ink n paper, hooks and needles

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 ...

I started knitting a few years ago and now I am obsessed. So much so that I am starting to put my projects and my yarn stash on a site called Ravelry ( http://www.ravelry.com/ ). I'm inknpaper over there, too - for consistency. I signed up for the site more than a year ago but my obsession had not fully bloomed yet. It's in full bloom now! There are baskets of yarn throughout my house. I've knit almost a dozen pair of slippers for family and finished an afghan last week. I'm thinking about a sweater so much so that I bought the yarn for it!

This card is going to a friend of mine. It's SU! Only Orange and Whisper White paper with a piece of handmade paper I got in a huge pack for a few bucks. All the stamps are CS, Avant Garde. I used Versamark and the pop chalk method for the orange squares. It was fun to make...I don't have enough time to play with my paper these days.

I just got my invitation to join Ravelry.com and it looks like it'll be an awesome resource for my newly found love of knitting. So far, I've made two Blanket Buddy Bunnies for my cousins' babies, six pairs of slippers, two scarves and a hat. The hat is too big but it's mine and I made it myself. :) I'm known as inknpaper there, too.  I tried a few other names but none of them felt like me.

Hi hi, I finally made a few things last night and today. I've been in a creative slump. Just can't seem to get myself going but my daughter needed a card for a friend so I lurched into action. Then, tonight I made a two-page LO. Finally.

I just got an e-mail from one of the lovely folks at Club Scrap (link's in the right sidebar). They have put another of my LOs on their gallery. That is so cool! This particular layout was put together using one of the sketches that comes with the kits. I swear it makes me feel like a rock star when they put my work up on their site. If you want to see it on their Web site, which includes a list of supplies used, click here . Thanks for stopping by my blog!

After piles and piles of laundry, I finally sat down and made this card. It's not very fancy but should mail without extra postage which is a plus. Thanks for stopping by!

Here it is....the ATC binder. It's not very fancy, certainly not my best work but I like it. I wasn't going to put all the pieces together tonight because I was going to add some stamped artwork and ink but then put it together anyway so it's very plain.