: Handmaiden Casbah
Needles: Knit Pro 2,5 mm

To me these socks are turmeric and curry, flowing rivers of Indian spices. I love the color!.

 

I also love the pattern. I used the first (free) version of the pattern and just now noticed the new (nearly free) version being available. I managed fine with the free one, but if you feel intimitated by turning heels and so on, maybe you want to spend four dollars on more detailed version of the pattern.

I love the subtle changes in teh yellow. Notice how different the sole looks from the twisted upper side of the foot.

I only knit two repetitions of the chart for the leg as I was worried I’d run out of yarn.

I still have plenty of yarn, of course.

I wonder who on my gift list would be worth a pair of golden socks…

No, really, I need to think about foot circumpherence as these really won’t stretch at all. Maybe my sister will be the one to get these.

Sneaky rivers

I received a ball of BC Garn’s sock yarn in the last shipment of a Finnish yarn club last fall. 50 grams is not that much, so I chose to use the yarn for sneakers.

I can’t claim they are pretty, but they sure are unique and energetic :)

I did not like the yarn. There was a plastic-y feel to it. I was sure glad to see it pooled, it made the knitting way more fun.

Sneakers

Yarn: BC Garn Sock, colorway “River”, Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock, Devon
Needles: Suzanne’s rosewood, 2.5 mm
Pattern: My own, see Ravelry: Saami Sneakers.

The tits are singing

Great tits are the first sign of the spring. I kid you not.

The temperature is back on the positive scale and it has been raining. The tits scream all over and it isn't dark when I get off work.

I would be feeling amazing if I weren't down with a flu again. I am not feeling all that productive craftwise and I hate the state of our home - I need someone to come and clean this place up!

As I've been too tired to work on my assymmetrical cardi, I've been browsing through some knitting books again and planning waaaay ahead. Also I have grabbed one of my three crochet hooks and crocheted a dish cloth. So whenever you feel like coming to clean my flat, you'll have a brand-new cloth to work with!

The Fleece Artist merino seems to be a fine choice for the La Digitessas - I am not sure if I have enough yarn, though. Oh well, keeps things interesting on the second sock, too.

My own mittens are progressing slowly. I love how the colours of the KnitPicks Harmonies blend in with this Indie Dyer colorway. Especially the greens are very similar.

Saami and spring

Whoah, the sun is shining and we have +0.9 degrees celsius. Definitely very spring-y weather. Energizing.

Soon it'll be warm enough to be outside with these. My goal was to achieve something that resembles wood bark and I feel I did. Way cool! I made them for my man but he couldnät see himself using pulse warmers and I got to keep them myself :D Double yippee!

Also for myself - the Saami accessories:

Sneakers.

Mitts.

A cowl.

The yarn is Wollmeise superwash sockyarn in Saami. 150 grams was sufficient for all these and I was left with two metres or so. All of the patterns are pretty much improvized, but I wrote down some notes about the sneakers on their Ravelry project page.

I love them!

Heels of fire

I definitely love Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock. I've knit two pairs of socks with it and it is so soft. Also - the colors are really vibrant. Can you say you disagree?

 

That's me standing on our kitchen table, which, by the way, was made by my grandfather before my dad was born. The table and the benches were up for grabs when my Granny moved to an old folks' house. I was prepared for some competition but no-one else wanted them. Weird.

The table could do with a new paint job, but I need to find the same greyish white for it. It was painted with that color before I was born and I've had my share of Granny coffee and peach cobbler looking at that color. I can't part with it.

Maelstroms and a change in weather

While I was sipping chili cocoa with other knitters a white blanket dropped on the ground.

It's not cold anymore and the snow is already melting. Helsinki winters... Two days of low temperature, one day of snow.

I finished a pair of Maelstroms. I received the pattern and yarn from my Finnish Secret Pal in the autumn and the actual socks are traveling to my (hopefully) future mother-in-law.

Losses

Here's what you get when you let an alsatian play with a sock:






I made this pair of Pomatomuses (Pomatomi?) for my sister and now they are back for repair :) I hope the dog had fun! :)


A KnitPicks 2,25 mm sock needle had to face my body weight when resting on our bed. He couldn't take it.