Blue socks for Katherine. She's still wearing through them as fast as I knit them. I'm getting more darning practice but hoping to find the balance.

I tried making this pair of socks at the same time from 2 different balls of yarn. I used some great 9" HiyaHiya knitting needles for one of them. The tips were a good length and the cable super flexible. For the other sock, I used my standby of 2 circulars.


Pattern:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hermiones-everyday-socks

Another pair of socks. These have no wool and can be worn in summer easily. The yarn is called Diversity- so springy feeling and fun knitting. 

The colors of this hat don't show up very well. The blue is dark, but not that dark. More of a denim blue. This is a hat for a dear friend expecting a baby boy. Newborn sized.

I just LOVE how the baby hat from watermelon yarn turned out! It is so much fun to knit with!  I tried making baby socks, but the color blocked in funny ways that I didn't care for. Our baby wore this just after birth and it fit her for less than 2 weeks, but was totally worth making just for the ooohs, ahhs and pictures. 

Yarn from:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtisticYarnbyAbi?ref=l2-shopheader-name

(and totally worth the wait!)

This tiny baby hat was made on size 2 needles with leftover sock yarn. It only fit our 9 pound baby for about 5 days.

I don't usually post things that are unfinished but this is a great exception. This yarn is spectacular to work with! This sock is finished, but I'm still working on its mate. I do hope to be able to have enough left over for baby sized socks to match- and enough time to finish them!

Yarn:

Abi Grasso on Etsy

Baby hat. Why use those thin cotton hospital hats, when you can knit tiny hats with thin yarn on tiny needles? This one actually took longer than I thought because of the tiny needles and thin yarn. But it is so pretty and soft.

Botanical Cowl is the name of the pattern. I used some lovely sock yarn and repeated the pattern one extra time so I wouldn't have any leftovers.It really needs blocking so you can see the eyelets and patterning, but it is unlikely that I'll ever wear or use this so it may take a long time to block.

Another pair of Vanilla Latte Pattern socks. This pair was made using beautiful hand-dyed sock yarn from my favorite line of "A Fling With String". It also helps that the proprietor is a dear friend of mine and the yarn was a gift. I have plenty left over for something baby-sized...

I LOVE Love Fixation elastic yarn for baby socks. These are the only ones I've ever found to actually stay on a baby's feet. Terrible lighting, but they are a subtle variegated pink. I'll weave my ends later.

 My dear aunt gave me this gift of beautiful sock yarn for Christmas a few years ago. It sat as a half-finished sock because at the time I was making cabled socks and had just had a baby. Turns out, they knit up much quicker with a simple pattern. The pattern is called Vanilla Latte Sock pattern, plain enough for anyone to tackle without paying attention to a lot of details like in cables.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vanilla-latte-socks

This is another pair of blue baby socks. I love this elastic cotton yarn. This is the last bit of it, and I figured no matter boy or girl, anyone can wear blue socks. Just 2 pre-baby projects left to knit and I'll start on something new.

Oh, how I love knitting socks! These are slightly large for me which will work out great for a dear friend. It felt so good to be making socks again after a long hiatus.

Polymer clay 'stick'. Sliced thin, poked 2 holes, baked, attatched to sock as button. Someone bought a 10 pack of all white socks. This will help us keep better track.

A bit blurry, but I was in a hurry to gift these. Some men's socks. This is some beautiful berocco yarn. I love the striping!

Who can resist little socks that match mommy socks? This is some fun/funky Kertzer yarn. These socks have the amazingly easy short-row heels. All from one skein, although, next time, I would make the ankles a bit longer.

Oh yeah! Socks for me! These feel sooo good on! Now I know what the appeal is to knitted socks. These are made with Esprit yarn- elastic and cotton. The yarn is so stretchy that I followed the measurements for a child's size and they fit perfect!

YAHOO! My first pair of real grown up (man)sized socks! The first one had some blemishes, but the second turned out almost perfect! I may even make myself a pair of cool and cozy socks.

Two new pairs of socks with cute homemade buttons! They are much easier to match this way.