ink n paper, hooks and needles

About a month ago, I saw a post for a summer knitting bag and yarn combo from  Knitters Brewing Company  and  Prairie Bag Works .  I fell in love with the print on the knitting bag and the yarn looked bright and fun, so I went for it! The bag is roomier than I expected and I love it!  It's well made, too. It came with a double-pointed needle holder and a beaded stitch marker. (Mine is different than the ones pictured.) And, of course, there was yarn! About the same time, I bought the April 2019 issue of Simply Knitting that came with a supplement called Super Socks. I picked a pattern called Bubble-icious that had stripes across the top where the bubble texture is, but I thought they would work with this yarn.  And I think they did!

I finished one of the socks that has been pushing me over the edge. Another week or so and I'll have a pair! Hooray!!!

These socks really are my bane! I've never done the heels and toes in a contrasting before but it didn't seem like it would be too difficult.  I had just finished picking up the stitches along each heel flap for the gusset and did four rounds when I realized something was not quite right. I forgot to switch to the main color to knit across the top of the foot so now there's a pink band across the top. Sigh. I am NOT going to fix it! I am going to knit until I'm out of pink or within four inches of the end, whichever comes first, then I'll switch back to blue. I don't expect it to look good but I just want to get these off my needles!!

So, I've named these socks "Soft Mistakes" because they are a pair of Mistake Rib Socks made with really soft yarn. Yeah, I know, I'm not a very clever name-giver. I am now thinking of changing their name to "inknpaper's Bane" because this has been one of the most frustrating projects I've done in a long time. To start this little project, I chose a yarn that I didn't have enough of but I didn't notice until I had finished the heel flaps. I decided to save the project by working the heels and toes in a contrasting color, which meant I had to frog the heel flaps. And order some contrasting yarn. When the new yarn arrived, I switched to it and flew through the heel flaps and ONE heel turn. While working the second heel turn, I got lost and had to rip out a few rows, which, unfortunately, happens to me often and is no big deal. Except, when I was done with the heel turn, I noticed I dropped a stitch on the first row of the heel turn. ...

The Kirsche colorway yarn showed up yesterday.  It's a lot more pink than I expected from the product photo but I like it. I also picked up a color called Papgei to make another pair.  So, I'll post pics when they are done and let my mom choose which pair she wants.

I am was making my Mom a pair of socks using the Mistake Rib Pattern by Barbara Breiter.  I've used the pattern to make myself a pair of socks already.  I like the roomy fit and they're a pretty quick knit. I'm making them using the two-at-a-time on one long circular method and was about to begin the heel turn when I noticed how small the balls of yarn looked.  I jumped on Ravelry and looked on my projects page for the details for the first pair I made.  I used about 345 yards to make a pair of anklets. I checked my stash page to see how much yardage was in each ball of Sapphire Regia Softy Color.  Holy yarn balls, Batman!!  I only have 272 yards of yarn!!  I cannot believe I did this.  I am NOT a new knitter.  There is no excuse for this sort of oversight. So I've frogged out the heel flap and ordered some Regia Softy yarn in a reddish/pink color called Kirsche to work the heels and then I'll work as much of the feet as I can with ...