YPF..........................Sweet Georgia Sock

This weeks yarn was a chance buy! It can be very hard to get Sweet Georgia yarn sometimes but by luck one day I was at the computer when the update was posted and I got these beauties!! Hot Pinks, Orange and White, lovely!!

A special pattern is required for these!

What would you suggest?

Hard Candy supersock yarn

It does remind me of candy, does it remind you of anything else? Hot pants? I had a pair in material with these colours in the pattern as a young child!!! I had the legs for it then.......

Christmas Crafty Stocking Wap

This was my parcel and gifts that Joy sent me for the Craftythreadsnyarn Christmas stocking swap.................

Isn't she a star!!

Unwrapped!!! Including STR JingleBell Rock yarn

Thoughtful items!!

My stocking!

The fabulous Cranford mitts that Joy knit especially for me!!

Joy I love them all and the STR is gorgeous, my photos so not do the intensity and vibrancy any justice! :)

"It's so green"

Bella Swan in Twilight complains that Forks is so green compared to Phoenix. I'm not complaining that these are too green, not at all. The intense golden green reminds me of thick moss on logs below the tree canopy of damp dark forests, beautiful.

Embossed Leaves socks from Favorite Socks Book

Closeup shows the beautiful stitch definition the Bugga yarn gives while being so soft due to 20% cashmere content.........................wonderful!!

YPF...........................Wollmeise December Sock Club

This weeks post is my December Wollmeise Sock Club parcel. Lovely!!

Saami Skein

Jultomte

Both together

Jultomte with the cookie cutter gift

Saami tag

Mini-skiein with unhidden christmas stitchmarker.

Do you like it?? It has a gorgeous pattern by Yarnissima in it too :)

Somethings about me........

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
I was named after my father's mother .

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
The last time I was really angry though I can't remember the occasion.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
No.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Pastrami.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
2 sons aged 11 and 4.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
I hope so, who really knows.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
Not as much as I used to, I have mellowed with age.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Lost them at 2o years.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
I doubt it.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Don't really like cereal because I don't drink milk at all.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Yes or unzip/unbuckle.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
In character rather than physically.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Pooh Bear

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Their eyes and how kind they are

15. RED OR PINK?
Red.

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
That I don't have what I consider a waist no matter how thin I am!

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
My Mother, desperately.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO DO THIS?
I love reading about others, there is so much of interest in their thoughts and opinions.

19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Pink leather mary jane slippers.

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Toasted Pancakes for breakfast.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Twilight OST

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Teal

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Vanilla, Rose, Jasmine and Neroli.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My Godmother

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
I stole it from Zonda and Jerry

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
I love to watch Rugby and Gymnastics

27. HAIR COLOR?
Dyed Blonde

28. EYE COLOR?
Light teal blue

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
never, the thought of them makes my eyes water

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
Italian

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings, I never liked scary movies, life is scary enough sometimes

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Twilight

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
White

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Autumn

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
Kisses.

36. FAVORITE DESSERT?
Cinnamon Bread

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
no idea

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
no idea

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Rereading all the 4 Twilight books and Midnight Sun but just bits and pieces to recheck facts etc

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
I use a gel pad mouse pad, nothing on it

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
NCIS/CSI

42. FAVORITE SOUND?
I love to hear the gentle sound of my children's breathing when asleep, the most reassuring sound ever :)

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Beatles.

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
California, apart from where I was born

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I have been told I have an ability to get people to open up and tell me some of the most intimate details of their lives, it can be a problem at times but is useful for work.

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Ghana, West Africa

YPF............Peacock

This Friday's yarn is another installment of the Autumn Squee Plushness Club Yarn. This colourway is called Peacock and fits in with the Stately Homes Theme.



I love the rich blue-green variations in this skein!! :)

Embossed Leaves Socks in Bugga

Now on the needles is Embossed Leaves Socks in my Bugga yarn: Praying Mantis. This yarn asked me for a leafy pattern. I had always intended to go back and knit this pattern in a semi-solid yarn. This yarn was perfect for that. A content of 20% cashmere makes this a fabulous yarn to knit with!!

Closeup

First one all done at time of posting :)

Freezing Mists and Koi in snow

I finished my Socks last night and this morning freezing mist and ground frost greeted me when I drew back the curtains. Coincidence? These are the Koi Socks in SkeinQueen Plushness: Snow Reflections from The Eclectic Sole Book by Janel Laidman. I really love this book and am started on another new pattern from it already. The only patterns not for me are the colourwork ones, I'm hopeless at that..........




