Socking On

March socks are done! April socks are cast on!

I like the way the Storm socks look, when you where them and the ribbing stretches, it looks kind of plaid - which is nice ... Since these sock obviously wanted to be fraternal, I made them with two different heel stitches - one with the standard heel and the other in Eye of the Partridge.

The new April socks are going to be done like this:
Regia in Hunter Heather
72 stitches cast on
2x2 ribbing for cuff, k5, p1,k1,p1 for leg, and I'll do Eye of the Partridge for the heel flap.

22 squares done on bedspread!

March Storm Socks

I love this color!(Kaffe Fassett Design Line, Landscape Storm) I also love Regia - no need to try all those other sock yarns! I'm doing these in my women's size, but I think I'll make the foot a bit longer - about 7.5 rather than 7 inches - to keep the heel in place better, still using the Addi dpns - 2.5mm, with a 2x2 ribbing and 6x2 leg and foot - the same as the grey ones I did last month ...

Bedspread

I've been planning to do a bedspread for like 50 years - ever since I learned to crochet - it's about time I do one!

This time I plan to finish it - one square a day for about a year or so should finish it - it will take about 400 squares. I've decided on the Wild Irish Rose from Favorite Irish Crochet Designs by Rita Weiss. Using a 1.65mm hook and Aunt Lydia's size 10 in natural. I'm shortcutting the pattern on here because it's easier to read on the screen while I Netflix ...

Chain 15 make ring
Chain 1, 24 single in ring, sl in sc
Rnd 2 Chain 1, sc in same space as sl stitch, ch 5, sk 2 sc, sc in next sc
Rnd 3 sc, hdc, 5 dc, hdc, sc in each loop, sl to first sc
Rnd 4 Ch 5 , sc between next 2 petals
Rnd 5 sc, hdc, 7dc, hdc, sc
Rnd 6 ch 7, sc between petals
Rnd 7 sc, hdc, 9 dc, hdc, sc
Rnd 8 ch 5 - in petal center make dc, ch5, dc
ch 5, sc between petals,
picot, sc in center of next petal, picot, sc between petals
Rnd 9 sl to loop, sc, hdc, 9 dc, hdc, sc in loop, sc in next loop
picot, sc between next two picots, ch 7 sc in next loop between picots, picot sc in next loop

Crocheting Crap

I haven't crocheted in a very long time - but it makes my fingers feel better to alternate with knitting - so I am doing a bit every day to keep myself in shape ...

Granny squares are so nice and mindless! I had forgotten how much fun they are - sometimes I do stuff that is really difficult, just because it is difficult, so it's nice to do easy stuff and not think - hence the granny squares made from all the sock scraps I've saved ... No color plan, I'll arrange them by color when I join all the squares together - just edge them with a dark navy or black - and figure out whether to sew them together ( I hate sewing) or crochet them.

Size B/2.25mm hook, ch 5 make ring, 3 dc in loop, ch2 in corner, ch1 between dc

Return to the Needles

It has been a very long time, but I am back knitting and a bit of crocheting as well - I don't know why I stopped - maybe it was the christening robe ?

Anyhow, I've laid out a few projects for this year and finished up those Chalet socks that had been lingering about - a crocheted bedspread for me, an afghan for Liz and a pair of socks per month, and an afghan to use up all those sock leftovers!

The white socks are the Chalet Socks from Folk Socks by Nancy Bush - they were annoying, not because of the pattern, but the Paton's Kroy I used, it was too thick, and I should have used a men's sizing - as the cables pulled the sock in a bit and they are a bit tight!

The striped ones are for my father, in Regia Silk, and as always Regia makes me happy!

I also want to make a plain old cardigan - a long, classic one in plain knitting - and eventually get back to the WRS!