Long Time No See...

Sorry I've been away for a couple days. C left on Thursday to head back to the States and I wanted to spend some time with him since we don't know when exactly we'll get to see each other next.

Lots of knitting has been accomplished in the last few days though, so get ready!

Cast-On: Summer Solstice.. 21 June, 2007
Finished: 2 July, 2007
Pattern: Monkey by Cookie A.
Yarn: Wollmeise Superwash Sock in Campari Orange, medium
Needles: Inox 2.5 mm dpns
Pattern Notes: The first sock's cast-on was a little tight, so I cast-on over 2 needles for the second one. Otherwise I absolutely love this pattern and will definitely make it again!!

I also finished one of the Simple Trekking socks. It's very comfy, though I think the thin stripes obscure what little pattern there is on them (there are 2 sections where the ribbing switches from k2p2 to p2k2... can you see them??)

And because I was in the mood for something new, I also cast-on for Nona's Sidewinders.

I'm through Act II and they are turning out really cool so far except for a few things:

1) I didn't do the first couple M1R increases correctly in the toe so there are a few small holes

2) I accidentally did the first 22 rows of the leg in garter stitch instead of only 14.

3) The yarn turns my hands blue.

I also joined the Mystery Stole 3.. but I have no yarn for it, and I haven't ever really done a big lace project... so I'm putting it off for now.

So that's all the knitting news there is for now. There will probably be a lot more in the next week since I don't have much else to do, haha.

Quick Update

Hi there. Just dropping in quick to say hi and that my Monkeys are finished! They look great and I am awaiting better weather and more time to take some great pictures.

C is unfortunately heading back to the States on Thursday, and I am trying to get all the last minute stuff together before I leave in 2 weeks. Like ordering some (a lot) more Wollmeise, haha.

Anyways, I probably won't post again until after C leaves.. be that Thursday evening or Friday or what. Hopefully I'll have some pictures for you by then though.

Talk to you then.

Munich and Socks

Yesterday C and I headed down to Munich and met up with Elemm and Cashyie from Knitters Uncensored for a yarn crawl and just hanging out. I, being the bad blogger that I am, didn't take ANY pictures while in Munich. Here's a recount of the day though with some pictures. Cashyie brought me an awesome present since today is Canada Day (Happy Canada Day Cashyie!):

Coke, Canadian Whiskey, and a cute little garter stitch scarf!

We then headed to various yarn stores around the city. I won't rat out anyone else's purchases (haha) but I bought a few skeins of Lana Grosse Royal Tweed in varying brown/grey colors for a scarf:

I also bought some yarn for my Facebook secret pal, but I won't post it on here in case she reads my blog. After hitting up the yarn stores Cashyie had to head in to work (grad school sucks, haha) and Elemm, C and I headed to the Victorian Tea House and drank some tea (and coffee) and discussed things like Wollmeise. Because C and I hadn't really been in Munich for much other than Oktoberfest before, Elemm was kind enough to take us to some touristy things like the gardens at Schloss Nymphenburg and the Hofbraeu Haus. The Hofbraeu Haus wasn't so bad tourist wise because we went upstairs in the beer garden. Elemm had pulled out his Jaywalkers and several people came up to talk with him about them. It was fun. Another knitter came and joined us...Celina (thanks Elemm).. and all of us (except C) had a good time knitting for a while. I turned the heel on my second Monkey and started on the gusset:

while Elemm finished his Jaywalkers. Celina was knitting some doll clothes. It was then time to head back and unfortunately I slept through some great knitting time on the train, haha. I did get some knitting done when I got back to my apartment though, and my tv knitting is coming along:

Simple Trekking socks (tv knitting)

So that was my day in Munich. I really want to thank Elemm again for being a great tour guide and putting up with going to touristy places. We had a great time!!

ETA: The scarf from Cashyie has found a new home with the french cat that C got me for Valentine's Day. Now it looks even more European!

Train Knitting

So this has to be a pretty quick post, because it's C's birthday today. But I thought I'd give you a few pictures of the finished Tubey, of the Monkey socks, and from my trip to Freiburg this past weekend. So here you are:

Cast-On: ??? End of April 2007
Finished 20 June, 2007
Pattern: Tubey from Knitty
Yarn: Lana Grosse Numero Uno and Numero Uno Tweed
Needles: 5 mm dpns and a 5 mm circ
Pattern Notes: I did an i-cord bind off for both the sleeves and the bottom. The back is a little too wide on top and it poofs out a lot. Also, the green yarn was slightly thinner than the black and made a little too airy of a fabric on the 5 mm needles. I'm not entirely pleased with it, but the pattern was good. Maybe I'll try again sometime.


Otherwise the Monkeys are progressing OK. I finished the first one while we were in Freiburg and cast on for the second on the train ride home. Trains are excellent places to knit. An old lady came up to me on the train ride there and looked at my sock and said "Schoene Muster" (nice pattern). It was cool. Anyways, here are some pictures of the sock:

With some Bio-beer in Freiburg

Freiburg loves knitted socks!

I cast on for the Simple Trekking socks as an easy tv sock. I'm only about 10 rows in. And the picture really sucks, haha.

Well... to finish the post, here are some pictures from the weekend. I'll post again later when I have more time. It's been kind of crazy around here though since I move in 3 weeks, and am applying for jobs in the States while being over here, etc. Hopefully later this week I'll have time.

Freiburg pothole cover; view of the Freiburger Muenster (church) from Schlossberg

Yes, that "gargoyle's" hole is in his ass; stone crocodile in the canal

Pretzel mosaic; skydiving launch from a mountain near Freiburg

A wood mill built in 1621; pretty wildflowers

Day One

I was so excited to begin knitting today. I brought my yarn to work so I could cast on over lunch (Summer of Socks began at 5 am EST... or 11 am here in Germany). And I proceeded to knit while I was "waiting on an experiment." And then I knit on the bus ride home. And most of the evening (I stopped to go to the grocery store and eat dinner). And all night. And now it's 3 am and I'm this far:

Sorry the picture is crap. I just took it and obviously the lighting at 3 am kind of sucks for picture taking. But anyways, as you can see, I've already turned the heel. People say that the Monkey socks go fast.... and man they weren't kidding! I'm knitting them on 2.5 mm aluminum needles. And it's in the Wollmeise superwash sock yarn in Campari-Orange (soooooo pretty.).

That's all for now I suppose... I should really get to bed. Oh, also wanted to say that C and I are headed over to Freiburg for the weekend, so there won't be any updating between now and Monday. Plenty of knitting will be taking place though... long train rides are good for that!

Happy Knitting!