Music Monday

"Jump in the Line" by Harry Belafonte. How about a nice little dance tune to get you geared up for Monday? I know I need one.

FO: Green Gables Socks

Pattern: Traveler's Socks by Stefanie Bold

Yarn: Stricken Smitten Smitten BFL Nylon Twist in Little Storm Cloub

Needles: US #1 (2.25 mm) Hiya Hiya Sharps

Mods: None. That's not exactly true, I guess. I failed to read through the directions for the toe and ended up winging it. I also miscrossed the cables for each sock - the left sock cables should go the opposite way and the right sock cables should be right crosses. At least I was consistently incorrect for each sock?

 

 

Music Monday

Charles Bradley "The World (Is Going Up In Flames)" from his 2011 release. I heard he gave an epic performance at Bumbershoot this year and am so jealous of the people who got to see him do the splits (the man is 65!).

Music Monday

Little Willie John "Tell It Like It Is" from 1958.

FO: Fizz Socks

Pattern: Fizz Socks of my own imagining

Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in Fizz

Needle: US #1 (2.25 mm) Addi Turbo circular needles

Notes and Mods: This is my first pair of afterthought heel socks and I'm not sure if I like them or not. The afterthought heels were easy to knit but I don't like the messy stitches where the corners of the heels meet. These are a gift for my sister for Christmas so I can't even tell you how the fit of the afterthought heels compares to my regular heel flap and gusset construction fit. 

Music Monday

"Rave On" by Buddy Holly.

Wedding Mania

I don't know about you, but I've hit wedding mania this month. Two important weddings in two weeks are eclipsing almost everything else on my calendar, even knitting!

 My sister in-law, Chloe, got married this weekend at Kitsap Memorial State Park. I was in charge of flower arrangements, bouquets, and boutonnieres. Didn't you know that flower arranging is my super-secret talent? Here's the proof. This was Chloe's bouquet.

 Chloe's dress belonged to her grandmother and she had it updated for the wedding. She had awesome purple shoes with pansies on the toes.

These are the flower girls - Little A on the right trying as hard as she can not to break down into fits of giggles. She and the other two girls became fast friends over the weekend and (thankfully) kept each other occupied while I labored over the flowers. These are pretty much the only pictures I took over the weekend. Once the ceremony started up I was caught up in a whirlwind of vodka lemonade, dancing, flower girl wrangling, and general good cheer. Congratulations, Nick and Chloe! 

P.S. - There will be knitting content soon. I only managed to squeeze in about 6 rows on a sock over the weekend despite my best efforts.