Work in Progress Wednesday: Al Socks

I finally started on my first 2013 project. I should have started this project sooner but it just did not work out. I first started the project using this yarn, but ran into a problem with the color, it was just too dark and the design of the socks just got lost in the color.

I decided to use another yarn and picked this one. Since the intended project for this yarn did not work out I stashed it away, I thought I was going to make the Mary Margaret Tam but that changed when I needed something for my socks.

I am very happy with my yarn choice now. The socks look great in the yarn and you can see the design. I am currently working on the right leg and I have gotten the 1st of 2 repeats needed. Now we will see if I can get it done in 16 days so I can stay on track.

Until next time, Happy Knitting!

~Knitting Chica

Work in Progress Wednesday: Himbeerwellen

This months on the Google+ Crochet Along group we are working on the Himbeerwellen mitts. As you can see from the project page picture below they are absolutely gorgeous.

Not my photo. This is the photo from the Designer's project page.

I officially started this project on October 6th after I was done with my Rainbow Brite Socks . It has been a real challenge working on this project. The project is done completely in back loop slip stitch, which I have never done before and as an added bonus you have to crochet very loose and that is like a foreign concept with me as I crochet very tightly.

I finished one of the mitts today and as much as I appreciate learning a new technique and as much as I like the look of this pattern I will not be completing this project. Why you ask? Well let me show you....

How bad is that stitching? :(

After all the trouble I went through to get to the end of the pattern. I get to the seam and it is like entering the seventh circle of hell. Really, I am not kidding, I was chilling with Alexander the Great in the Phlegethon (I read the Inferno many times, can you tell?). That is how bad this part was. I started this over so many times that the stitches started to separate from each other. So I decided instead of frustrating myself and destroying my beautiful Bugga, I am going to make Mary Margaret's Lace Tam.

Mary Margaret from Once Upon a Time

Who knows maybe at some point in the future I will give the mitts another try.

Until next time, Happy Knitting or Crocheting!!

~Knitting Chica

Work in Progress Thursday?

I do not know what happened to Wednesday. It slipped right by me and I did not write up a blog post. So today will be my Wednesday and Thursday rolled into one.

First let us start with what I am working on:

One down, one more to go

The Rainbow Brite Socks. I am still going at it. I should have been done with this project ages ago but it has turned into the after thought project. The project that I would work on for a little while when my main project is giving me heart burn. Well, since I already finished the first sock I decided to knock this one out and finish it this week.

Now on to the latest project. On the Crochet Along on Google+ group we are  working on the Himbeerwellen Mitts as our CAL for the month of October.

Not my photo. This is the photo from the project page.

I have yet to start this project, actually I did start it but frogged it so that I can practice on thicker yarn so I can get a hang of the stitches. I am pretty excited about this project. The mitts are very pretty, I am learning a new technique and I get to use this beautiful yarn:


Cephalopod Skinny Bugga in the color Spanish Dancer

What projects are you working on or about to cast on?

Until next time, Happy Knitting!

~Knitting Chica