Socks, Steeks, Blankets, and Elijah

I got my contributor's copy of Yarn Forward No. 33, and got to see my very own socks in it!



It was a very exciting moment. :) I'm not sure if the magazine is out in print in the US yet, though.

I sewed some steeks that I didn't knit or cut!

Since my friend Erin was so kind as to lend me her sewing machine, she needed me to sew the steeks for a little sweater she was knitting for her daughter. I was a bit worried as my sewing skills are minimal, but I managed.



You can see the finished sweater here.

I presented a non-knitted knitted gift!

This year I didn't knit for the holidaze. Instead I prepared a choice of elephants for my sister - a powerpoint slide with pictures of three different elephant patterns for her to choose from. She picked Elijah, and I will be knitting him soon.

I met a baby, and gave her a blanket!

I knit Undercover with some Three Fates Yarn that Stephania contributed - it was our joint gift to the baby.



The blanket turned out very nice, but the pattern has several errors that I put in the notes on my project, just in case you want to knit it.

I started my first Mystery KAL for Isaz!

It seems to be going well so far!



Next time I probably shouldn't wait so long to post. ;)

Intercalate

I had an idea for some crazy cabled socks.



And so I made them, and I had a fun photoshoot with my fabulous photographer Louise.



We went to Gasworks park, and even though it was cloudy and a bit cold, we had lots of fun.



...Maybe a little too much fun. ;)

The design was submitted to Knitty for the First Fall issue this year, but it wasn't accepted. I struggled on what to do with it, but when I saw a call for Yarn Forward magazine, I decided to give it a try.



Since the socks were originally knit with yarn from a US indie dyer, (my good friend Stephania over at Three Fates Yarns) I reknit them with yarn from a UK indie dyer (Wild Fire Fibres) for Yarn Forward.

You can buy the issue online here currently only through Yudu but hopefully soon as a PDF, or in magazine form if somewhere stocks it near you. I've heard people have found it at Borders.



Details
Pattern: Intercalate by me!
Yarns: Three Fates Yarns BFL Platinum Sock (green), and Wild Fire Fibres Manyana (yellow)

It's a Mystery!

Right about now a lot of us are pretty busy knitting gifts... even me. But come the end of December, most of that will hopefully be behind us, and we can knit for ourselves again.

Well, here's a suggestion:

Why don't you come and join the Mystery Sock Knitalong that I'm putting on with my friend Stephania of Three Fates Yarns.

So, are you with us? The KAL will take place on the Three Fates Ravelry group, found here. I've designed a pattern especially for the knitalong, and the pattern clues will be delivered by email starting December 26. You can sign up in this Google spreadsheet.

I've got my yarn at the ready!



You can join the KAL with any yarn, but if you want to pick up some fabulous Three Fates Yarns, you can do it on the etsy shop. She's even got some on sale right now!

People who finish by February 14, 2011 will be entered to win a prize, and people who do so using Three Fates Yarns will get an extra entry.

Got it? Good! Now go sign up and get ready to knit along. :)