First sock done

I finished my first sleep sock. Now I need to buy new needles before I can start the next one. I am tired of the 8 inch dpns. As much as I love the pattern, yarn, and want to wear my socks I am afraid of losing an eye.

Pattern Ideas???

Thank you all so much for allowing me to join the L&V KAL. I purchased my yarn a while back, and I'm hoping I can create something worthy of Lisa Souza's yarn, and Lime & Violet's name.

I've had several project ideas, but I'm having a really hard time deciding which project will do it justice.

What are you guys working on, and how's it working out for you?

Sonya aka Shorty

my project for the KAL

I have become fixated on shawls and this is my second one ( the first was in off white cotton) This is my also my second lace pattern. I am really pleased with the way yarn is forming diagonal stripes which are easier to see since I have knitted 3 or so more inches since I took this picture.

I've finally got pictures to share

Well here is the first of my very own L&V BFL that will get woven.





I'm very happy with the way it's coming out. I've got a fingering weight so it will have a very nice drape when it's done.

Hey Violet, did you hear the Brenda now has a loom? What are you waitng for?

Cheeky

More Sock Patterns!

Theresa, of Knitting Underway and Amazing Lace fame, has compiled a fabulous list of sock patterns, and has graciously allowed us to link to them. Theresa is a sock knitter extraordinaire - she has completed 98 pairs of socks, (yes, ninety-eight!) and has pairs 99, 100, 101 and 102 in progress.

Check out the patterns if you're still looking for the perfect one!

Rippit!!

I have now frogged three different patterns. But I will not give up. This yarn is great to work with, but finding the right pattern is a challenge.

My hello and project update

Hi,
I'm combining my yippii I joined and got my yarn post with my I cast on and am loving the yarn post. I am making the heelless sleeping socks from Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush. My biggest issue is dpn length. My spare size 2 dpns could be used for barbecue skewers. I need to make a trip to the lys and buy two more sets of size 2 dpns. Otherwise I may lose an eye.

I finally found a pattern

Ugh, after my first failed attempted of trying to knit a scarf, I'm trying another lace pattern scarf. It's one that I found in Interweave Knits Magazine. So wish me luck!

What's a woman to do?

Ellen: Get anothe spinning wheel! LMAO

One Is The Loneliest Sock

I've not even cast on for the second sock! I suck.

Maybe the solution is to use a totally different pattern.

This sock is simple stockinette, except for the ribbing around the top, which is 4x4.

Man, this is one squishy, comfy sock though!

How is everyone else progressing?

I received my L&V BFL Roving last nite and I can't wait to get started spinning. I will try to post pictures but that may have to wait until the weekend.

Cheeky

Go!

Hello? Anybody got an idea for me?

Okay, other than socks...I wonder what other people are doing out there. I am looking wistfully at my Lime-N-Violet yarncake...what do you want to be? She isn't answering, she seems to be taunting me, daring me to figure her out - how alluring she is - come on man! I'd love to hear some ideas, maybe some lace that would look great in this colorway? I'm just scared to start. Is anyone else struggling with pattern choice? I mean, this could be a long ride if I can't get off the ground!:) I would be eternally grateful for any thoughts or direction knit-a-long pals...

Ready to get my knit on!

 Hey girls! My name is Sarah, I'm from Florida and this is my first KAL - I just ordered my Lime & Violet stash - can't wait to pick a pattern and get started!


Sarah

Lets Get This Party Started

SERIOUSLY !!!
I finally settled on a pattern.
Bev Love
bookshookssticks.blogspot.com

Ready To Go

Hi! I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Shannan. I've got my yarn all wound up and ready to go. I'll be knitting socks, of course.

I'm Ready!

Ok, I'm wound and ready to go. Friday can't come fast enough!

Hooray!

It is SO great to see so many people joining the knitalong! Yay for Lisa Souza Lime and Violet Yarn and yay for you!

Wow, I never was a cheerleader but I totally felt like one for just a moment there.

In other news, if you are working on a hockey mask, you do NOT have to knit it. The only thing tying (man, I love puns) us together is our common yarn (well, colorway, for you roving people -- I have GOT to get some of that soon) so you can make that hockey mask in whatever fashion you wish!

In other other news, check out this gorgeous photo in our favorite colorway:



A gorgeous photo from photographer Sherry Skinner. You can see more of her work HERE.

It's comforting to know that I'm not the only person who has joined the L&V KAL who is spinning their own yarn our of Lisa's fiber. Not sure why that's so but it is.

Count me in!

Well my Lime and Violet yarn arrived yesterday! Squee (as the girls would say) I figured I'd ought to join up and they are responible for my new obsession with socks (not that that is a bad thing) Anyway I wound my yarn today, so fun! I was thinking Snakes on a sock would be a good pattern to try, but since the yarn popped off my ball winder and i had to shove it back on, I'm wondering if I should wait to see the alien baby socks, since my ball now resembles an alien head shape! I am also doing the socktoberfest KAL, and want to try to ge these done since I think htey are fun colors for Halloween!

Yarns Here!

I can testify, like all the rest of you, that my yarn arrived with super-duper-fast-shipping! It is quite a bit thicker than I thought it would be and I'm just curious about what needle size everyone is going to be using.

As far as patterns to knit it with............ if anyone wants to 'kill two birds with one stone', I have started a MY FIRST TOE UPS blog to celebrate Socktoberfest. If you have been dying to try knitting socks from the toe up this is the stop for you! There are plenty of toe-up patterns listed in the sidebar. I will be choosing one of those patterns to use for my Lime and Violet yarn. Stop by for visit.

Just joined....

and I ordered the yarn in merino sock version on Sunday. I think I might actually combine two things and makethem with the Snakes on a Sock pattern, which appeals to me for a number of reasons (not least the title!). amysue