I'm still not convinced about short row heels with socks, especially not for me with my high instep. But these are for a friend so I hope they are okay for them. :)

YPF....................... Poinsettia

This week's yarn is Handmaiden Seasilk in a Knitty Knoddy exclusive colourway: Poinsettia. Very seasonal indeed. It is being sold in conjunction with a Sunflower Design scarf pattern, (you do have to buy 4 other patterns to get the Poinsettia one free though) you can see it here.

Publish Post

I couldn't resist the colours, and despite my slowness with lace want to try this scarf, albeit it would perhaps be ready next Christmas.

Bella finished....................

I finished it today!!! Bella from Amber by Kim Hargreaves in Rowan Big Wool: Mulberry. No one to take a posed picture at the moment, so the hanger had to suffice. I'm not up to mirror shots today :)

YPF.............Indeicita

This week's skein is a much coveted and stunning Malabrigo Sock yarn in Indeicito from Stash Yarns Putney.

Each turn of the skein unfolds new colour flashes

Isn't it amazing?

I have been guilty of petting this skein a lot, it feels like a merino-tencel mix or a silk cashmere blend, it is that soft and silky, and it's all mine :)

A busier week than usual and no light for photos!!!

Did you ever have one of those weeks? Where you have a head cold for 3 weeks and no matter how early you go to work you still end up behind. This week was one of those and I am glad it is over now :)

I haven't done much knitting this week either as I was introduced to the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer on Sunday last week. The last 3 books of the series arrived on Thursday and are now all read!!! The books are a little twee at times, just too 'chocolate box picture' sometimes, but it is aimed at the young adult/late teen market so I understand. Despite this I really enjoyed them, much in the way I enjoy Disney films, just for entertainment etc.

After finishing Twilight last Sunday I started Bella by Kim Hargreaves. It's currently a pattern in the fabulous Amber Book and knitted with Rowan Big Wool. It feels so strange knitting with 12mm needles when I am used to sock needles :) I am more than half way through now and hope to finish next week!! Another knit hopefully for work.

The colour is Mulberry

I won't be able to post YPF posts every week from now on as the light is a problem. I can only get photographs done at the weekends now with the winter creeping in and work days are very long.

ETA: I did not pick this project because it has the same name as the lead female in the Twilight Series! I hadn't heard of her when I bought this kit from Kim Hargreaves!

YPF.................................Bugga!

This little beauty is a new yarn by The Sanguine Gryphon team called Bugga. It is very similar to Casbah but has 20% of cashmere instead of 10%. It is very very soft indeed!!! I really love the subtle shades in this skein. All the Bugga skeins are named after insects. I have another red one called Horned Beetle.

Praying Mantis

The lovely glow as the light catches it.

It will take a special pattern don't you think?

Not a great picture but a FO none the less

Excuse the plumbing/mirror etc!!! It is hard to get a picture in the evening but harder if it is of yourself!


I wore it all day today and love it! Not too warm but cosy for November! :)

Keeping up with knitting.

No finished knits today but some progress shots. They are mainly an encouragement for me!

The Back-To-School Vest is now divided for the front and back sections, so I'm feeling on the home stretch now.

The Dream in Color Classy is divine to knit with and the colour is gorgeous!!!!

My Koi socks are getting there too bit by bit!! :)

I am forcing myself to cast on nothing new until I have finished the Vest though!! Despite the new Kim Hargreaves Book Amber and a Bella kit arriving yesterday!

YPF......................Beach Glass

I joined Sundara's Seasons Club in August so I could get my hands on some of her fabled yarn. I chose Spring as it is more my colours than some of the other Seasons and I could not afford more than one season with VAT/Customs etc to added on. The first skein is named Beach Glass. This link is very apt with soundtrack and all to show where and why this skein is named so.

It is so much more vibrant in real life than thes photos show.

Just to pick a suitable pattern, but later, much later..........

Secret Garden Love Lace Socks

Slow progress to these: Squee Club yarn: Secret Garden Plushness.

YPF.......................................Chatsworth.

This week's stunning skein is again from Skein Queen. It is the second installment of the Squee Club Autumn yarn.




The club is based on english Stately Homes. Chatsworth is a very stately home in Derbyshire and I have only ever seen it on the screen. The last time was in the Keira Knightly version of Pride and Prejudice. To see why these colours, look at these pictures of Chatsworth House and this showing more of the house. It is now in a cake and I am searching for a 'noble' pattern for it :)

YPF.............Posssum

I purchased this a while ago, It is CherryTreeHill Possum sock yarn. Very soft and the colours as vibrant as always!!


I have been petting this...............................it's snuggly :)

Andragogy.........................................part 1

The waist is taking shape now. This yarn is really fabulous to knit with and gioes on for a long time!!! I love it!! :)

I hope it fits.....................I love how it looks so far :)