Saturday, May 19, 2007

Wavy Lace Socks Progression..........

The first one is done and the first repeat of the second one is on the needles. I hope to finish them this week. It took some time to make the first one due to the yard sale last weekend and other commitments. Poor needles were barely looked at or petted for three days.

I really do like the way they are turning out with this yarn. Jonne also encouraged me to work from the chart instead of the written translation I had done. It wasn't that hard to do and I'm proud of myself. My only other attempt at a chart has been the alpaca scarf which is still languishing somewhere waiting for completion. I'll get to it soon........Promise.

My plans were to attend the Wool Festival today, but the weather is rainy and cloudy. Husband has gone to his aunt's to finish her room instead. I am sad to miss the Festival, but he has promised to make it up to me. The request for Vermont's Festival was immediately placed. We can't do Massachusetts' because of other commitments that weekend.

Let me get back to that sock.......... My wheel is calling to me as well. Must spin and ply the last of that roving so I can wash it all........

Friday, May 04, 2007

"Wavy Laces" socks restarted..........

After much thought and opinion gathering, I decided I didn't care for the way the socks were looking. I love the flow of colors in the yarn, and the pattern. Just not together. There is too much going on with all the colors to appreciate the pattern. It gets kind of lost in there. I went to see Jonne and learned I was using the wrong king of yarn to begin with. I purchased some Wildfoote in the color "Columbine", which is made by the Brown Sheep Company. It's light pink, light blue, and white plied up in each strand. I have only done 4 rows of the scallop rib and can see the difference already.

The original yarn, from Jessicaarts, will be used for a shawl at a later date. That had been the plan for it before I started these socks.

O.k....... back to the socks.........

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Wavy Lace Socks started........

I decided to make the wavy lace socks from "Favorite Socks". I'm using my hand painted yarn from Jessicaarts again. It's Peruvian wool again.This one is called "Dusk" and has a myriad of colors......light and dark greens, light and dark blue, mauve, purple, a bit of rose and gold. There are so many colors in this..........but it's so pretty. Originally this yarn was to be a shawl. I plan to order another skein later for that project. Each one is 440 yards and more than enough for socks with some left overs. There is also a sock club available with this seller at her other site, www.Digitechpatterns.com that I'm thinking of signing up for. I have all the colors shown in the photo except the bright green. The same colors are available in roving. Some of those are also waiting for me to spin.

These socks are a bit of a challenge for me because I have not had much experience with charts. I hand wrote the two charts out so I can refer to the worded version if I have a problem. Wish me luck.........I'll need it.