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Kai Mei is half done!

After many mistakes, and lots of tinking back, and lots of mistakes just left in there, the first sock is done.

Now that I’ve got the first one under my belt, I think the second should be no problem. These will be this year’s Christmas gift for my little sister. She picked out the pattern and it’s actually a fun one.

It’s hard to believe July is close to being over… I still feel like summer just started! Emmet’s been getting friendly with the wildlife in the backyard.

He found 2 of these tiny guys while I was mowing the lawn. He saved their little lives.

So I’m feeling like Christmas will be here before I know it. And this year I am determined to have the presents knitted BEFORE Christmas. I’ve done the calculations, and I believe it’s possible. I have 7 gifts to finish before December. I mapped them out on my calendar, and I have a plan in progress. Hopefully I can finish the second Kai-Mei sock within 2 weeks. I’ll keep you posted!

Li’s Christmas socks

Ok, so they’re a little late. She’s my little sister, and she understands that socks take a lot of effort and time. But here they are, finished last night.

The pattern is called Cauchy from Cookie A’s book, Sock Innovation.

So, the pattern was really easy. And although proud of another pair of finished socks, I’m not in love with them. Aesthetically, the pattern itself is just ok…nothing as illustrious as Cookie’s other socks, but I needed something simple to work with the yarn. The yarn is the problem.

I used a yarn called Zauberball. When I saw the tiny picture on the skein, with the color softly blending in and out on a pair of socks, I fell in love and got excited. The yarn screamed out LIANA and I knew this was to become her requested pair of Christmas socks. But then the yarn got all super fuzzy as I was knitting it. I wasn’t happy about that, but the colors faded and blended properly on the first sock…the one on the left. Then came the right sock, and I realized as I was finishing up the heel, that the color had changed too quickly (GASP) and now the gusset was not looking like the beautiful fade of the first sock, but more like a stripe of different color across the top! This was NOT what was supposed to happen.
Sigh….what’s one to do? I wasn’t about to frog the sock after having knit the whole leg already. I’m not THAT much of a perfectionist. And I know Li won’t mind. So, anyway, here they are.

Now comes the fun part of deciding what pair of socks to knit next! I have been wanting to learn how to knit Toe-Up socks, so maybe I’ll try that.

Incoming!

Fun! Do you see the sparkles?

My sister spoils me. She has a yarn addiction, and when she’s not buying yarn for herself, she’s buying yarn for me. These fun socks are made from one of the Berroco skeins she bought for me last year. I now have more yarn than I can knit into things and she’s still going, starting me a collection of yarn for next year for my Christmas present. She makes me pick out a pattern for each month, and then buys all the yarn I’ll need for that pattern. I’ll tell you what, it’s very motivating. I have to knit like the wind now to clear out as much of my stash as I can, making room for the incoming.

I am so spoiled. And excited.

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