The Soapy Knitter

Merino tencel. Doesn’t it SOUND shiny and luscious?

I have several skeins of tencel in my stash and for some reason I have YET to knit up some socks using it!!! I acquired this skein from The Loopy Ewe. (LOVE me some LOOPY!!! Just ask my bankcard…)

This is Seacoast Handpainted Merino Tencel sock yarn, Olive Branch colorway, about 400 yds. This yarn is destined to become the Crosshatch Lace socks from More Sensational Knitted Socks.

Do you guys think that the colorway is appropriate for this pattern? I may have to make a tiny swatch.

PS: You guys HAVE to see this knifty knitting tool!!! I know Bezzie is one that would love this for sure. I’ve seen a set of 3 of these for $20 online (after shipping and handling)! Ya’ll know what I’m doing this weekend right?! (And don’t ya’ll dare tell me that I’m the last knitter on Planet Terra to have heard of that link!!!)

Last Thursday I realized that today was the last day of school and I still had Li’l Rosi’s teacher to make a scarf for! YIKES!!! I quickly grabbed some yarn and dedicated my knitting time solely to a cute little lacey scarf pattern free from Knitty City. It has no name so I have called it: The Lacey Scarf From Knitty City. Appropriate, doncha think??

I cast on 17 sts only and used 2 on each side for border and then followed the pattern as written. It worked out beautifully. The yarn is Valley Yarns Cotton something or other in the Opal colorway that I got from Webs some time ago (the cone had eleventybilliontrillion yards for like $3!!!). I dunno how much yardage I used. I know that I did 25 pattern repeats and called it a day! It was fast, easy ad cute.

For Esmie’s teacher, a while back I made the Branching Out scarf, heavily modified! HA! I used some Italian lace merino I got from School Products. I couldn’t seem to get into that Branching Out pattern AT ALL!!! So, I did it part of the way and then gartered myself over to the other side and then did Branching Out again to match the first end! VI-OLA! A scarf! HEH!

Waddya guys think? Think they’ll like them?

I put them each in a little box with a note and 2 bars of soap chosen by the girls and the girls drew and wrote all over the boxes. I hope the teachers enjoy their gift.

I also finished my Sangria skirt. MAAAN is this thing KAH-YUTE!!! Wait til ya’ll see it! I won’t take pictures of it until I wear it for it’s intended use and venue so it will have a special unveiling hopefully next week.  (I just have to knit 8 feet of I-cord for the drawstring and it’s ALL SET!) 

I finished a sock yesterday as I waited all day in EFFIN Family Court again - literally, 9 am to 5:45 pm all for NOTHING as we didn’t see the Judge cuz of my stupid a$$ attorney and we have been adjourned to October 23rd. I’m so pissed. I eventually cried myself a river later that evening when I felt I was gonna burst and then Tano came in and almost cried too cuz he finally saw me and we are just all so sick of this shit and just want it to be over. We composed ourselves and continued to present a brave, strong front to the kids. Poor kids. I feel so bad that they are in the middle of all this bullshit. We do try to not mention TWFKAM or the whole case in front of them or to them and it’s been working somewhat. But behind closed doors….

Enough of that.

This Friday is the release of Clue #1 in the Mystery Stole KAL and I can’t WAIT!! It seems that I’ll have enough of the Pale Khaki Malabrigo to do the entire stole in that one yarn. I still haven’t chosen the beads for it, tho.

What color beads do you guys recommend for that color yarn?

For Christmas last year, my adorable hubby went into The Yarn Tree and bought me some fantastic handpainted yarn. I KNOW that he spent a pretty penny because the Yarn Tree ain’t cheap for the handpainted stuff AND BOTH yarns had silk! LOL One of the yarns was boucle. Now…WHAT does one do with boucle??? Well, I pondered it for a VERY long time! I used up the other yarn in a hat and mitts early in the year, but boucle….that took some planning.

One day I picked it up and decided to make a shawl. I said, I’ll wing it. Guys, can I tell ya’ll that this has turned into my FAVORITE summer shawl?? It’s sooo comfy and soft! Perfect for those chilly evenings outside or in the office over a spaghetti strap dress (that one is not really supposed to wear to work! HA!). I love it!! It feels like I have Tano’s arms wrapped around me when I wear it, hence the name.

AND, it knit up SUPER quickly too. The pattern is easy enough and free of course. You can find it here.