Sharing my Lola Walking Rib Socks

Hi all! I just thought I'd share my first completed socks for sock club...

(click the image to see them larger on my Flickr page)

They're going to be a birthday gift for my grandmother who turns 70 on November 3rd! I can't wait to give them to her.

Did everyone pick up lots more sock yarn at the Schaefer Yarn Co. trunk show the other night? I picked up some of the Heather, but I'm not sure yet what pattern I'm going to knit it up with. I got it in a beautiful, masculine blue and tan colorway so I can hopefully knit something nice for my hubby for Christmas this year!

Also, is anyone in the sock club a registered user on Ravelry? If not, go sign up! (And add me as a friend! My username there is "mandi".)

Lola socks

I love these socks

Elvin toe fixed. . .

I fixed the toe of my one finished sock (ribbing portion of second sock is done!). Here are the before and after photos.

My camera's fixed!

Here's the sock. Check out the pointy toe! I'm going to take out the toe and redo it with the correct number of increases. Then I finish the other sock and have a Christmas gift.

The second Little Sky sock on on the left.

Let's see more FOs from the rest of you!

Looking good!

Everyone's socks look just great. I love the color choices you've all made.

I got my camera battery in the mail today so I'll take some photos tonight and post them tomorrow.

Love having you all post to the blog!

Lola Socks

Here's a photo of my Lola socks. I now have them on as it is down below 50 degrees. Sure feel good.

Judy

Finished my Lola socks

Hi y'all. I finished up my socks a few minutes ago. I knit them 2 at once, toe up, magic loop. I had never knit socks before with a yarn this thick, but the finished socks fit into my shoes with no problem. I'll probably pick up another skein at club next week. :) I really love the way this yarn feels, and it's a fast knit. The color variations are fun too. :) I need more socks before the weather gets cold, IF it gets cold. :)

Here is the finished project. :)

I also completed each of the practice socks from the book. I didn't check gauge on the first sock, so they are VERY big. :) The second sock came out great, and I plan on knitting a mate to it soon. Can you tell which is which??? LOL I'll bring both to club so you can laugh at me in person. :)

Hi All!

My camera has failed me, actually just the battery, and I ordered a new one. My cell phone takes photos but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get them from the phone to the computer! Some Bluetooth thingamajig that I don't know how to work, apparently.

Aaaaannnnyyywwwwaaayy. . . I'm still working on the little sky socks, still thinking they're brilliant, still needing to frog my walking rib sock to make it bigger, still needing to finish the second sock! Oy. And knitting for Christmas, which I should have started doing a long time ago.

I got a Ravelry invite today. Big news! I haven't put anything up yet, but my name is KathCub. Let me know if you're on and I'll add you as friends.

If you've gotten a blog invite for this blog, you should be able to sign and and actually post text and photos, not just comments. Give it a try!

Here's hoping I get my camera battery soon so I can show you all my lack of progress!

If you want to be able to post on the blog. . .

Send me an email, to kathcub@yahoo.com, and I'll add you to the list. Then you can post messages and photos, too.

My camera might be broken! Hopefully I just need a new battery, though. I'm progressing on the little sky sock--those are so cute, and a brilliant construction. I love not having to pick up stitches to do the gusset!

New Pathways

I'm really getting into our book. What a great idea Pat had to use this book for sock club! I can't wait to travel through it.

Here's a link to Cat's book, be sure to check out the videos on the site; Cat shares lots of helpful techniques. I'm especially interested in the purl-tightening method.

One down. . .

Hi folks! I've got one sock down and one to go. . . maybe. The finished sock is just a tad too small and I'm fairly certain I didn't do the toe right. Did you all decrease two times in a decrease round or times in a decrease round? I did two decreases, and I have a seriously long toe area that ends in an elf-like point!! I used the Magic Loop, and the directions were written for DPNs, and the decreasing directions weren't clear to me. Please advise.

My camera's out of batteries, so no pics until tonight or tomorrow.

I also started the Little Sky Sock from Cat's book, and it's really fun. I'll finish two of these for sure! One of my best friends has a little guy who's four months old--the perfect little recipient for these practice socks.