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June's Head to Toe

You blog reader types are an interesting sort.  When I fail to post, you don't visit.  [Smart, the whole lot of you].  I'll try to catch up, but you should know that my absence is not limited to the blogosphere, but also shows on my message boards and even (gasp!) Ravelry.

Here's what popped off the needles in June.  I shall skip the niceties of formatting, for fear they will crash Typepad.  [note to Typepad:  you still suck]

2 unbloggable pairs of socks, for testing, editing and the like

Monicas for 2 friends and one daughter

Pretty, pretty blue Pomatomus from a Fleece Artist Mill End

Sheesh, is that it?

Head to Toe for too-cool May

Pardon the backdating (again), but it's been a wild ride of a time.  More specifically, a meetings in the city - kid turning 5 - dance recital - barfed on at the walk-in clinic - trip to the ER with 5 year old - friend and son being baptized  - daycare graduation - birthday party at the hair salon - first night of summer soccer kind of time.

Do my excuses suffice?

It's also been a big month for stolen late-night knitting moments, so I've been producing, albeit at a somewhat slowed pace.  Here's what fell off the needles in May.

Socks:

• Broad Spiral Ribs in Estelle Arequipa
• Coriolis Socks with Garter Rib cuff in Seacoast Handpainted

Tiny stuff:

• Sweater and socks in Panda Wool
• Sweater and socks in Lucy Neatby Celestial Merino

Hat:

• Chemo cap in Panda Wool

In secret stuff, I sent a sock submission to Lark Books in May.  While it won't be a part of the book, they've had enough good submission to run a pattern-only sock club, and they want to use my design for that!

More posts coming, my sweets, I promise.

April's head to toe, by the blog

Dumbass Deb is still playing the working mom, and claims to be too busy to play with me.  (Whoever heard of a charity luncheon as an excuse?  Sheesh.)

Head to toe for April likely contains some unblogged items, but I'll get the daft cow webmistress to catch up as soon as possible.

Socks:

• little Pomatomus for Mikayla
• Upstream Monkeys in Colinette Jitterbug
• Marilinda in Opal solid
• Toe-ups in STR light, Mist colourway

Sweaters:

• Cables and Os!  (Are you tired of that bitch her babbling on about it yet?)
• Little cashmerino pulli for baby Ava

Scarves:

• Lace Ribbons in Fleece Artist merino sock mill end
• Jen's slubby scarf
• Tube scarf in STR, Mudslide and Stormy Weather

Hats:

• Le Slouch in Rowanspun aran

Thanks for the words of support.  I think Deb needs to know where her readers stand on her treatment of me.  Now I'm off to pink-eye her pillow.

Head to Toe for lousy March

For the head:

• 4 unoriginals
• several unblogged
• Urchin and matching scarf
• Azure baby cap

Bags:

• Lauren's diaper tote
• Jessica's purse

For the body:

• Cash Iroha sweater
• Lucky Baby sweater
• Swallowtail shawl

Feet:

• Kelly's purple clogs
• unbloggable socks

Other:

• Jingle Boob

Details on some of the above to follow...

Simply a Show and Tell

  With so many finished objects and so little time to share them, I bring you March:  the first week.  You'll find this post completely devoid of wit, wisdom and humour.  You've been warned.

First off, I inadvertently over-formatted my last post to the point that I can't re-edit it.  Missing from last month's head to toe is the mother and daughter clogs I worked for a coworker and her little girl.  I forgot to photograph the finished pairs and deleted the progress photos, so if you're not on Ravelry to look me up, just imagine clogs, just like the other eleventy thousand pairs I've done in the last year.

The diaper bag for the mum of little Lauren is now done, and really cute.  Toothache cute.  Diabetes-inducing cute.  I think you get the picture, so here are a few more you can click for a larger view.

 

 

The Cashmiracle sweater, AKA the 4-day sweater, has been worn several times already.  The fit is customized to the point that it makes me giddy with glee to don it in the morning.  I'm just that simple.  Click for bigger.

 

I started a Swallowtail Shawl for a charity event, and while I have very little done, I'm still excited to see it taking shape.  Yarn is Schaefer Anne, and I love it so.

I worked another Urchin, this one with a matching scarf, and it really made me think of a certain coworker, so I gifted it as a highly random, very early and very late birthday present.  (Hi Lou!  This one's for you!)

There's more, much more.  Perhaps I'll bang off another post when the wee ones get to bed.  See you soon!

