Life LackaDaisiCal

This is a photo of a happy Husband...seriously happy...why? Last week? Not so happy....that was me.... not so happy to see this hole in his sock! These are his ONE AND ONLY pair of hand knit socks! These are perfectly good socks.....I knit them back in 2006! Yes I did....I checked my original photo of them...2006! So I couldn't throw them away....it was time for Sock Surgery! First I used tiny 1.5mm needles and picked up a round of stitches, just below where the sock shaping started! Then I cut the toe off! Yes I did!!! I tinked back a row to make sure I had  ALL OF THE STITCHES  and.... Knit a couple of rows and reknit the toe! This is  +Rowan Yarns  Fine Art in the shade "Rowan" This was left over from the "Follow The Arrow 2" shawl by Ysolda Teague...check our my  "Purple Rose of Cairo" blog post! When I got to the the last 7 stitches on each needle ....I knew I had to graft... or Kitchener Stitch thos...

I LOVE getting things in the mail! While wandering about in the huge virtual shopping mall know as the WWW, I came upon this .... it let me have a look at ALL of the patterns on Ravelry here ... and there was a Paypal button! I couldn't resist....and this fabulous book arrived today! 10 gorgeous, wearable sock designs all using  Rowan Yarns Fine Art Sock Yarn . The Charts are big, clear and easy to read! +RowanYarns  #RowanYarns #FineArt #knitting #sockknitting #RachelCoopey