Gracie's Sox

# 2 circs

leftover Pink Regia Silk

pattern was FIRST created in 2003

it has gone thru a few updates

when i get the tutorial done

i will post a link to the pattern as well

Originally
this sock pattern was created in
Summer of 2003 using Cotton Fine & it had
an Afterthought Heel.
It was called Airy Ankle Skimmers.
Changes were made Fall 2003 when it became a full
legnth sock and was called Peek-a-Boo
The sock pattern was changed again
in Feb 2007, to include a traditional heel
and 2 sox on 2 circs directions
for the Deb Brown for ITE 3

it's the pattern that BECAME Friendship Sox

that Deb ultimatly used to learn 2s-2c

she & i both used pink & peach Regia Silk

to knit matching sox

progress

received 2 sets of stitch markers for current exchange

from Marsha
from Kimberly

UNFORTUNATLY
none of the 3 sets i sent out
2 weeks ago,
seem to have made it thru the mail
it will be a week or so before
i can mail replacements

ITMT
finished knitting the sox for the 2s2c tutorial
still working on the tutorial
when i get it finished, i will post a link

HARVEST SOX PARTNER

OK

so i will have NANCY dye some

yarn for me

when it arrives

i will design a pair of sox

gonna have her dye enuff for TWO pair

'cause i want a pair for MOI!!!!!

gotta stalk my recipient's blog

as if i don't have ENUFF to do

so i got my yarn for the bag

while i was in the LYS

someone had a question

about 2 sox - 2 circs

LONG story short

i will be teaching a class

on Sat Oct 6 @ LYS

so, i will knit up

parts of sox

so i can show the knitters

what they are working on

will work on a tutorial to pass out

after the class

i will post it on the blog

also, designing TWO patterns for the class

after the class

they can pass out the pattern to patrons

Fall Felted Bag Exchange

picked up the pattern & yarn today

wound the yarn

gotta find the needles i THOUGHT i had

ORDERED the yarn for my Harvest Sock Partner

mite have the ISE 5 partner

gotta look

swap partners

got my partners for Harvest Sock Swap

heard from the one sending TO me

sent an email to the 1 i am sending TO

pattern for Fall Felted Bag is in

gonna pick it up tomoro & the yarn

have a MAJOR headache

ears hurt

got a pedicure a month ago

toe nail looks FUNKY

it kinda hurts too

goin' to the doctor in an hour or so

found the directions for the snow child

but, when i went to the bathroom

in JFK

i seemed to have lost the book it was in

so,

back to square 1

putting the SnowChild Stocking on hold for

a week or so

i get to fly with PAM on Mon - Wed

we are gonna have a BLAST!!!!!!

TTTTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun

Sue came into Long Island

to meet me for Dinner

it entailed a train or 2 from Penn Station

haven't seen her in about 4 years

she said i LOST weight since she last saw me

makes me feel good

she looked wonderful as ever

she is currently knitting

2 sox on Magic Loop => Toe-Up

it was fun to see her again

we will try to coordinate my schedule when i am back

in NYC

i can walk 10 - 15 minutes to the train

meet her in Penn Station

take a cab back to the hotel

if it's too dark to walk safely back alone

we had seafood

it was wonderful

headin to the room to knit

so

i am off to the post office

gotta mail my SP11

gotta mail the Stitch Markers

gotta mail Elaine's SOX back to her

as for the swaps

contacted SP11

didn't tell her i was mailing

HEHEHEHEHEHE

MY partner will mail in a week or so

OK by me

Felted Fall bag

pattern will be in soon

then, i buy yarn & start knitting

my bag is being constructed by my partner

one set of stitch markers is on the way TO me

mite be waiting when i get to the po

where i will insert 3 sets into the mail stream

gotta work on the STOCK for Whenever .. AGAIN!!!

will i make sox to match ??
doubdful at this time

STOCK done - well not quite

foot doesn't look right

so i frogged

now to get the time to reknit & felt

last year, i used 2 skeins Paton's & Cascade 220

this year

i am using Riverstone

it only has 187 yards

so i am having to use a 3rd skein

last year i used # 9 circ

this year is a # 11

tryin' to figure out the snowchild

last year i used Sulky Filament to knit with the

white yarn

i tried a DMC

i don't like it

so since i have to frog the snowchild

to get the numbers correct

i will reknit it with the Sulky

more beads this year to look like MORE snow

hole in the middle of the beading is

where the snowchild will go

stitch markers

some for stitch marker swap 5

some for SP 11 partner

some for Fall Felted Bag Partner

some for Deb

wooden beads

20 gauge wire

WHO - HOOOOO

penny told me about this sock swap to join

sounds fun

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DONE!!!!!!!

