Black and Blue and Purple

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Sue

No, no, no I’m not bruised.  Looking at my current projects I realized that I’ve got one purple, one black and two blue!

Remember me saying I had too much yarn? Well, the purple is the only one that came from my stash. Yes, I went shopping!  But it was for a good reason.  Guess I better explain.

The purple project is a pair of socks in a pattern called ‘Hedgerow’ by Jane Cochran.  The first one came off the needles last night and I’m very pleased.  Now to cast on #2 so I can start to wear them!

The black project is a pair of mittens for Bruce.  I was looking on Ravelry a week or so ago and saw this new pattern called Troiclaux by Kim McBrien.  They’re perfect for Bruce!  I’ve got the first one cast on but I’m not going to post any photos so you can all try and imagine what they will look like!

Over the weekend I learned about a program called ‘Super Scarves‘ – an effort to produce 8,000 hand knit scarves for the volunteers for the 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis!  I figured I should do my part and make one so I picked up the necessary blue (and white) yarn at Stitches & Scones last night.  While there I did also get a skein of Colts Blue for myself and am trying to decide what to try and finish before the Big Game on Sunday!  One suggestion has been some socks for the new monkey . . .

3 thoughts on “Black and Blue and Purple”

  1. trbasil

    I have got to start looking at who post these before I read them. I read it thinking that Bruce wrote it until I got down to the part about the mittens and though “this monkey stuff has gone too far, now he is referring to himself in the third person”

  2. Miss S

    Is that cabling I see or something else? I love the look of the stitch!

    1. Sue

      It’s actually a 4 row pattern based on 4/2 ribbing. The center 2 of the 4 is a seed stitch variation. I really like how the pattern runs down the heel.

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