Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Socks, socks & books!

In light of yesterday's Spinning Show & Tell, it will come as little surprise when I tell you that there has been very little knitting going on this week, but I do have two pairs of socks on the go: 
WIPs and books.
The first are Wendy D Johnson's Diagonal Lace Socks using Drops Fable and the others, which I cast on last week, are my version of Hermione's Everyday Socks in A Stash Addict's Ooh La La Sock yarn. "My version" because I'm simply using my favourite toe-up vanilla sock combined with the reverse stitch pattern of this (free) cuff-down design. As mentioned previously, I'm knitting this pair as part of A Yarn Loving Mama's Summery Sock Kal and am now onto the gusset increases so I'm hopeful for a FO at the end of next week. 

I've been reading quite a bit and have finished The Universe Versus Alex Woods which I really enjoyed - despite it being a novel about assisted suicide. Defintely worth a read - very quirky and some great characters.
Edited: Pictured is The End of Your Life Book Club which I've just started dipping into and forgot to mention - more on that next week.

Today's links are Tami's WIP Wednesday and Ginny's Yarn Along. Enjoy! 

10 comments:

  1. Ooh, they are both so pretty! Love the diagonal lace and the little dotty bits. Cute.
    And, as for your spinning. I have got to get back at it ... your posts are making me drool now :)

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  2. Two awesome pairs of socks. One of these days I need to try my hand at TAAT. I am so excited for my spinning lessons next month.

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  3. great photography -- I have such a hard time capturing colors accurately sometimes. Happy knitting!

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  4. I love both of those colorways, so different, but both pretty in their way, and the socks you're knitting them into fit them so well.

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  5. Beautiful colour and beautiful pattern. I have only made plain socks so far, you have inspired me to maybe try a simple pattern.

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  6. PS just looking through your past posts and it seems to me that we are at a similar stage with our spinning, and I feel just as obsessed with the whole thing. Look forward to reading more.

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  7. the lace detail on the socks is gorgeous! Might have to knit them up someday!!

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  8. Your socks are gorgeous! I love the tiny stitches and the yarn is gorgeous!
    ~Liz

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  9. You are so awesome, Sarah! And so patient. Two sock projects at the same time and two each at a time? Wowzers!
    Did you have to reverse the st pattern b/c you're going toe up? I want to try toe up.

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  10. I just bought the End of Your Life Bookclub and plan to start it as soon as I finish my present book; I heard it was great.

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