Shine, I Started a Sock Blanket

More Blankets

2010-07-01T05:41:00.000-07:00

I decided that one mitered square blanket wasn't enough and have started two more. One is simple - malabrigo worsted - yummy - but I need more colors - so if you read this, which I doubt, and you have malabrigo scraps that you don't have any plans for - I would appreciate them.

The other is dk/sport up to light bulky - mostly worsted, but any kind of fiber/weight that makes a reasonable sized square - again - if you have scraps, let me know.

I abandoned my sock yarn blankie for a minute, but I will be back on it this month - last month I was determined to finish my Citron - and it beat out the blankie.

I've got some great new yarns and colors and am really looking forward to knitting on it again.

I did start another blanket - the Hemlock Ring Blanket - in a delicious cotton/wool blend from Cestari. I think I posted details in my regular knitting blog.

Anyway, I really ought to be working :)

2010-05-12T15:13:00.001-07:00

Woot! Stitch n pitch info incoming! Aug 10 (tuesday night) $34 with $10 food voucher! Save the date and check out the website we are on it!

2010-04-14T18:02:00.001-07:00

Also 1 sk of mal like single ply for big blankie and maybe something for my 10 st blanket

2010-04-14T17:49:00.001-07:00

Shopping list for mdsw: 600 worsted or aran weight kettle dyed for garden of alla shawl-gift for swap partner-sock yarn for blankie small sk

The Church of the Blankie Has Begun!

2010-01-21T04:05:00.000-08:00

TSR has about 12 or more people working on this blanket now, but because we are all pretty much polyamorous in our knitting, we don't get to work on it as much as we'd like.

So we decided we should meet up about once a month to work on just the blankie, swap minis, and of course, hang out more.

The first of these meetings was this past Saturday, and we all brought food and spent an entire afternoon and evening socializing and knitting!

I only got a couple of squares knit, but it was nice to be back in the swing of the blanket.

In other news, I'm dyeing a new colorway out of my Simple Sock line for the Orange Mini Swap! It's going to be called Orange Sherbert with Chocolate Sprinkles, a mostly orange with some dark brown. I'm so excited!

and a little bit hungry!

2009-11-02T08:02:00.003-08:00

(2/2) loving. Milkweed is going well and juno is taking a little break.

2009-11-02T08:02:00.001-08:00

(1/2) Knitting away on numerous projects! Got a very addicting entrelac scarf to work on and am working on a scarf made from malabrigo for a gift that im

Square 60

2009-06-19T19:22:00.000-07:00

I hope to update pictures soon, plus want to start using some of the hand-dyed I got in a swap.

I have 60 squares and my remaining bottom squares have gone mia somewhere. I have 1 half square on the right side, which I have determined to be an actual outer edge. I will keep the left side open until I decide it's wide enough.

WWKIP Day 2009

2009-05-24T05:17:00.000-07:00

WWKIP - Philly style June 14, 2009 @ 11:00 AM

Rittenhouse Square
south-east quadrant of the park
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States

United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Hosted by: Third Street Ravelers
Location: Rittenhouse Square
Time: 11a - ?
Date: June 14, 2009

How to get there:
As with previous KIP events, we’ll be hanging out on the lawn in the south-east quadrant of the park. Look for the people with yarn and needles on blankets looking content in each others company under the canopy of green tranquility.

Please bring:
Bring a blanket or towel or chair to sit on. Bring your WIP! :D Feel free to bring snacks for yourself or for sharing, if you would like, and remember water! Last year was very warm, and hydration while knitting is important. Also, the nearest bathrooms are at Barnes & Noble. Otherwise, just bring yourself and plan to have fun.

The backup plan is:
We have no backup plan. We like to live dangerously.

This KIP is not knitting exclusive
There are no bathrooms nearby.

Duplicate?

2009-05-24T05:16:00.001-07:00

Somehow, when I started knitting on my blanket this morning, I realized my current square looked an awful lot loke a square I had done some time ago. IN THE SAME ROW!

How'd I manage that? I'm not even all that fond of that yarn!

Needless to say, it's in my swap bag RIGHT now. I don't know how I managed to use it twice, if I was sleeping or if someone else cast it on for me but Woops!

Is the Sock Blanket like a zombie infection?

2009-05-20T18:59:00.000-07:00

I've successfully (with the help of my good fellow blankie maker Krista aka monochromaticgirl on Rav), infected at least two of my knitting group members with the blankie bug!

I'm super excited and can't wait to get my hands on their yarn. I mean - now that we all have the disease we should share right?

