Socks in progress.........

The first of my Summer of Socks 2008 socks. They are lovely and bright! My sister-in-law has laid claim to them........already :) My first Eye of Partridge Heel, not perfect but nearly.........


A bit more done on the Rivendell sock.....

Wet June Saturdays.......

A new yarn arrived this morning which is a fortuitous arrival as Summer of Socks 2008 starts today. I have to put aside all the half pairs until Sept! and knit as many socks this summer as I can. I am not going to only do that mind you and I didn't sign up for the competitons since I just couldn't compete with knitters who don't have full-time work/family/caring commitments or a combination of these and still enjoy the summer. So I'm signed up but for fun only. In the spirit of the special event starting however I will knit one pair with this lovely yarn first. Sunshine Yarns Sport: Superwash merino in Field of Flowers.






I have been making progress on these other socks. I am on the straight portion of the foot now :) I feel compelled to finish these, do you blame me.......

Rivendell......................

My copy of The Eclectic Sole arrived last week! It is a wonderful book full of stunning patterns.

The first pattern on the needles is Rivendell and I am using the Twinkle Toes in Glacial Moraine I blogged about in May. Here is the first progress picture of my sock.


what do you think? Does it look anything like this?

New Yarn and a Middle Earth themed project planned

I have to wait on the book The Eclectic Sole to knit these up but the yarn arrived today! A merino/Tencel combo which I bought because the colours really reminded me of Elvish structures :)

Chameleon Colorworks Twinkle Toes in Glacial Moraine

Georgeous stuff indeed, but the name also reminded me of my A Level geography class and stuying Glaciers...............funny what comes back to you more than 20 years later.............terminal, medial and lateral moraine!! Hugh the teacher would be proud!! :)