Another Confession...

I bought yarn. Three skeins of beautiful sock yarn by Sweet Georgia, to be exact. They will probably go to me, me and me (well, 1 skein might be used for a gift...maybe, if I'm feeling extra generous). So I added another piece to my little yarn diet indicator. I'm not giving up on the diet-just going to try to stay strong and really resist buying more yarn until I finish some more up. I'm also trying to keep track of my WIPs and keep the numbers low. Temptation is real though and I love supporting local business and adopting beautiful, lovely skeins of yarn to bring them into a highly loving home.

F to the O Friday!

It's a rarity, but for once I have two FOs and neither one of them is a baby hat or a hexipuff! I am definitely floating high…and I got to cross more things off the WIP list and add them to the FO list; two activities that make me extremely happy! Without further ado…

Rainbow Latte Stripes

This is quite possibly the last time you are going to see these guys. Mom is head over heels for them and can't wait for it to get a little colder so that she can wear them. I have a little leftover yarn (each sock was made with its own skein) so I can probably get some cute baby socks and puffs out of them. I really enjoyed these socks and am looking forward to being off my yarn diet so I can buy more yarn to make them for myself :)

Alligator Baby Socks

Grabbed the book from the library and was able to finish sock number 2 in only a few hours. I really love these socks and they are actually staying with me for the time being. I have a small collection (1 outfit, 1 sweater and now 1 pair of socks) that I keep for extremely special babies. Most of the time I knit baby stuff with an end-goal in mine (either a specific person or charity), but these items I joust had to have and will eventually find the right person.

How are your projects coming along? Anyone else rocking the FOs? Happy Friday and cheers to the weekend!

The One Where It Seems Like I Haven't Done Much...

…but that's only because there are two (!) FOs you don't get to see till Friday :)

EKP Baby Blanket

Still chugging along on this. It is up to 26 stripes and at the point in time where I can no longer stretch it out on the needles. I'm hoping to do a lot of work on this in the coming week so that maybe I can start to concretely think about decreases instead of just dreaming of them.

Oh So Sparkly

Another project I can't fully spread out on the needles. I am currently enjoying working on this and am very excited for the finished project. I still have a bit of a ways to go, but it is great podcast knitting.

Those are my only two WIPs this week! I will have FOs on Friday though so check back in!
Linking up with Ginny and Tami. Happy Wednesday!

Sha-boo-ya!!

I have an FO for Friday, I have an FO for Friday, I have an FO for Friday!!! Ooh, I'm so excited!! This means I can cast-on something new right now if I feel like it (which would be fitting as today's prompt from the Soak Photo Challenge is cast-on…) but I also get to cast-on a sweater on Monday!!! I'm so stoked!!! Few things feel better than weaving in ends-that too me always signals that a project is truly finished.

Thought I would leave y'all with a few pictures of a pretty sunset from the other night. I would absolutely love to have these colors dyed up in a skein of sock yarn. Any dyers out there feeling up to the challenge?

Ca-licking, Clacking!

My needles are go, go, going! Love some good knitting mojo…fingers crossed for some big FOs this Friday!

I did pause to take a photo for the Soak Photo Challenge (yes, I've been keeping up so far!). The prompt was favorite yarn…I of course couldn't pick a brand/dyer/etc but I went with my favorite type of yarn instead…which just so happens to be sock yarn! This is just a bit of my sock yarn. A good deal of it is in storage, in use, in messy wound-up balls or buried away in the closet. However, if you feel like I don't have enough sock yarn, please feel free to send more my way! Scraps are always welcome for heels and toes and my BeeKeeper's Quilt as well! Happy Knitting! 

Soak Photo Challenge

For all my Instagram friends, Soak Wash is hosting an awesome photo challenge this month. I've really been enjoying posting as well as seeing how other knitters interpret the prompts. It also means I've been  blowing up my Instagram with even more knitting photos than normal. For anyone who feels like joining in, here's the list for the month.

Happy Knitting!

Puff Away

I know it doesn't look like much-but it has been over a month (possibly 2+) since I've made and/or posted puffs. So here's three!

Only about a billion more to go! Happy Friday y'all! What are you working on this weekend?

Success

First partial skein has been completed and man does it feel good! I have about a billion more skeins to go but that is totally and completely beside the point!

Everything Was New Once...

…However, these projects are all old, old, old! I'm feeling a burning desire to get something off the needles though before I cast-on anything else…and I did promise you would see the baby blanket every week until I completed it!

EKP Baby Blanket

Get ready for the shocker…5 whole stripes have been added since you last saw this! I just completed stripe #23. The current plan is to increase till stripe 30 and than start decreasing…however, I might add a couple extra stripes before I decrease. I'm just playing it by ear right now.

Rainbow Latte Stripes

Finished the gusset decreases for the second sock (they had been started last week) and have knitted on the body of the foot for both socks. Not too many more rounds before toe time; I'm so excited!!!

Vanilla Latte Stripes

Last but certainly not least are my Vanilla Latte Stripes; I love this pattern, I love this yarn and I totally love this lone, singular sock…which will probably stay a lone, singular sock once I finish it till I complete some Christmas presents. A little mandated SSS never hurt anyone too badly…I got some nice body of the foot work done this week; like the Rainbow Latte Stripes, not too much longer till toe decreases!

Sorry for nothing new and exciting, but I gotta do some clearing up before I can start anything new. I'd really love to have my WIP list down to 5/6 before I add to it again.

Linking up with Tami and Ginny today and every Wednesday. :)

Waiting for Delivieries

Yesterday was my main squeeze's birthday…and hopefully today the rest of his present will arrive. They are currently "out for deliver" according to my package tracker. He did get barbecue sauce and fresh baked peppermint brownies yesterday so it was a good day. There's also just a little something for me in the package as well… :) Not yarn, but something that I'm quite excited about. Happy Tuesday everybody!

A fun sign from hiking in Tahoe a few weeks ago
Sadly, we did not see any cattle