Monkey Fish

Addicted?

Moi?

Surely, you jest??

Picot Monkey Knit on!

Sunday in the Park...

Pixie Park, that is...and back by popular demand (n=1 works for me, this is a knitting blog, not science you know!!)

STARBURST!!!!

Picots

A short row heel

And a couple of toes make for a pair of

Monkey socks!!! And because I'm compelled...

Just one more little teeny weeny picot pic....

Specs:
Pattern: Cookie A's Monkey sock pattern
Yarn: STR 'Pixie Park' medium weight
Needles: Addi Lace 2.5 mm
Mods: Picot edge, short row heel with a mini-flap, anatomical toes

Another SOS pair completed!! Woot!

Please give a shout out to Allison...Hi Allison!!! Allison is a new knitter who is doing a fabulous job with her first scarf!! Thanks for visiting Allison! See you in September!

Hi Rani...your picot edge is lovely!!! I think you've got it!! :) Yes, pick up the stitches from the cast on edge, fold the edges together (private sides facing inward, public sides outward) and knit the live stitches together with the picked up stitches.

Pink Picots and TV

What is this pinky goodness? (note the absence of the Starbursts...ahem)

Do you recognize the stitch pattern? Yes, the yarn is really that bright!!

The tell-tale picot edge...

Picot edged Solstice Slip socks in 'SitC' TV Yarn

These are destined to be SOS pair #3. Really. The color IS that bright!!

Gone Fishin'

Fishy Wishy in a Dishy

From See Jayne Knit Yarns

I'm addicted.

Meow and a little woof

I saw this over at Words and Wool

You Are: 30% Dog, 70% Cat

You and cats have a lot in common. You're both smart and in charge - with a good amount of attitude. However, you do have a very playful side that occasionally comes out!

Are You More Cat or Dog?

Done, done, done!!!

What do picots

Waves

Heels

and toes make?

Monsoons!!!

Specs:
Pattern: Inspired by the River Rapids sock by Sock Bug and based on #196 in The New Knitting Stitch Library by Lesley Stanfield
Yarn: STR 'Monsoon' medium weight (February Rockin' Sock Club)
Needles: 3.0 mm Addi lace for the cuff; 2.5 mm Addi lace for the foot; 2.25 mm dpn for the heel
Mods: Picot edge, short row heel, anatomical toe via PG-R

Love them! I wish I could capture the color better tho!!

In the Pink!

Ahhh...it's a relaxing and cool Sunday morning, I'm in the pink indeed!

Fresh rockin' hair (no that is not Cousin It under those locks!)

A cute sheepy stitchmarker (Thanks Jen!!)

I heart Hello Kitty!!

With my trusty STR in my stash....I am in need of absolutely nothing. Nothing.

Happy Knitting!!

Play date!

So, what happens when the fiber goddess and the neuroknitter get together on a Tuesday evening? Play time!!! Well, at least one of us plays....The other one captures it on a memory card for eternity!!

Some of us knit toe up....

and some, cuff down....

Some of us dig the picot action. Alot.

It's all good. Just knit!

Weekends are for...

Picking fresh strawberries from the garden!

knitting....

...watching the hypericum and

tomatoes grow!

Lets not forget about marathon TV...literally and figuratively (Thanks Wool Girl...yum!!!)...

And having Max help me with the blogging

until he is too pooped out and catches 40 winks in the middle of it all!

Summer of Socks Progress report alert! Finally!

First up: Monkey socks: One sock completed

Specs:

Pattern: Monkey socks by Cookie A

Yarn: STR 'Pixie Park' medium weight

Needles: Addi Lace 1s, 2.25 mm dpns for heels

Mods: Picot cuff, short row heel with mini gusset, and anatomical toes

Next up, Solstice Slip socks (June offering from the Rockin' Sock Club)

One sock completed...

Specs:
Pattern: Solstice Slip by J.C. Briar for the Rockin Sock Club
Yarn: STR 'Firebird' light weight
Mods: Short row heel and anatomical toes

Also on the needles, but not an SOS sock, is my second STR 'Monsoon' sock...the heel has been turned and I'm on the home stretch!

I hope you all had a good weekend!!

Caldera

Here is the Solstice sock enjoying the view from the deck upon arriving at Caldera!

Here is the front of the A-frame cabin I shared with another investigator...

and here is the view upon entry! I slept downstairs and had all that glorious morning light waking me up!!

Here is more of the view from the deck of the A-frame.

After a day of creative thinking exercises, we enjoyed a big...really big camp fire.

I hiked (long walk) around Blue Lake early Tuesday morning. It's gorgeous, yes?

Remember the Biscuit fire in Oregon in 2002? 500000 acres were burned! The site in which Caldera Art Center rests was in the thick of it, yet thankfully survived unscathed...you can see the burned trees in the picture above. You can read more about it here and see more pictures here.

It was a good retreat. Learned alot. Met some very inspiring people.
We also learned about the development of the new MS campaign Join the Movement.
Check out the video on their site.
Check out the Wall here.

Powerful stuff.