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Yarn Bombing at #Musikfest2015

August 18, 2015

It's no secret that "yarn bombing" has worked it way into the mainstream. The phrase, in fact, was recently added to the Oxford English Dictionary, further cementing our fibery hold on the universe.

Indeed, yarn bombing has not only brought people - observers and knitters alike - a lot of joy over the years, but it's also promoted an activity that many non-knitters thought was dead. I mean, it's only been within the past couple years that people have stopped telling me I look too young to be their grandmother - not realizing that they were insulting me, then asking me to make them something (usually for free) in the same breath. But I'm not bitter.

So you can imagine how fun it was to visit Musikfest (the largest free music festival in the United States) last week and see my local yarn shop, The Knitter's Edge, proudly participating in its own little yarn bomb. Being off the beaten path, the display presented visitors with a Wonderland-like feeling as they traveled from Handwerkzplatz to Polkaplatz (which I'm sure has a real name, but hey - it's Polkaplatz).

Anyway, here are some pictures I took of the yarn bombing over Musikfest's opening weekend. They've certainly added more since last year, and I'm hoping to get in on the action for 2016!

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Finished: Vanilla Latte Socks

August 12, 2015

Well, that didn't take long. I was able to bang these puppies out in less than two weeks, partially thanks to my husband being stuck in the hospital all day for gall bladder surgery. After having to check in at 5AM and not getting dismissed until 3:30PM, it's easy to see how I got so much done. Including several naps in a pretty uncomfortable plastic chair.

Anyway, he's home and resting now, and I'm loving my new finished socks - only my second finished pair! I haven't accomplished any of my other goals for 2015, but at least I'm blowing through my one goal of "finish one freaking pair of socks". Now I've got two off my needles :)

For more information, or to download the free pattern, click here to visit my project page. This is such a great pattern for beginners and experts alike, and has enough design features to keep you interested in knitting around and around and around for 7" (or sometimes more!)

In the meantime, I'm...

Knitting: Anne's Sweater + Another Pair of Vanilla Latte Socks
Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird
Listening: Chappo - What Are You Kids On?

In finished Tags knitting, socks
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In Progress: Vanilla Latte Socks

August 5, 2015

It's no surprise to any of my Instagram followers that I've fallen in love with sock knitting. To be honest, I never thought I'd be that person. I've attempted making socks so many times, an each time, it was a doable project, but I got bored. Oh-so-bored.

But after the success of my Rose City Rollers, I feel like I can't stop. Better yet, I can finally indulge in more beautiful sock yarn that will actually get knit up into socks (not shawls).

Which means I've also succumbed to the wonder that is Knit Picks Felici. I'll tell you what: there's something magical about self-striping sock yarn, in that it keeps you knitting. For someone who gets bored after x-number of stockinette rows, maintaining my interest is important. So may God bless Felici.

(PS: Knit Picks only launches Felici in special reserve colors once or twice a year, so if you'd like to pick up what's still left, you'd best head on over there now before they're gone).

I've knit these up using a 2x2 rib and an Eye of Partridge heel, which I think will be by new go-to heel because it's so pretty and will jazz up even the most vanilla of socks. The best part is it's only a slight variation on the standard slip stitch heel, so it's not like you have to fudge your way through a new technique.

Can't wait to have these done so I can stare at them until it's cold enough to actually wear them :)

In the meantime, I'm:

Knitting: Vanilla Latte Socks + Anne's Sweater
Reading: Lady of Hay
Listening: The Good Life by Cracker

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In Progress: Anne's Sweater (Green Gables Knits)

July 30, 2015

After waiting impatiently to receive the yarn I needed (and after absorbing myself in the world of sock knitting), I was finally able to cast on my Anne's Sweater last Sunday morning while relaxing with a bunch of built-up knitting podcasts on my "Watch Later" playlist.

I don't want to get into much detail because I'm reviewing the pattern and overall book (Green Gables Knits) in an upcoming publication, but let me just say: WOOHOO!

Anne was my childhood hero and she still holds an important place in my heart, so I'm more than excited to knit a project that reminds me of innumerable days and nights spent reading her books.

In the meantime, I'm:

Knitting: Vanilla Latte Socks + Anne's Sweater
Reading: Lady of Hay
Listening: Jungle by Emma Louise

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In Progress: Exploration Station

July 28, 2015

This picture of my Exploration Station is a bit dated (at least two weeks old), but I'm happy to say it's done. IT'S DONE!

Well, mostly. I still need to weave in the ends, but since I was knitting it while visiting friends, drinking wine, and biting my nails during Sharknado 3 this past weekend, I couldn't concentrate on anything so tedious as sewing in wee bits of yarn.

I'm not saying I'd buy more yarn and dive right back in, but I'd definitely make a second one just to experiment with more color combinations. The possibilities are endless and the pattern is straightforward enough that it's a fairly quick and easy knit. Except for that brioche section. Oy.

I'll be blocking it up within the next week, then taking photos on a new backdrop I bought. Don't get too excited; it's plain white. But it's larger than what I've been working with and will lend itself well to showing off the colors in my projects.

In the meantime, I'm:

Knitting: Vanilla Latte Socks + Anne's Sweater
Reading: Lady of Hay

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