The extra day made all the difference

Head-to-toe for February 2008

Head:

• Pomatomus cap in STR lightweight

Neck:

• Branching Out in Alchemy Bamboo
• Strangling Vines in Handmaiden Sea Silk

Kids:

• West Coast Sarah's raglan sweater
• Koigu t-shirt
• Amy's felted tote in Bernat felting
• 2 urchin hats in Joanne Marvel
• Bernat Soy raglan

Feet:

• Bayerische in Knitpicks Risata
• Cables and Corrugations
• Serendipity (Blue Moon club sock for January)
• Sunrise Socks (from New Pathways) in double-stranded Tofutsies

Thank goodness for Leap Year!

First Head to Toe of 2008

January was a great month to get back into the knitting groove.  Since I was on post-surgery physical restrictions, I felt little guilt about curling up in my favourite recliner with far too much coffee and my sticks and string.

Here are the tallies.  They look shocking, even to me.  (For more info, archives can be accessed on the right.)

For the feet:

• Retro Rib in Panda Wool
• Salish Sea in STR medium
• Ian's Trekking socks
• Jason's stripey socks
• David's clogs

Sock tallies:

• 4 pairs so far in 2008
• 67 pairs since the start of the Plunge

For me:

• Thermal!
• Swirly felted bag

For the wee loves of my life:

• Amy's whale tail sweater
• Charlie's letterman sweater
• Tyler's letterman sweater
• Baby B's secret sweater
• Lauren's pink soy sweater

Frogged for now:

• Koigu socks

On the needles at the turn of the month (several to be blogged later):

• Big bag in Bernat Naturals felting wool
• Strangling Vines in Handmaiden Sea Silk
• STR stashbusting hat
• West coast Sarah's Supersock sweater
• Bayerische in Knitpicks Risata
• Blue Moon's January club sock

Off for now to  rest for tonight's festivities:  floor seats at the Michael Buble concert!  Have a great weekend, all.

Sock stats 2007

As promised, the sock stats for the year 2007.

Total pairs completed:  79

Total pairs completed during the 52 pair plunge part of 2007 (April 1 - December 31):  63

Average pairs per month in 2007:  6.5

Average pairs per month during the 52 pair plunge:  7

Fewest pairs completed in a given month:  2 in December

Most pairs completed in a given month:  9 each in June and August

Breakdown by month:

• January - 8
• February - 3
• March - 5
• April - 9
• May - 8
• June - 9
• July - 5
• August - 9
• September - 7
• October - 7
• November - 7
• December - 2

Phew!  Someone needs to take break and knit a sweater!

Head to Toe Catch-up

Now that things are back to reasonably normal, I'm trying to close off 2007 by finishing up my head to toes for the year.

October 2007

For the feet:

• Online socks
• Jeweled Steps in Koigu KPPPM
• Hybrid Bartholomew/Marina Piccolo socks in Cherry Tree Hill Supersock
• Spiraling Coriolis in Natural Dye Studios yarn from KOL swap
• Sea Wool Anklets with mock-cabled gussets
• Undulating Rib in STR lightweight
• Lenore (club sock) in STR lightweight

For little people:

• Silken Slippers in Fleece Artist Merino and Handmaiden Sea Silk

For the head:

• Tiny hat in handspun
• Adult hat in handspun

November 2007:

For the feet:

• Roza's socks in Lorna's Laces
• Anita's Online socks
• Loksins in Fleece Artist Sea Wool
• Loksins in off-white Kroy
• Pomatomus in off-white Kroy
• Skacel Lifestyle socks
• Pomatomus in purple Opal

For the body:

• Harriet's Flower shawl in Knitpicks Shadow
• Helen's shawl in Louet Gems Opal
• Amy's shawl in London-Wul mohair

December 2007:

For the feet:

• Bartholomew's Tantalizing socks in Black Bunny Fibers merino
• Charade socks in Fleece Artist Merino
• Clogs for David P.

Other:

• Swirly felted bag in Patons Classic

I'm now off to do some sock tallies, which I'll post shortly.  Happy 2008, all!

Just this once

Seeing as we're now halfway through November, and I've been on 8 airplanes and spent the lion's share of time sleeping in unfamiliar beds, maybe just this once I can skip the head to toe bragfest.

October archives are here.

A major highlight, of course, was completing the 52 pair plunge.  I'm now back at socks with a vengeance, and will do my best to do a proper post soon.

Soon, my pets.  For now, it's laundry, returning phone calls and playing with the cutest little girls on earth.