On Thursday I took sock yarn to work to start on my November socks. I decided on a pair of Monkey socks, and immediately cast on during lunch. I left them at work for my lunch knitting, a much needed break every day.

Thursday evening Mr. Ink and I settled down to watch a movie. Spinal Tap actually, which I’d never seen but was hilarious. I had decided that what I really wanted to knit while watching a movie was a pair of monkey socks, except that I didn’t have my work pair at home. So I grabbed another set of needles and another skein of yarn and cast on.

Overnight I came down with some sort of short lived stomach bug. Or ate something off, not sure which. In any case, I was awake most of the night and in no shape to go to work the next day. I woke up, did Bug’s hair for school, called in sick, and went back to bed, not waking up until 11. After that, I wandered out to the couch and picked up my at home monkey sock. I worked on that for quite awhile, and after Mr. Ink came home, we watched another movie last evening since I wasn’t in any shape to do anything else.

Today? I kitchenered a toe on a monkey sock. I dunno, do we consider these my November socks or my December socks? Not entirely sure!

For the record, this is Sheepaints silk bamboo, a combo of wool, silk, and bamboo. And after this skein? I’ve still got two more skeins of the same colorway in my stash. I dunno what I was thinking when I purchased it way back in, maybe 2008? But, it is quite pretty, I like the color a lot.

The coffee bean cardigan has been one of my go to knits for small people. It’s always well received, and it’s one of those items that I actually see the parent of the child put their child in on a regular basis.

So, naturally, it’s the first thing that came to mind when I found out I was going to be an aunt.

I knit this little coffee bean cardigan out of Dream in Color Classy I had in stash for my nephew before he was born.

And now I get the pleasure of seeing pictures of him in it quite a bit later.

It looks to me like he could really use a larger sweater, so it’s my intention to get one knit up for Christmas this year. The Moera pattern is looking pretty interesting to me. Simple, cute, and I get the added bonus of trying to figure out how to attach a zipper to a hand knit for the first time ever. And since the Dream in Color classy looks like it’s holding up quite well, I think I’ll just go for knitting with that again as well.

It worries me a bit to stop my progress on the Pas de Valse sweater, as I have not one but two sweaters from last year that I never finished. But, at the same time I realize that a sweater for this little guy will be a very satisfying knit for me.

Just a quick post from me today, to show off my October socks.

Rose City Rollers out of a mystery sock yarn that’s just as pretty as can be.

Next up….I feel some monkey socks coming on. November monkeys! It’s been awhile but that’s still a favorite pattern for me.

It’s certainly fall around here. The way fall is when it’s wet and dark and miserable, quite frankly. Not cool and crisp and clear.

Yesterday I managed to finish my first October sock. Now, it’s a shorty, in hopes I can catch up on my sock knitting goals.

I admit, I think it looks quite nice! The yarn is a mystery yarn, no telling where it came from, and there certainly wasn’t enough to make a full pair without doing two at a time toe up socks. Which I don’t care for.

So, it seemed the right thing to do for October socks, in order that I can complete two more pairs this year after this!

I feel confident that the only way I can now catch up on my 12 pairs of socks in a year is to knit a pair of shorty socks.

This is ok with me, because I have been seeing the Rose City Rollers pattern all over the place and really wanted to knit it.

I also had a ball of mystery sock yarn hanging out in my stash for practically ever.  I think it was given to me for free and it never did have a ball band or anything. So, since I didn’t know how much of it I had, this seemed the yarn to use for shorty socks.

Which I started on Friday night at Bug’s girl scouts gathering.

As you can see, I knit the ankle, the heel flap, the heel, and stitches are picked up for the gusset. Just the gusset decreases, foot, and toe now.

This will be my work sock, as my lunchtime knitting seems the best time to work on those 12 pairs in a year socks.

I’ve been quietly working on various projects to bring them to completion so that I could start my next project. With Friday’s two finished objects, I could start that project.

I decided to knit a Pas de Valse sweater next, out of Wollmeise Rittersporn. It’s so nice to be able to get sweater amounts of this yarn from time to time!

I worked on this all weekend and have gotten surprisingly far actually. I have finished the waist shaping decreases, and have to now start the increases. I’d say that’s pretty good for a Saturday morning cast on.

The picture is so bright! As is the yarn. Maybe I’ll get a better photo next time. I also need to switch out needles, as the ones I am using are on too short of a cable for all the lovely shawl collar increases. It’s just getting too squished at this point.

I’ll try to get a better picture as soon as I get this on longer cables. Have a great week everyone!

They are done. One of the two things I finished Friday night after a girl scouts camp fire.

I did not run out of yarn for the toe of the second sock, so I have two lovely matching socks. Great pattern, great technique, very pleasant knit! And that’s quite a bit more yarn moved out of my stash and into a finished object. That’s a thing I really love!

Guys, I am ALMOST DONE! So close I can taste it now. Gusset decreases are done and I am just working my way down the foot. Good thing too, since I am a bit behind on my 12 pairs in a year goal.

To be honest, I am a little bit worried about running out of yarn. Thing is, the yarn I am using seems a bit thick, and due to the roositud pattern, there’s not really a great way to shorten the leg of them. It’s not really like a pair where you can just stop whenever. To be honest, I am rather excited about this nice thick pair of socks. But, by this point, my yarn seems to be running out rather quickly.

Thankfully, since we are looking at blue details anyhow, I figure I can just make a blue toe and it’ll all be ok.

Once these are done, I’ll need to get my butt right in gear for a pair of October socks.