Lorna's Laces Sport weight LakeView Finished!

These are so pretty! Hubby got these for his sport warm collection of socks. Last year his fingering weight socks were not warm enough to wear when he took the bus to work. My hubby is so sweet. He takes the bus at least 3 or 4 days a week to save money on gas. It really helps us be able to pay the bills. It is a pain since he has to walk a ways to catch it and it takes a extra 30 to 45 minutes to get home. It helps me buy a skein or 2 when I get a good deal on ebay. I have gotten some really good deals.



Needle 2.5mm
Cast on 68
Short row toe and heel!

Lorna's Laces River color! Finished!

These came out so cute!

Cast on 60 decrease to 56 for flap and then rest of sock. Daughter loves them so much that she wore them all day after I hide the strings without being washed first.

My Gauge is 9 stitches per inch on a 2.5mm They are big on her since I want her to be able to wear them for a long time. Will just adjust the toe with extra yarn left over as needed as she grows. This was only one skein of Lorna's Laces in River color. Only had one!

I am so tired lately I am not sure I want to make too many more socks this year. May take the rest of the year off. Of course, I really can't since I have friends and family waiting for their socks.

Opal Rainforest 2 Pfau Finished!

Needle 2.25mm

Cast on 84

Short row heel

toe decrease to 14

Opal Rainforest continues to surprise me each time I make a pair. They look totally different on the skein. Hubby added another pair to his collection!

What only 8 stitches left before working back up on short row heel! Crazy?

NOT! Opal Rainforest 2 Raupe Another picture was posted when I finished the actual pair on an earlier blog entry. No one told her to kiss the sock!

Here is a picture of what my 8 stitches left in the middle on a short row heel looks like. They fit my husband's foot perfect. I say it all depends on the foot shape. I get a gauge of 9 stitches per inch.

Lorna's Laces Vera

Finished 8-07 Another lovely short row heel with a short row toe pair.

Cast on 76
Needle 2.5mm

Is it a Bee or Tiger?

Finished 9-9-07 Rainforest Hummel 1613 to be exact!

I just had to try something. I cast on one sock with 2.0mm at 88 stitches. and the other was knit with the new size from knit picks 2.25 cast on of 82. I made sure they measured exactly the same. The pattern changed very little as you can see. I just love them. They are for hubby as usual. My mother thought it looked more like a tiger than a Bee.

I got 11 stitches/inch & 16 rows/inch on 0 needles. 10 stitches/inch & 15 rows/inch on 1 (2.25mm .

New and Old knee socks!

Opal Traumfanger 1233 (Dream Catcher)

I wasn't ready to send these socks to the too short pile. So I took the entire foot out by cutting off the toe and ripping all the way back to the ankle and then remeasuring her foot and working a whole new sock from the ankle down to the toes. They came out just as cool as the first pair. First pair is the one with the black chair background. New pair is just folded over. Each pair is identical to it's mate. I can't believe I was able to do that with left over yarn and what I ripped from the old sock. Now, she will have warm knee socks for another season. I have plans to do that with a few more pairs as they become too small. Note: The yarn shows no wear or difference from the worn and wash socks next to the new yarn that way left from the original socks. Opal is a very hardy yarn. I truly love the finished products. It is very stiff to work with unwashed but that is a small price to pay for great lasting color and yarn.

Lorna's Laces Bee Stripe

Can't decide which view I like best! They are so cute! My five year old is very happy! Already picked 2 more skeins for more socks!

Finished in the wee hours of the morning accept hiding the threads! August 14th.

Cast on 68 and then decreased slowly to 56 for heel flap and foot!

Needles 1.5 (2.5)

I left plenty of room to grow all over! Am hoping she wears these at least a year.

Opal Magic 1035 purple - pair complete

Done! Hurray! Finished August 9, 2007

Needles 1.5 (2.5)

Cast on 76

Gauge 9 per inch

Lorna's Laces Ravenswood & Mt. Creek Socks

Finished July 11, 2007

Both are single socks! I am using up my single skeins of sock yarn. Hubby loves colorful socks. He will choose which of the single socks to wear with each of other single socks when I am done with all the single skeins. This way if one get a hole he will still have a few to choose from.

These two are cast on of 76 with needle 2.50 short row heel and toe. Love them!

Knit Picks wool and silk dye it yourself yarn

Finished June 30, 2007

Knit picks yarn

Made on 0 and 1 size needles. Cast on 64 with needle size 1. Switched to size 0 increased to 68 for short row heel & foot. Made a very soft sock. If I had made the foot longer. My daughter would be wearing them for years. Really was surprised at how much I loved this yarn. Too many wonderful yarns and not enough time to knit them all. Wish her feet would slow down growing so I could keep up with her socks. lol All her knee socks are too short for winter but still in perfect shape. Plan to cut off the toes and reknit them longer. I have done that for many of her other socks and it really has extended the life of the socks.

Opal Rainforest 2 Raupe

I am working my way through the rainforest 2 collection of Opal. Don't know if I will do them all but I am trying.

Finished June 30, 2007

Opal Rainforest 2 Raupe. Can't tell you how much I love these socks on my husband's feet. I wish I had gotten a picture of them on. This picture does not do them justice.

Cast on 80 decrease to 76 for leg and then 38 for heel in short row and 40 for instep after heel decrease back down to 38 for foot. regular toe

Done on needle 1 - (2.5m)

Lorna's Laces Springer

Finished June 7, 2007

Lorna's Laces in Springer colorway. Just love them. Soft and sweet looking. Just finished these yesterday with the Opals. I cast on 60 and deceased to 56 for heel and foot. Deceased toe every other row all way to 12 and sewed it up. These are soft and beautiful. Knitted cuff down. There is a 3 garter stitch edge on the flap. First time trying this. Love it. Also did the decease in the corner instead of one stitch over from corner. Like that too. Washed them first before I scanned them. I am going back to scanning before washing. They lie flatter. Used 2.5m needle.

Opal Rodeo 1150

Finished June 7, 2007

Opal Rodeo 1150. I cast on 60 deceased to 56 for heel and foot. Made them a little different. They fit my daughter perfectly. Didn't make them long enough since they fit so great now they won't in 3 months. I will cut off the toes and add some then rather than do away with the socks. Used a 2.5m needle. Went to knit picks to buy the size one and they were already out. Knit cuff down. When I got to the toe I countinued the decrease every other row until I had 12 stitches left. Folded over the outside stitches on the next stitches to make 10 left and then sewed the toe shut.

Opal Rainforest 2 Schlange Socks

Socks are complete! 5/15/07 These have taken me the longest actual working time of any pair yet. I don't spend a lot of time knitting per day so I thought I would be working on these until next christmas. It is because they are on 0 needle. I had to needle 99 stitches per row and 92 on others to get a good fit. I didn't make them match on purpose. I wasn't sure I even liked them until I saw them on his feet. Very cool looking. Lately, he has been wearing out his socks in about 4 or 5 months. They were on size 1's so I decided to do a smaller gauge of 11 stitches. Since it feels like it took 2 times longer maybe wearing out ones socks in 4 or 5 months isn't so bad. I am re thinking my plan of 0 needles all the time. I get 9 stitches on 2.5 which are really 1-1/2 needle size. Will use larger needles for next socks. Short row toe up with short row heel.