First, US women’s shoe sizes are BS. When I make socks for the dimensions I find online, they don’t seem to fit the matching live feet. This time, I decided to find someone with similar sized feet to the giftee and then talk them into trying on the first sock. Thankfully, even though this sock fit me (size 7.5 shoe), the yarn is just stretchy because my size 6 friend declared them a perfect fit.

Second, while Meghan was admiring the sock, she noticed that maybe I hadn’t woven in the end? but there was very little tail left? Sons of biscuits! I thought I’d done my usual method of knitting in the tail and for some reason I did not and I snipped the cast on tail off way way way too short. So, I carefully wove a bit of yarn through the cast on, tied a discreet knot and will weave in the longer tail…..tomorrow.


On to the second sock!

To see what others are working on, check out:
Tami’s Amis
Small Things (I’m still listening to “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us”.)
Frontier Dreams

I’ve restarted the second muppet sock 7 times. Now that I’ve figured out where in the color repeats to cast on, I need to cut off the yarn I’ve knit with over and over because it is stretched all to Hades. So, the second Muppet sock looks like this for now. It’s in time out.


and I’m working on this pretty mitt.

It’s a test knit for Hunter Hammersen in Zen Yarn Garden Serenity 20 – Dragonfruit and it is getting rave reviews from the people that are seeing it in the works.

Speaking of Hunter Hammersen, I’m going to be casting on socks for the July KAL before too long. They are really pretty, so join the group on ravelry if you like. It’s a super fun group and you might win a prize!

To see what others are working on, check out:
Tami’s Amis
Small Things (I’m listening to “The Amen Solution” and so far, his brain healthy diet is making a lot of sense.)
Frontier Dreams

Finished the first Muppet sock (Vanessa antiopa Socks by Hunter Hammersen) including switching out the purled toe for a ribbed toe to match the cuff. I didn’t love the idea of a purled toe with this colorway – I do love the ribbed toe.


Then, I started the second sock. Wasn’t happy with the pooling (deja vu) – too much green all on one side. Frogged it. Started over.

These socks were going to be for my mom and I was worried they would be too small. They were a wee bit tight and it turns out that she’s not a huge fan of the colorway even though she did like the pattern. Luckily for me, Turtle LOVES the colors and they’ll fit her. Winning!

To see what others are working on, check out:
Tami’s Amis
Small Things (I’m reading “French Women Don’t Get Fat” for the third time. This book really motivates me to only eat things that satisfy me.)
Frontier Dreams