WIP: Trellis tank

This is from Interweave knits. The yarn is KnitPicks cotlin. The color is really much prettier in real life. The first two skeins of cotlin had big issues - lots of poky crap, thin spots, knots... but the rest of the skeins have been perfect. You do get covered in small bits of fiber when you knit with it.

WIP: Peacock socks

This is one of the reticulated 4 stitch repeat patterns from Charlene Schurch's Sensational Knitted Socks. It's using essential/stroll in peacock and black. The colors are really much more vivid in real life, I can't take pictures worth a darn

FO: SFS Ugly colorway

long time no post - I seem to be doing more tracking of my knitting on Ravelry, but it's worth keeping a second copy so I'll post some things here.

This is Regia Galaxy. The yarn is nice to knit with but I really do hate the color. I need to get these bad boys shipped off. I've had them for a while.

My new almighty reeling machine

Aka swift

FO: Claudia Hat

Great pattern, found using Ravelry. This is Wool of the Andes in Hyacinth. It's a really intense deep purple, but my photography leaves something to be desired. I'm going to see if my husband will take a picture of it on my head. Of course finishing it means we have a 70F hot spell in the middle of February!

FO: 2nd Buckskin socks

boy do I hate this color!

FO: Laptop Case

This uses Michael delVecchio's pattern. The yarn is Delly's Delights Farm (Trappe, MD) MAE, colorway #103. Using size 10 Denise Interchangeables

WIP: Print O' The Wave Stole

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From Eunny Jang using Raisin Gloss from Knit Picks. I think I already muffed up and will have to frog.

FO: Shaped Lace Tee

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From Knitting Lingerie Style using the cascade sierra. Easy pattern, pretty quick to knit. Looks good on - with appropriate undergarments.

FO: Ribbed Lace Socks

Pattern from Schurch, Sensational Knitted Socks, knit from KP Essentials in Cocoa, using KP Harmony in size 2.25mm (1). Easy pattern, they fit great, this yarn is a joy to knit with as are these needles. This might be my favorite pattern, but in the future, I'd probably do a standard heel flap.

WIP: Shaped Lace Tee

Ribbet, ribbet - frogged previous effort with this yarn (cascade sierra) and cast on the Shaped Lace Tee from Knitting Lingerie Style. So far so good.. fast and easy knit.

My socks for a soldier and a marine

Socks for soldiers is really gratifying. Mostly because you know that what you make will be useful, because the leader of the group has such strict and well-tested requirements and also because there's so much feedback. My second pair of socks have been packaged and are now off to Iraq. The group leader (Kim) just sent us notification and a picture of them in the package. This pair is going to marines (ooh-rah Marine Corps!).

My first pair is going with my husband's cousin (Army - but I'll still support him :) ), who is activated and will go to training in a couple of days before heading to Iraq in October.

I wish I were more productive but life gets in the way.