I finished Deb's sock first

but mine got to be tried on first

since Deb was driving

her peach sock is on her left foot

my pink sock is on my right sock

I knit debs sock to the toe

Put it on smaller circ

Knit 5 rounds

Put debs back on

Ready for the toes

Neeed sleep

Will finish the sox later

gusset decreases done

on row 40 of the foot

40 more rounds for Deb's sock

45 more rounds for MY sock

yup

just checked the row gauge

ooppppzzz

better check the math

FINALLY!!

got a chance to call Susan at Crystal Palace Yarns
about the designs for the sox

she will send me some Panda Wool so that i can knit
a model of the Lime-Ade sox

that i used for Aug New Yarns pattern
i will send the sock & the pattern back to her

the Nov Kit for Whenever ... AGAIN!!
was gonna be Panda Wool
she asked if i would like to do it in Maizy
OF COURSE i would

so, she is sending me some to knit

a sock out of

i will send the sock & pattern back to her

the colors are BEAUTIFUL

i see 3 or 6 i wouldn't mind using for

sox, scarves, hats,gloves


she is also going to send me a skein of Panda Cotton to play with

there is some

sitting in Indy with the rest of my stuff

when Panda Silk arrives,

she will send me some to play with

oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh
i hope i can buy enuff Panda Silk to make a scarf out of
if the partner for ISE5 doesn't want it
i will suffer & keep it for myself
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

off to run a few errands

then i can finish the Friendship Sox

Deb is currently ahead

also gotta do laundry & clean

the room & bathroom today

but, the sox NEED to be finished tomoro

so i can start the STOCK for OCT Whenever ... AGAIN!!!

ISE 5

well ... as ayou can see by the button on the right

International Scarf Exchange 5 is open for

registrations

just sent off my questionnaire

gotta tell Deb about it too

in a month or so

i will be knitting a scarf

hehehehehehehehehehehehe

let the GAMES begin

New Diet

i got this from Kathy

i HAD to share it with others

since i laughed so hard

i about fell off the bed when i read it

NEW DIET

I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina for

my dog and was in line to check out.

A woman behind me asked if I had a dog........

Duh! I was feeling a bit crabby so on impulse I told her no,

I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't

because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50

pounds before I awakened in an intensive care unit with tubes

coming out of most of my orifices and I.V.'s in both arms.

Her eyes about bugged out of her head.

I went on and on with the bogus diet

story and she was totally buying it.

I told her that it was an easy, inexpensive

diet and that the way it works is to load your pockets or

purse with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two

every time you feel hungry.

The package said the food is nutritionally complete so

I was going to try it again.

I have to mention here that practically everyone in the

line was by now enthralled with my story,

particularly a tall guy behind her.

Horrified, she asked if something in the dog food had

poisoned me and was that why I ended up in the hospital.

I said no.....I'd been sitting in the street licking my butt

when a car hit me.

I thought the tall guy was going to have to be carried out the door.

SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO progress

i turned the heels today

then Deb & I went to the Yellow Daisy Festival

it's HUGE!!

not much knitting stuff

did meet a vendor who knits

but left the needles @ the hotel

she was considering using 2 pens

but, the ink could be an issue

she is thinkin' of using chopsticks

after we left, i remember someone selling

hair sticks

expensive, but they would work

errands to run

then i think i will need a nap

too much fresh air & exercise

or i mite pick up the gussets

it's a RACE!!

i am ready to turn the heels on the sox

who will knit faster

me or Deb ??

she is further along

she is cruising down the foot

swaps

so for FFBE

heard from the one sending TO me

e-mailed the one i am knitting for

she gave me some choices

now to decide WHICH to make

acquire the pattern & yarn

then start knitting

and for SP11

heard from the one sending TO me

heard from the one i am sending to

got a few ideas

hhhmmmmmm

now to acquire them

and get them in the mail

Stitch Marker

no partners yet

FRIENDSHIP SOX

Peach is for Deb

Pink is for MOI!!!

when we are both done knitting

we swap the sox

and both end up with a pair

oh yeah

like you already figured out

the pattern is mine

recycled the 2nd time

Originally
this sock pattern was created in
Summer of 2003

using Cotton Fine & it had
an Afterthought Heel.
It was called Airy Ankle Skimmers
Changes were made Fall 2003 when it became a full
legnth sock and was called Peek-a-Boo
The sock pattern was changed again
in Feb 2007, to include a traditional heel
and 2 sox on 2 circs directions
for the Deb Brown for ITE 3

RAVELRY update

You signed up on August 10, 2007
You are #24642 on the list
13272 people are ahead of you in line
6154 people are behind you in line
36% of the list has been invited so far

so, i am making progress

on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:39:45

14010 were ahead of me

that's 738 that have been added

in about a week

FINITO!!!!!!!!

STARTED Sun Aug 26th

FINISHED Sun Sept 1 @ 11:57 PM

YARN Magenta Panda Wool

NEEDLES 3.00 mm addi

PATTERN MINE

created the pattern on Fri Aug 24th

it will be the Nov Kit for Whenever ... AGAIN!!

they would have been sooner

'cept last nite when i got home

i was toooo tired to knit

kept dozin' on the couch while Deb & Chuck

watched TV

they said i snored

who knows, i mite

Deb has turned the heels on the "Friendship Sox"

she won't post a pic till she finishes them

ITMT
she has caught on to the 2 sox - 2 circs

don't know why she didn't get it sooner

guess i am a gooder teacher than i thought

gotta sleep