Loving Cookie(A)'s

ore knitterly excitement.......the first installment of Cookie A's sock club arrived!

Having previously received the patterns (two) and cookie recipes (two, one by the beloved Alice Yu) by email, I was mightily excited waiting for the yarn itself to wing its way to my door. It feels so lush and is beautifully dyed by String Theory, but it's testing my colour boundaries.....isn't that part of the fun of yarn clubs? The colour is one I would have never chosen myself and I'll admit to feeling a bit deflated when I opened it, but a few days on and I'm softening to its charms. In a week or two it might have become my new favourite at this rate, but if not I shall make something for somebody who more in tune with its green hue. Either that or I shall commit the sin over dying with some blue in the microwave!!!

Loving knit Love

inished!

My first Knit Love Socks of the year were finished in a speedy way. The first one had some ripping back and a few changes had to be made, but then the second one flew off the needles over an intense attack session.

I have discovered that I'm more of a following a diagram kind of girl and less keen on reading row upon row of written notes. I kept miss counting which row I was on because I was incapable of remembering whether I had actually moved the row counter on or not. Duh! Someone suggested moving a Post-It note down the rows and that seemed to help, though then I kept forgetting whether I'd moved it or not.... I'm clearly in the grips of middle age brain cell loss!

Ans what do i think of them? Well, I LOVE Alice's yarn, it's immensely soft, but firmly spun, the colour is great and I love the pattern, but it's love with a lover case 'l', not the big all encompassing Love that i have felt for some of her more patterned varieties of socks from last year. However; contented I am and they are well deserving of the flashing drop cap! Thanks Alice

Giddy with Excitement

xcited? You bet!

There I was checking my emails when I came across one from Cookie A, some spaces had opened up on this years sock club and I was on the waiting list. Before I knew it, with no level of self control at all, click, click and yahoo, I'm in.

Do I really need to be in another club? No, but its Cookie A's: yarn, two patterns each time and a cookie recipe evidently. Baking and knitting, what could be more perfect? I might be insane with excitement by the time the first installment crosses the pond!!!

Knit Love Club - Crowley Socks

Alice's final installment of the Knit Love Club 2010 was a quick cabled sock which fits really nicely. While I did nearly come to blows with winding up the yarn (which was the biggest mess ever and took three evenings and a few curses to unravel) I must say that it won me over in the end. A Verb for Keeping Warm's

Annapurna Cashmere Yarn is a great yarn, soft, but strong and I suspect it will wear well.

 

Knit Love Club - ''2luvcrew"

Finished these socks in record time for me after casting on the second sock before I got distracted and went on to something else. The little love hearts are so stretchy and fun to knit. Another great design from Alice.

Knit Love Club - ''Caretta Caretta"

Caretta Caretta got renamed in my project page on Ravelry to 'bling- berries socks' because the colour of the yarn reminded me of blackberries which are over- ripe and leak their colour everywhere.

The 'bling' element was obviously in connection with the beads (that sit in the lace pattern holes) which I have continued onto half the instep pattern attempting to stop where my shoes would come.

The yarn was Spirit Trail fibreworks Sunna and is unbelievably soft and deluxe to work with, what a treat to go with another of Alice Yu's brilliant patterns.... I enjoyed these so much that I knitted other things in between working on them to make them last longer.

Knit Love Club - 'Rumpled'

Hurrah, I've managed to get these finished at last. They were a breeze and I'm planning to use this pattern again. I finished them on Langland Bay Beach, Wales on holiday, which seemed most appropriate given the colour and the glorious weather.

Spring Shoot's Socks all finished

I was lucky enough to get into Alice Yu's sock club this year called Knit Love on Ravelry and This is the first set of socks that I've got round to finishing.