Can't believe it's flown by so quickly, this weekend. A mixture of working and socialising, and a little bit of knitting. Yesterday I met up with two lovely ladies, Ruth and Abi. We stopped into Loop quickly and yet it took me a suprisingly short amount of time to do a considerable amount of damage to my credit card.
I met Ruth after we'd commented on each other's blogs, a couple of years ago now, and I went up and introduced myself to her at Origin. I then got a bit embarrassed as it occurred to me that it was perhaps a slightly stalkerish thing to do. Similarly, Abi and I met after I mentioned I was doing a market stall, she popped by and introduced herself. Her young daughters pointed out "Mum, if we said we were going to meet someone from the internet, you wouldn't let us out.' Fair point, well made. I'm am glad, however, that all of these introductions did take place, and which led to coffee, cake and chatting about vintage handbags yesterday.
Here's the last knitting project that will be completed for a while:
Easy ribbed handwarmers in SkeinQueen Cashmere Silk for a friend's birthday. One of them is very late and the other one is only a little bit late.
In Loop yesterday I asked Abi when she was going to start knitting socks and she was more than game, so left with some very lovely Jitterbug. It's her first pair of socks, and we're going to have a bit of a KnitAlong. I'm going to try my first pair of patterned socks (well, the horrendous garter rib ones don't count because they got frogged, even though they'd met the Yarn Harlot...)
Anyone else fancy joining in? The idea would be to do something sockish that you haven't done before - either your first pair; magic loop when you've only knit with dpns; toe-up instead of top-down or vice versa... leave a comment if you're interested. There's no deadline for completion - well ok, let's say the end of the year.
I'm going to try to Bellatrix socks in the new skein of Misti Alpaca. I'm also going to cast on with Lucy's handdyed because I just can't wait, and really want to see how they come out. Also they will be stocking stitch so I should be able to work on them in company: the Bellatrix will take more concentration from me so I'll be able to work on them on the tube etc but probably not when out. That should keep me busy for a while. Two pairs of socks running concurrently is just about right for me.
The other question I wanted to float out again was the idea of running the fabric swap again as a couple of people have asked about it. Details of the last one here - again, leave a comment if you're interested!
Oh yes, I'd love to join a sock KAL -- my goal is to learn toe-ups! Can I play too?
Posted by: Cassandra | Monday, 19 January 2009 at 08:43
Alright, why not? I need to get around to making The Doctor some socks (thus meaning I am not making him the intarsia jumper with a llama on the front that he really wants) and I've promised I'll make them next. Learning how to do them on magic loop or two circs might take away from the tedium of man-sized stocking stitch socks.
Nice Misti!
Posted by: Lucy | Monday, 19 January 2009 at 15:05
I enjoyed the fabric swop last time, do run it again.
Posted by: Penny | Monday, 19 January 2009 at 23:52
You talked me into it...this is the perfect opportunity to knit Cookie A's monkey socks. I've been wanting to knit these socks for a long time now. I want to stash down some of my sock yarn before I buy any more for 2009.
Posted by: Diane | Tuesday, 20 January 2009 at 18:05
Oh, I'm so jealous that you got to see Abi again! I'm interested in a fabric swap!
Posted by: Thimbleanna | Wednesday, 21 January 2009 at 03:49
it was lovely to see you too!
I'll sock along too, need to restart my first patterned socks. Went horribly wrong.
Posted by: ruth singer | Wednesday, 21 January 2009 at 07:59
Love that handwarmers - Loba
Posted by: loba | Sunday, 01 February 2009 at 12:44