I particularly am amused by conversations that are rather like this:

Me: I'm not sure what color to use next in my blankie, I think I want something lighter next
Krista: You can look through my balls.
Me: Want some of this ball? (picking up one from my pile) It's tofutsies.
Krista: Sure!
Me: Can I use some of that green ball?
Krista: It knits up like this (points at square in her blankie)

2009-05-13T17:30:00.001-07:00

Knitting a red shawl at the phillies game. My sock yarn blanket is calling me from the bottom of my bag! Why do you torment me so!

New pictures!

2009-05-03T07:41:00.001-07:00

I took some pictures of my progress yesterday!

I'm also in the middle of dyeing some 100% merino for a full skein swap!

Each person is dyeing their own, sending it in, and getting about 5 grams of each back! I'm so excited. Right now I've got a minty green base down, I'm hoping to get a little more blue into it!

Woot

2009-04-21T09:41:00.000-07:00

The yarn I picked for my most recent square scared me a bit. It had black and blue and yellow in it, and I was just afraid of how it would turn out.

But, I never got to the yellow, and it's very pretty.

The problem with this blanket is that its so addictive. You just make tiny squares over and over and get instant gratification and progress at the same time.

It's so hard not to cast on another square when you finish one. I need to work on my actual SOCKS today thanks little blanket!

2009-04-17T04:49:00.001-07:00

My sock yarn blanket is moving along. Love those tiny IG squares!

Putting it Together

2009-04-15T06:02:00.000-07:00

I realized it's going to be difficult to keep track of my squares when I'm in swaps that don't identify the yarn and when I put the blocks together it's difficult to weigh how much yarn I'm using.

It's moving along nicely though. I like it!

I lost count!

2009-04-12T15:19:00.001-07:00

But I'm going to try to catch up with where I am. I did start to join blocks together. It's pretty! I'm so glad that I am working on this. Thank you Shine!

Picking Up

2009-04-05T06:55:00.000-07:00

I'm almost ready to start making things stick together. I think the biggest thing that is keeping me from moving forward is having to ball the mini skeins. The second is that I only have one set of needles.

I want the harmony ones from KP, but am having a hard time buying just one set, when there is a whole kit available. And I have a hard time getting them all when I don't use them often. But 12 dollars for the 2s and 3s vs 30 for all?

Next order!

Squares Thirteen and Fourteen

2009-02-22T14:22:00.001-08:00

I've finally made squares with yarn I used in a project. These are from BSJ2 made for my co-worker who is expecting twins. I made two squares not because I like the colors but because I did want all the colors to be represented.

I still have to catch up on photographing and weighing some of my squares. If they weren't in the other room, I'd photo them right now.

Knit Picks Simple Stripes - yellow, pink,blue
size 2 bamboo

Square Twelve

2009-02-10T04:43:00.000-08:00

A mystery yarn - in PINK! It was sent to me by mysteri1229 (I think, I should double check) as a surprise with some koolaid she sent me to try.

Mystery Pink
mysteri1229 - KYS
size 2 bamboo

Eleven

2009-02-06T08:17:00.001-08:00

Knit Fit Knitting - Footapi - pinks
Knit Fit Knitting free sample
size 2 bamboo

This is a blanket-square-sized free sample that Knit Fit Knitting sent to me, it's so amazingly soft - I can't wait to see how it knits up into a square - I just cast on last night!

Thanks to my Monday night class showing a movie last night I finished this up.

The sample was just enough for 1 square. I really liked working with it!

Ten

2009-02-06T08:05:00.000-08:00

This is heavier than the other yarns I've used, but it's pretty, so I wanted to use it anyway!

Pignouin Corrida 4- Purple
KYS (racheltim)
size 2 bamboo

Square Nine

2009-01-24T07:41:00.000-08:00

I've always wanted to try this yarn, so when I saw a post that Dani was partialing off some, I sent her a message and a few days later a bit showed up for my blanket!

Thank you!

Patons Kroy- Green/Blue
SYB () -
size 2 bamboo

Square Eight?

2009-01-24T07:39:00.000-08:00

Is that all I've made? I'm not even ready to start joining them yet.

of course, I don't have it with me now, but I wanted to report that I finally finished it.

Even if I did get 'caught' knitting on it by my boss waiting for a meeting to start.

Wildefoote?- dark red and black
KYS - nirbhao (part of the starter pack)
size 2 bamboo

Square Found!

2009-01-16T06:47:00.001-08:00

In a project bag, no less. Must finish it, photo it and start the next! Woot!

I've managed to misplace my current square

2009-01-15T16:55:00.000-08:00

If you were a square, where would you be hiding? Please come back. I have lots of nice yarn to use.

