Wednesday WIP-around

The oldies first-
Zigy-Zag

 

Over halfway through the foot of this sock which is really hard to capture. The cabled section does not like to show itself when it's just lying flat-but trust me, so pretty! The colors can be tricky at times too, but mom is super in love with it :) This is sock number 2 so hopefully will be done before we go away in February...
Business Casual

This one is mine! I love this sock so much but have been putting it aside to work on other mega-interesting projects!

And the new ones...
Baby Socks

Marine Corps Kids is back up and running with their new system! Since I'm trying to use up acrylic before I move, I'm super stoked to make some things for them. Also, using some of the older patterns in my queue which is pretty fun as well

Age of Brass and Steam (aka Age of Warmth)

And one last thing for me :) This is the Age of Brass and Steam out of the Malabrigo Rastita. I'm so very, very in love. It is so soft and cozy and I just want everything out of this yarn! I will definitely be buying more in the future because it is fantastic! 

Sorry for the less than stunning pictures-hoping to get things together again so I can be back to using my own computer soon.
Linking up with Ginny-come join the party!

Tickled

Delivered the socks to my Grandma today-I think she's rather excited about them which makes me one happy knitter! :D
Also-gave up resisting temptation and wound and cast-on a new project (no-I haven't finished mom's Christmas socks yet or mine but that's beside the point...).

With photos!

This is my FO from last week. It is the Coriolis hat-made out of extra bulky yarn. It is a fast knit and so squishy and warm. I love it!

Also, the Vampire Socks are done! And just in time as I'm going to see my Grandma on Sunday-they were soaked earlier today and are now hanging to dry-so hopefully they are ready to go!

And I was able to add my WIP photo to Wednesday's post!
I am currently using my mom's computer...posts with pictures will be done from here for the time being, I guess...

The Way It Is

A) I'm a lameazoid for not posting in awhile. Stuff has happened (both good and bad) that has had an influence.
B) No new pictures on the blog till I figure some things out...I will try to be good about posting things on Instagram and Ravelry. I'm sorry if you're not a member of either of those platforms but the reality is that I don't currently have a computer to post from and trying to post photos from my phone is not currently working. :/
C) I do have WIPs this week-pic on the Instagram (ferber13). Still working on the socks for my mom and my grandma for Christmas-good news is that I'm on the second sick of each pair so yay! Also put a little work into my socks-I'm still on sock number 1 for me.
D) I have an FO for Friday (was actually finished last week but ya know...). There are a few pics on Ravelry. Idk if I'm going to do an FO post since I won't be able to include pics. I should probably add it to the FO list though...
E) I already know my next project as soon as I finish the belated Christmas socks. I've printed out the pattern (Age of Brass and Steam), but haven't wound the yarn (Malabrigo Rastita in the Zarzamora colorway) yet because I am already so, so tempted. I know if j wind the yarn, I won't be able to hold out casting on and I really need to finish the gift socks!!
F) Sorry this is kind of a downer post. I've felt bad for not posting-but a knitting blog without pictures is kinda less than awesome. I'm hoping to figure it all out soon.

600 Challenge

For the month of January, my YMCA is doing a special challenge for its members…the goal: to work out 600 minutes in the month of January which is about 20 minutes a day. So far I'm at 20. It's a great reminder that even 20 minutes adds up over time…

So what would you do for your 600 minutes?
Anyone else participating in a January/New Year Challenge?

1 and Done!

I do indeed have an FO post for the first Friday of the new year! Man, does that feel good!!
Nothing too crazy but I'm happy nonetheless…

Lakeside Charity Baby Hat

I really like how the yarn self-stripes. And yes, I love that I can do a baby hat out of chunky yarn in a day and still have time to work on other projects. It definitely helped to curb my need to cast-on something…I think I should be able to last at least another 48 hours with my current projects before the urge strikes again :)
Happy Friday! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Rootsy

My knitting story goes a little something like this…my grandmother taught my sister and I how to knit when we were somewhere around 6/9-8/11…I don't know exactly how old we were. I made a terribly scratchy and very uneven scarf-like thing and then stopped knitting till after my freshmen year of college (summer 2010). I picked it back up because I wanted to make hats for local NICUs and have something to do during Hulu/Netflix/etc. marathons.
I've since exploded my knitting-making things both for myself and for others and truly loving every moment of it. As I was plotting last night what to cast-on (looking at my 20ish page long Ravelry queue), I got to thinking. It's been quite awhile since I've done any charity knitting (Novemeber 2014, actually). Instead of casting-on something else for myself from my mile long queue (which actually earned me my first ESK Yarnathon badge of 2015), I decided it was time to go back to my roots and get cracking on some charity knits. So this morning I cast-on for a new baby hat in Loops and Threads Charisma in the Lakeside color way.

I like how soft and cushy this yarn is and I like the boyish color way. I generally find myself drawn to more traditional girly color ways so I'm excited to be doing something boyish. I'm also pretty stoked to have begun the new year working on my goal to clear out my acrylic stash. One day at a time…

Happy New Years! 

Happy New Year's Eve

No Vampires Here (my pattern based off of Laura Linneman's Socks on a Plane)
SweetGeorgia Yarns Tough Love Sock in Silver on size 2 Prym needles

Zigzagular Socks by Susie White
Cascade Yarns Heritage Handpaints in Londonberry on size 2 Prym Needles

Business Casual by Tanis Lavallee
Shibui Knits Sock in Fulids Anime (for body) and Tweed for the heels/toes

Beekeeper's Quilt by Tiny Owl Knits
random bits and bobs on size 3 DPNs from Michael's

Block and Tackle Blanket by Sarah Burton
Red Heart Soft Solids and Heathers in Berry and Turquoise on size 9 needles from Michael's

Hope you all enjoyed! Happy New Year!! And of course, linking with Ginny and friends!

No Knitting Was Done...

But I still finished something yesterday that I've been meaning to finish for a quite awhile now…
I finally finished reading A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin (aka the second book in A Song of Fire and Ice Series aka Game of Thrones).
I've only been working on it since…July, nbd. I have read other books in the meantime I would like to add as well. I'm just looking forward to giving it back to its owner…and maybe starting on the third book…

Since I don't have any FO photos for you today, I thought I would share the best kid photo from Christmas…pup included, of course.

Sister-in-law (Hermoine's Hat), brother (BigFoot Socks), Me, Hailey (aka the pup), Sister (Boot Toppers).
Hope your Tuesday is lovely! See you tomorrow for a very special post!

Ba-Boom!

Another WIP has been blasted!
This picture is less than perfect but I would like to present the Oh So Sparkly Shawlette which is basically only ever going to be worn as a cowl and which I refuse to block cuz I loves it just the way it is!

And in case you are wondering, yes, there is a most terrible selfie on Rav that I thought about posting over here but decided against. If you want to see it, you gotta click the link and check out the Rav page.