Let me introduce Tesserae
Pattern: Tesserae
Yarn: Woolen Rabbit Harmony in Chocolate Chambord
Needles: Knitpicks wooden 2.25mm (love these needles!)
Even though I have been quietly busy, I have been chugging along on some of those UFO's kicking around here.
This pattern is one of my most favorite sock patterns ever. It is very easy to memorize and I love that it does not have a ribbed band at the top. You start off with the pattern right away and the fit is very nice.
Most of the knitting for these socks was done during Courtney's softball games this spring....yes, that Mom that knits. I finally finished them up this week during the Celtics playoff series. What about those Celtics? wOOt!
Now that these puppies are finished, I will move onto finishing up my McGregor Garden socks. Remember...I started that second sock, which usually is a good indication that there will indeed be a pair....yay!
Can you believe how fast the days are flying by? I had all kinds of posts I wanted to write over the last few days about how Dan and Jean came to visit, pictures of the garden, the grandchildren in the pool and my little baby birds.
Between not having time to resize all of my photos as I haven't quite figured out how to get the camera to give me the right size for web pages so as not to eat copius amounts of typepad bandwith and just being plain ole busy, I decided to try one of Flicker's badges. As you can see, I couldn't quite figure out how to get that to work either and ended up resizing anyways....aggh!
A Special Swap
Great socks! I really like the pattern/yarn combo!
Posted by: tiennie | Friday, June 13, 2008 at 12:25 PM
I am crazy about those socks! Great colorway, Kim! Jan and Dean came to visit?? Oh, wait, that's the Beach Boys wanna-be's! HA! I hope you had a nice visit. I used to collect Mary Englebreit things. I have some things that are really old, and that I've bet you've never seen or heard of! In an email, I'll tell you about some of them if you're interested.
Posted by: Debbie | Friday, June 13, 2008 at 09:46 AM
The socks are beautiful. I have to try that no rib at the top trick.
The baby robins are amazing. I could sit here and look at them for awhile.
Posted by: Laurie | Friday, June 13, 2008 at 07:03 AM
Lovely socks! I have a ton of UFO's too, but ya just gotta keep on chugging:-) They'll all get done eventually (at least that's what I tell myself).
Posted by: Denise | Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 05:08 PM
oh the summery photos are great! and those socks . . . wow they are just about edible!
Posted by: anne | Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 10:57 AM
oh the summery photos are great! and those socks . . . wow they are just about edible!
Posted by: anne | Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Great looking socks!
Posted by: Wool Winder | Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 09:18 AM
Your yarn is always so beautiful! Love that color. Enjoy real living, but we do enjoy learning what you've been doing after the fact.
Posted by: margene | Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 08:32 AM
Wow, a lot going on, it's better than posting about it.
Love the socks.
Posted by: Teresa C | Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 08:07 AM
Kim- I love the chocolate chambord..mmmmmm.
At least the pie is low calorie.
Posted by: Lorraine | Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 08:05 AM
You HAVE been busy! Enjoy this weather, it's perfect.
Posted by: Carole | Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 06:52 AM
You're so welcome, Kim. I don't really know what you're going to do with the crocheted pie slice, but it was too cute and funny, I couldn't *not* make it for you.
Enjoy the summer, hope it's a sweet one!
Posted by: Michelle | Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 02:33 AM
It sounds like you've been having a busy week. Great socks! I'm making socks for my husband for Father's Day in the Tesserae pattern right now (one and a bit done) and I'm loving it. Like you said, easy but the effect is striking and great for men's socks, I think. Yours are a wonderful colourway.
Posted by: Valerie | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 10:18 PM