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Blueberry socks

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I managed to wind this hank of hand-dyed yarn (named Blueberry Smoothie) before Pepper came home with us. Since I was having knitting-needle-sock withdrawal, I cast on for a pair of socks: Dumbledore’s Christmas Stockings by Erica Lueder.

I liked the texture and thought it would help avoid any pooling that sometimes occurs with hand-dyed yarn.

In fact, I’m not seeing any pooling.

The bottom of the foot looks so great in plain old stockinette stitch that I’m thinking I’d rather have a basic vanilla sock to show off the fabulous dye job! I really don’t want to rip this back since I’ve already knit past the heel.

Decisions, decisions….

A tale of four sweaters

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It’s a brand new year (well, 41 days ago) and I’m late posting anything so far. My one and only resolution is to keep my sanity and be the Alpha dog (along with Mr. Aitch).

We brought home a cute Miniature Schnauzer on December 17, 2022, and she has been a handful for us. Her unofficial name is Dr. Pepper Jack Cheese Whiz Fondue but we call her Pepper.

My knitting since then has consisted of sweaters for our pup. She’s growing so fast! In fact, I think she outgrew the first sweater in the car on the drive home.

I used the same pattern and size (small) for the top three only changing the needle sizes to get the three sizes shown. For the pink a US #4 needle, the light blue a US #6, and the red a US #8, which is what the pattern called for. I added a hole between the ribbing and body of the sweater to allow for the leash to clip onto her collar and still keep her neck covered.

I made the red one after the first two and decided to leave off the leg ribbing as Pepper is not all that cooperative with getting dressed when she needs to go outside. But then I realized it was too easy for me to get the legs through the wrong holes so I added contrasting yarn colors on the bottom blue sweater for the leg ribbing and around the leash/collar access area for the bottom blue sweater. Red for the right leg and white for easy contrast. It is a medium that should fit her till the weather warms up. 🤞

As you can see, she pulled on the sweater and snagged it in several places. It does the job of keeping her warm on the coldest days. Eventually, she will appreciate my knitting skills and desire to keep her warm in the winter months and not put up such a fuss getting dressed to go outside.

Here she is today after her first haircut minus any sweater as it is a balmy 66 degrees!

Before
After

Happy knitting!

Karate Kid Syncopation Socks

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I may have mentioned in my last post how much I đź’•đź’ť these socks. It is my favorite all-time pair of socks that I’ve knit so far!

The Syncopation pattern is toe-up but I prefer to knit top-down. The textured pattern works quite well either way. I’ve used this particular pattern three times, toe-up once and top-down twice.

My Karate Kid grandson dyed the yarn in June and I overdyed it in August for a deeper, richer green and blue colorway. Some of the original light green is still visible in spots which gives the yarn such depth.

Eye of Partridge heel

I knit these in nine days, quick for me, as I was under self-imposed pressure to get these in the mail before Christmas.

And to add a surprise…

..red toes! That will make it easier (I hope) to lengthen and/or repair in the future.

My focus has turned away from knitting socks for a while but I do have some other projects to share later.

Mr. Aitch and I do wish you a very Merry and Blessed Christmas. 🎄