My Week in Photos

The exciting news this week in New Mexico is that we saw cold temperatures that haven't been seen here since 1971. Accordingly we had two pipes burst; the first one flooded the lower level of the house (luckily I don't have carpet!) and then the second one burst after the plumber had been here and left. That time only the laundry room was flooded. All in all it was a rather drastic method of cleaning my floors.

In less dramatic news DH bought me a nook for Valentine's Day (the regular not the color because my eyes didn't want a backlit ereader) so I could read library ebooks. I still love my old Kindle 2 (on the right) which I will still use for cookbooks. The Albuquerque library has a nice selection of ebooks but I may also join the Free Library of Philadelphia for their larger collection ($15 a year for out-of-state residents, click the purple download media button to see their ebooks ).

 

I knit DH another pair of socks. This time I made the Pennant Socks from Charlene Schurch's More Sensational Knitted Socks. I used Elann's Peruvian Highland Sport and size 4 (US) dpns and cast on 60 sts.  And yes, unfortunately, DH wearing socks with sandals is a pretty common occurrence around here

I'm off now to finish my Colors of the Andes socks from Stephanie van der Linden's Around the World in Knitted Socks. I am using colors that remind me of Santa Fe.

Turkish-Patterned Cap

I ordered some of Knit Picks' Chroma yarn to test out for colorwork. This is the Turkish-Patterned Cap from Charlene Schurch's excellent book Hats On! I used size 4 (US) needles and Cascade 220 in black and Chroma worsted weight in the mid-winter colorway.

There is still a lot of the Chroma left (see above) so I think I'll also do some stranded fingerless mitts.

The single-ply Chroma was a lot softer than I expected although I wish it was more elastic.

This shows the colors the best. I only did one repeat of the chart before the crown decreases. The decreases are a bit confusing -  I started the decreases one stitch before the row marker for the beginning of the row.

Mosaic Socks

The January challenge for Sock Knitters Anonymous is mosaic socks. I used the 10 st. mosaic T-Pattern from Charlene Schurch's More Sensational Knitted Socks. My yarns are Knit Picks' Stroll Multi Paisley and Elann Sock it to Me in color 45130. I don't know why I don't do mosaic patterns more often because these were really fun to knit.

I couldn't find any smaller dpns than 3.0 mm so I did the 60 st. version of the socks. The looser gauge combined with the multi-color yarn made the mosaic pattern less crisp but I like the colors together.

Now to find a sock pattern to fit February's challenge - Man Socks!