I did it!

That's right, I finished my Candy Corn socks just in time for the end of Socktoberfest, and course, Halloween! After working on school-related things all evening, I spent a little over two hours just knitting, knitting, knitting (my left index finger, which does a lot of the work given the way I knit, was actually…

so close!

(Just a quick post, as I've got to take off for my 9am class in a little bit!) I worked on my second Candy Corn sock quite a bit yesterday, alternating that with working on my NSF fellowship application essays (which are turning out pretty well, if I must say). By the end of the…

coming up for air

Well, I've survived my first set of midterms here at Rochester, and am finally getting a chance to catch up on everything else. The last couple weeks have been absolutely crazy, and yesterday evening was the first I've gotten to knit in quite awhile now. But before I get to that, I want to make…

busy busy

Bah. I just had this whole post written up, but the accidentally clicked on one of my toolbar bookmarks when I went to check something in another tab before posting. Apparently if you don't have a title on your post yet, WordPress doesn't save drafts for you. Just so you know. So now I've got…

While we’re talking about mittens…

Isn't that an amazing picture? I can't remember where I came across these links, but apparently the Latvians are knitting 4,500 traditional mittens for the participants of the NATO summit there this year. Amazing! This page has even more info about the project, and this one has explanations of some of the symbolism in the…

Estonian-inspired mitten #1 is Done!

Yep, that's right. Mr. Estonian mitten finally got his thumb yesterday. See? And for a palm-side view, there's this: It's a little bumpy, but that's nothing a good blocking won't fix. There's something really magical to me about the moment when whatever it is that I'm knitting is finally off the needles, with all ends…

Candy Corn Sock #1 is Done!

Guess what I found yesterday? My Chibi! It was in one of my desk drawers at work (and no, I don't know why). So, during last night's Dr. Who, I finished the toe of the first Candy Corn sock: It fits quite comfortably, though I think I must have done something a bit different at…

Disaster strikes

I wound up not going to the departmental Stitch 'n Bitch yesterday, as I wasn't feeling terribly well (it turned out that I had a fever; I don't know what the cause is, I've just been feeling really worn out and tired lately and yesterday was the worst). So I didn't get to show the…

Photographic evidence of my knitting progress

In my last post, I promised I'd take photos of my various projects, and I've made good on that promise. First off, we have the Candy Corn Socks, which are almost ready for me to begin toe decreases: I'm knitting the sock for my smaller foot first, in part because I want to be able…

a look back and a look forward

Lolly, headmistress of this whole Socktoberfest business, asked us to share our sock history. I'm fairly new to the world of sock knitting, but I thought it would be fun to sort of recap the development of my sock-addiction. When did you start making socks? Did you teach yourself or were you taught by a…

Socktoberfest (officially) begins; and I join several other knitalongs

I mentioned in an earlier post that I thought some of Lolly's knitalong frenzy had worn off on me, right? Well, here's a little post to gather together the various knitalong-type-things I'm planning to participate in this fall: Socktoberfest officially began today, and my Candy Corn sock is nearly ready to begin toe shaping. I…

the sock has a heel! (and then some)

I had hoped to write this post yesterday, but WordPress seemed to be down every time I tried. Bad WordPress! In any case, I just wanted to note futher progress on the sock, which now has a heel and completed gusset (and is actually a bit further along that it is even in that picture,…