I finished up a few things this week, hoping to close out August with mostly empty needles to kick off the official start of fall knitting season.
I finished up the second Altitude Sock to complete the pair, which also served as my final pair of socks for Summer Sock Camp 2022, hosted by the Crazy Sock Lady. Pattern is by Helen Stewart of Curious Handmade, and I used a sock set from Momma Jess that was an exclusive Sock Camp color (plus contrast color mini of “Greener Grass”). I made one unintentional “design modification” – each of the pairs of green stripes should have a purl row just before and just after them, but I missed doing that on sock #1, so I just matched it on sock #2. These are relatively easy to knit socks. Aside from some M1L and M1R increases that shape the peaks, the rest is just plain stockinette. I do think if I knit these again, I might go up to a US 1.5 needle for those sections as the increases tend to pull in a little bit. They fit fine but take a bit of a tug to get on over my higher arch; they fit well once I’ve got them on tho.
I should have my Softly Spoken shawl finished to share this week at some point. It’s actually off the needles, but needs all the ends woven in and a good blocking to really see how it looks. (I’m obviously farther along than this picture but you can get an idea of how it looks unblocked here.) The pattern is from Janina Callio of Woolenberry and I’m using 5 minis plus a main color skein from a summer solstice box from Rebel Woolworks in their Sahalie Sock.
I also made some progress on my Desert Mandala this week. I moved across to the left-hand bottom corner and mapped out where the borders are going to intersect – whew! It’s always such a relief when you come to the point in a big project where you hope you’ve counted correctly and everything matches up! I’ll be working more on the diamond interior and woven outer borders this week to continue to extend those across the bottom of the piece.
That’s it for me this week YOP’ers – have a good one!
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Congrats on getting your sock camp socks done. Also a double entry since you used a camp colorway! They turned out great and I love the pattern. Love your colorful shawl. The pattern goes with the sock pattern. 😉
They were really fun to knit – the colors just make me smile. They do match! I hadn’t even really thought about it, but I guess I’m in that kind of color vibe right now. 🙂
That is so awesome that you got your sock camp socks finished … I love seeing them on Instagram and still have to say I absolutely love your Altitude socks. Such beautiful projects you have going and you’re coming along nicely on them too!
I’m definitely enjoying working on socks right now – so many fun options to pick from!
That’s awesome and yes, there are definitely many fun options to choose from. I look forward to seeing what knit with your A to Z challenge 😊
I love those socks and they have such a ‘fresh’ summer feel to round off the season as we head to fall. I’m pleased you got them finished and am in awe at how many socks you manage to complete. I’m very much in the ‘one sock’ camp.
I have a lot of phone call time which tends to = sock time. 🙂 I agree they feel like a nice way to close out summer.
Love the peaks on your socks!
Thanks! They are definitely fun!
Your socks turned out adorable and I love the Softly Spoken shawl. Congrats on the cross stitch border meeting up. It can be a nail biter!
Thank you! Yes – it is always a relief when things actually come together in a far-off corner of a design 🙂
Congratulations on your xs being spot on. I am sure that was a big relief for you too. Your socks are so cute. Love the peaks and valleys in them. Nice that the shawl is off the needles and just needs a bit of weaving and blocking.
Thank you! It does feel good to know things are in the right place. 🙂 I’m looking forward to getting some finished photos of the shawl – the colors are just right for fall.
The socks and shawl look great! I’m always a bit nervous with large cross stitch patterns when I get to the point where I find out if I made a grave counting error on the border stitches…
Yes – THAT! I was very relieved that everything matched up since this has been in progress for 3 years!
I bet!
Oh you are tantalisingly close to finishing your embroidery so that must feel exciting. The socks are very pretty. Good to know about the draw-in.
Yes! The end is in sight – albeit a bit of the way down the road but I am excited to think I’ve gotten myself this close since this has been a several year project!
Congrats on the sock finish! They are beautiful, and the pattern goes really well with that yarn. I also purchased that yarn during SSC. I love seeing how everyone finds different patterns for it. Cant wait to see what’s next on the ABC challenge!
It’s so fun to see it knit up into different things – I agree! Brighton Socks are up next for the alphabet challenge!