Did you see that Lorna's Laces that Val gave me? It needs to be on my needles!

Whoops

2009-01-08T15:28:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted in here in a while. My sock blankie was on hold while I worked on Christmas knitting, but now it's moving again.

I just got some super awesome yarn in a bouncing bag swap and mailed out almost 100g to another swap.

I'm going to go find dinner and knit now.

Square Seven

2008-11-27T14:13:00.000-08:00

The Lesson of Square Seven

You can't break Panda Cotton.

Panda Cotton- Bright sherbert
KYS - nirbhao (part of the starter pack)
size 2 bamboo

Square Six

2008-11-21T17:32:00.000-08:00

I wonder if at some point I will get tired of numbering these! Probably at the same time I get tired of posting about them. Are you tired of reading them yet?

Tofutsies - green variegated
KYS - nirbhao (part of the starter pack)
50% superwash wool, 25% soy silk, 22.5% cotton, 2.5% chitin
2 grams
size 2 bamboo

I love how soft this is - a little splitty, but not so much that I didn't like using it!

Scary

2008-11-15T18:20:00.000-08:00

I thought I left my pencil case of yarn at the movie theater.

Square Four (and Five)

2008-11-11T12:28:00.000-08:00

Square Four (and Five)

Mystery Blue Yarn
KYS - nirbhao (party of the starter pack)
size 2 bamboo
content unknown
2 grams each (approx)

(I think this might be Rowanspun, but I'm not sure)

Enablers

2008-11-10T14:28:00.000-08:00

I've been holding of on casting on new squares so I work on my Christmas knitting, but that hasn't stopped from thinking about it!

Today I was thinking about a bag that I could keep my needles and yarn in for spontaneous squaring. Over the weekend I bought size 2 bamboo DPNS to keep with the project.

Then I went to my mailbox and in one of my packages was something extra! I had claimed some Panda Soy in a swap (you should see the shade of purple - omg) - and in the bag was also some Panda Cotton and some OYT Bamboo, added specifically for my blanket!

I think I might have to cast on another one soon, even though I have other knitting to do. Or maybe I should work on getting those arm holes to 11 inches.

Thank you Marla!

Christmas Knitting

2008-11-09T12:54:00.000-08:00

I want to keep sneaking in squares, join the swaps, make this a project. But I've got a little over a month until Christmas and a vest for my dad that I have to finish.

Sock blankie squares are going to have to hold out - even though I got some six inch bamboo size 2 dpns.

I'm in the process of setting up a slide show of the yarns and squares, but right now it's just looping on another of my yarn albums until I can get this one set up.

Square Three

2008-11-06T17:17:00.001-08:00

size 2 aluminum needles
KYS
Astro Dye Works Rayon Cotton
blue/green/red/orange
Rayon/Cotton (% unknown)
4 grams

Square Two

2008-11-06T04:55:00.001-08:00

size 2 Knit Picks Harmony needles
KYS - nirbhao
Knit Picks Dancing (part of the starter pack)
green/blue/yellow/purple
41% cotton
39% wool
13 % nylon
7% elastic
2 grams

Day Two

2008-11-06T04:28:00.000-08:00

It's the morning after. I'm not trying to cut my arm off to not wake up the project beside me!

You know what's really fun about this project? You can knit the squares onto each other. And you can knit them individually and knit them together later.

Now I wish I could find the rest of my size 2 dpns. And that I had organized them like I had always thought about.

I also really like the provisional cast on that is suggested for the squares. I've done some pretty horrible provisional cast ons before that have always let to needing to cut out the waste yarn. The one on knitty that is linked to on the original blanket blog is fantastic. And I was even able to figure it out in a decent amount of time - and remember how to do it the next day (this morning, I tried it again)

Square two is on its way. I might even cast it on in the next few minutes.

Of course, starting this blanket means I can play in the KYS sock blanket yarn swap, but I'm having performance anxiety. I measured out 10 grams of the Cestari I used in square one. It seems like a huge amount. Especially since that first square of mine only used 2 grams.

I need to remember to work on Christmas knitting too! (But wow these squares are nice for the instant gratification knitter in me).

Square One

2008-11-05T18:29:00.000-08:00

size 2 aluminum needles
Cestari 2 ply Sock
KYS
White Dyed Blue by unknown
100% wool
2 grams

Day 1

2008-11-05T18:24:00.001-08:00

There's a girl I know online who started a sock blanket and kept trying to convince me to start one.

I kept resisting.

Until today.

She sent me a bunch of sock yarn pieces. All cute and labeled.

Thanks Shine! smooch