FO Friday - Mini Version

The Mochi is Mini and FINI!  Yay for new socks!!  So on Wednesday, I mentioned that I had just a wee bit more to go to finish up sock #2.  It turns out that I was lying my face off.  Oops.  I actually had about half the foot to go.  But because I am insane, and didn't want to let anyone down... I finished it anyway.  Phew! That was a long haul -- and totally worth it.  Here they are, in all their it's-10:30-and-I-want-to-go-to-bed-style poorly photographed glory!

Seriously.  I promise to post better pictures this weekend.  Sheesh.  But at least you get one more badly lit and slightly blurry modeled shot:

I have to admit, I'm seriously in love with these.  They're super warm, and soft and cozy.  I'm curious to see how they wear, and promise to report back.  The yarn is great.  It splits like everyone says, and it has lots of thick and thins spots (also as everyone says), but for me, the amazing colors and the softness more than make up for the inconvenience.  Here's hoping they hold up.  Fingers crossed!

That's it for me this week.  I'm so impressed by all of you who whip out 2 or 3 projects a week.  I'm good for 1 or 2 a month, and that's if I go on laundry strike.  Y'all are some seriously talented knitters!  Now, head over to Tami's blog and check out everyone else's FO Friday goodies.  Then go have yourselves a fabulous weekend!

Work In Progress Wednesday v.32

Another Wednesday, and I finally feel like I'm getting somewhere.  Yay!  In fact, I've made so much progress on the Yummy Mochi socks (Ravelry link) that I'm saving the pictures for FO Friday.  Just an inch or two of foot left, and then the toe.  I'll be really glad to see these finished for lots of reasons.  Obviously, I'm super excited to wear them.  But I'll also be glad to be done with this pattern.  It's getting to be a bit dull.  I chose it for its simplicity, to best show off the scrummy yarn so it's my own fault.  But I'll be glad to do something other than K3 P1.  The pattern is well written, and the socks fit great, so I'm not knocking it at all - promise!  It's just time for something new.

Speaking of yummy yarn, I'll have a fair bit left after my socks are done, and have been contemplating starting a sock yarn blanket.  Have you guys seen these?  The projects on Ravelry are kind of mind- blowingly great.  But they also look like a mountain of work.  So what do you think?  Should I give it a go? Or am I crazy for even thinking about it?  Help me decide?

 The Vest From Hell has also come along a bit this week.  The right front is finished(!), and I've picked up stitches and started knitting up the back now.  Hopefully, no more problems and the rest will go quickly.  Here's this week's oddly-colored shot (sorry - I'm tired of looking at it, too!)...

Finally, with finish line in sight for my socks, I've got a new project percolating and can't wait to dive in!  I'm knitting a Super Secret Citron.  This'll be my first time knitting with lace weight, and my first shawl, so I'm a little nervous, but I'm super excited to get started.  I can't tell you what it's for yet, but it's a gift.  And hopefully, I'll be able to spill the beans soon because I'm pretty excited about it.  Speaking of excited, check out this gorgeous yarn...

It's Filatura di Crosa Nirvana, and it's so, so, so soft.  And light.  And the color is gorgeous.  I hope I can do it justice.  If all goes well, I'll get to cast on this weekend, so you'll get a peek at the shawl-to-be next week.  New projects are so fun!

Speaking of fun, head over to Tami's Blog and check out everyone else's new projects this week -- there are bound to be some amazing things happening over there!

Work In Progress Wednesday v.31

Not so much knitting this week, I'm afraid.  I was sitting here, staring at a pile of unknitted sock, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why I hadn't gotten more done, but then I remembered...

•  My bathroom sink is fixed, and water actually runs *through* it now.  Epic.
• Mr. Right's garage stairs are once again whole and functional, until the next time he bashes into them with the truck...
•  The fridge is full of food, and we'll both have home cooked meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner all week.  Yum.
• And, oh yeah... I've spent the last 2 days in meetings all through my lunch hour.  No knitting lunches for me.  Far less satisfying than the rest of the distractions on the list, but part of the price of being gainfully employed, I guess.

 Anyway, that's not to say there's been NO progress, just precious little.  Sock #2 is bigger...

I thought about trying to get the stripes to match on these, but it seemed like so much hassle, and it's not like they won't still go together.  Right?  Hope so, because this is one pair of socks that's definitely more fraternal than identical.  I still love them a whole lot, though.

Oh yeah, the vest.  Sheepishly guilty admission time:  I ran home and cranked through a few measly rows so I'd have some progress to report, but that's about it.  The right front is all done with decreases, has the right number of stitches, and just a couple inches to go before I bind off and start working up the back.

 I gotta say, you guys definitely keep me honest!  If not for WIPW, I'd have stuffed this thing under the bed a while ago.  Thanks for the motivation!  And if you need more of that, go check out all the other Works In Progress this Wednesday.  There's some cool stuff going on out there!

Work In Progress Wednesday v.30

Yay, week 30!  I am proud to say that I have yet to miss one of these little outings, even if I have little (or nothing at all) to contribute.  What does that say about me?  That I need to get a life, is what it says.  Ah well, I'm sure I will some day, right after I finish knitting (Ha!)

So here's what's up around here this week:  Yummy Mochi socks continue to progress.  And since some folks have asked - the colorway is called "Spice Market".  Anyway, I'm happy to announce that they are now "socks" instead of "sock" by virtue of this:

That, my friends is 2.5 rounds of 1x1 ribbing on size 1 needles.  It is all that exists of sock #2, but I'm still pretty happy about it, given that it means sock #1 is done done DONE.  Whee!  And sock #1 is so soft, and so squishy and so warm that I'm dying to give it a companion.  Mini Mochi as the cure for Second Sock Syndrome?  Entirely possible.

And, because I am a masochist, I went and picked up the cable lace vest (which henceforth will be known as The Vest From Hell) again and started working on it.  I've managed to start working up one of the fronts now, and it's possible this might find its way to the finish line some day.  Maybe.  I so wish I didn't hate this pattern, but my gosh.  I really do.  I hate that it requires so much thinking, and 2nd guessing, and fixing of errors (the pattern's not mine), and the writing out of lines so I can keep it all straight. Blerg.  It's character building, right?  Well, I've built about 8 rows of character in the last day or so.  Here it is, in all its poorly-lit (sorry!) glory:

The FOs that come out of this pattern are really, really pretty.  So I'll finish.  And then I'll reward myself with some squishy yarn... because it's better for me than chocolate.

And now I'm off to check out everyone else's Wednesday Progress -- there's so much lately!  It's kind of awesome.