Battle of Knits

Alright. I was the one who said “I dont even wear socks, why would I want to knit them?” and “I dont understand the sock knitting obsession”… Yes, that was me. I hate socks. I grew up in Maine and wore socks for about 10 months of the year and in winter I found myself layering those socks with more socks… When I moved to Florida in 2004, I went my entire first year and wore nothing but flip-flops… except at work of course, but I kept my flops in the car and changed into them the minute I was out of work! Last year when I quit my job to stay at home with my son I threw out all of my socks… keeping only a few cute pair… my Boston Red Sox socks, my flame socks and a really comfy Adidas pair. Lately I have been wanting to learn more knitting techniques and try new things… I have also been following Liz’s Blog: Knitting Is My Free Therapy and she has joined a Ravelry group designated to knitting a pair of socks each week for a year. This blows my mind and I recently saw some pictures of some socks she has done… they inspired me to try my hand at socks. Lorena, one of the lovely ladies at Hank’s Yarn & Fiber suggested I try “Silver’s Sock Class” which I found amusing, since I had this one in mind as a good tutorial, from another recomendation on Rav. I started yesterday with some Ultra8 merino by Art Yarn. I had no idea what this yarn could become or should become… it will now become my first pair of socks. I will update with more pictures very soon! I am just now at the heel flap. I have decided to make them shorter style, ankle type socks, because I will be more likely to wear them that way and they will knit up much faster. Its my first pair… why go nuts?

Another Amazon gift from Josh. I have been reading this recently and it has some cute patterns in it. A good book for beginners like me… not to advanced, but it has a lot of different style projects in it. I love the mud-flap girl tank… too cute!

OH Marr Haven, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…
Still adoring this yarn! I could not decide whether I wanted to knit of crochet with it, I finally decided to crochet a soaker, since I can do that fast and then I can use it sooner. In this picture I took it outside to the patio to get a good picture, since it just does not photograph well indoors no matter how much light I have…
I will be using more Marr Haven in the future. I want to make a big chunky sweater out of it for myself, I just love it.

Here are Aprils shorties, nearly finished. I put some fun trim on them… They are the perfect Gator orange. I love them.