More Socky Goodness

You may be fed up with hearing about the sock, but I’m absolutely in love. This is my first sock pattern that I’ve put a lot of thought into and plan on making a pattern of it. (pssst test knitters don’t do chart three and four cause I’m going to change those) Keeping track of what I’m doing has been a bit of a challenge for good ole me who just kinda wings it a goes with the flow, but that’s what I’m doing. Once it’s all completed and such and I have it completely test knit then you can buy it! I hope. I haven’t actually worked out my webstore’s kinks and such, but hopefully you will be able to buy it! Okay I can hear you all enough of the chatter bring on the pictures. So I’m halfway through chart 2(not that, that information helps you much now does it) which is the point in which the cable starts it’s journey inward.

Around The World Sock 4

Work, turn to the left
Work, now turn to the right
Work, sashay shante

Around The World Sock 5

I can hear you all go ooooh look at that texture. This shot is just for you.

It don’t matter what you wear
They’re checkin’ out your savior faire
And it don’t matter what you do
Cause everything looks good on you …supermodel

Around The World Sock's Lucious Texture

Look at thos bump and ridges. Little morsels of colour popping out at you. BAM! BAM! BAM! The more I knit the more I fall in love with this yarn especially the colours they are just YUM! If your just tuning in the yarn is Vintage Purls Sock in Gondwana. You can buy some by clicking on the link over there ———————->>

Finally after all of that tough modeling work the sock was sweaty and dirty, and my bunny decided that it deffinitle needed a bath. she thumped and thumped when I put the sock away. Maybe I’m not the only one in love.

The Bunny Licking A Sock

Starting with Lust!

So the Twist Collective’s Winter Issue is up. Do I want to knit any of the patterns oh yes, yes, yes, yesss I do! Actually there isn’t much in it that I don’t want to knit, which is odd because I have never seen a magazine online or dead tree format that I could say that about. My ravelry queue has just gotten much longer. Anne has done it yet again, her farose shawl in this issue is OMGWTFBBQ beautiful! Seriously That issue is so full of beautiful that it may hurt your eyes so be careful.

It was one object in specific though that was in the nifty notions section(that may not be the actual name of the section so please don’t sue me. I’m much too lazy to go back and find the real section name.) that had me absolutely agog that I had to go to the website. It was while there that I laid my eyes upon beauty beyond all other known beauty and I fell in love/lust with this.

Bundled Reeds Knitzi

Is that not just the very meaning of beauty? It’s a stitch holder that you can slip a sock in progress into then screw the cap on protecting your stitches and needles. I want it very badly but considering I can’t work right now due to Immigration issues the $89.99 USD is a little above my current price range. Since all money right now has to go through Ryan I also can’t buy it on the sly. So I’m trying to convince him that it would be the most wonderful holiday gift ever! In my efforts to do just that I have cast on another pair of socks for him, using a pattern that I have been kicking around in my head for a bit. here they are, they will get more interesting a bit this is the Gondwana colourway by Vintage Purls, a local New Zealand indie dyer. Her yarns are utterly delicious and you should go buy some right now!(Especially if your name is Ryan and you live with me! I love Into the Blue, Maya, Brunswick, and Boysenberry Jive) Her colorway are all rainbow dyed so there are no colour repeat instead just surprising colour magic before you constantly!

Around The World Sock 1

I know what you want, you want that very sexy close up, well here it is.

Around The World Sock 2

That is the side view the other side is a mirror image of this one. I know it is rather boring right now but in fact it will get rather interesting soon enough I will have to keep you updated on that matter.

In other news some of you(not many tho) have donated to Ryan’s Mo for Movemeber so you get an updated photo of him with his mo halfway through the month. if you haven’t donated you can do so here.

Ryan's Movemeber Progress Nov. 15th

Mo-vember!

Hey Y’all It that funny furry time of the year here in New Zealand. It’s the time of the year where men all over the country start to grow furry little nose critters… Yes It’s Movemeber, the month dedicated to growing body hair(specifically moustaches) in the name of charity. The funds raised by Movember 2008 will be split between two of the best health charities in the country. Half will go to the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand’s Out of the Blue campaign to help men experiencing depression and the other half will go to the Cancer Society of New Zealand who need funding for existing prostate cancer research programs and men’s health programs.

Ryan has decided this year he will grow his first mo for charity! So keep a look out on this blog as I will update with Mo pictures! But in order to get pictures you have to donate, if you don’t donate then what good is him growing a Mo? Go ahead and donate HERE. Thanks for that in reward here is a picture of Ryan thus far!

ryansmo

procasti….oh i’ll do that later

What did I do yesterday?

- I organized my desk.

- I made a pot of tea.

- I watched the second series of The Catherine Tate Show.

- I decorated my desk with blue tinsel.

- I asked Ryan what he was doing 327 times.

- I posted 42 posts on ravelry.

- I clicked refresh on ravelry 2,891 times.

- I knit one row on the back of my asymmetrical jacket.

- Read some of “No Plot? No Problem?”

- I fondled some yarn in my stash and planned another cardigan.

- Organized my desk again.

- Researched the nutritional fact of Orange Juice.

- Took blue tinsel down deciding that it looks naff.

- Pondered the oddity of the word “juice”

- Watched more Catherine Tate.

- Put blue tinsel back up after realizing I *AM* naff so thus the tinsel fits in!

- I finally sat down and tried to write for NaNoWriMo.

What didn’t I do?

- Finalise my plot details or character details yet for NaNoWriMo

- Clean of the bench from the part on Friday night!

I should get up and clean the bench then finalise my plot and character details…

Bah I will do that later!