Blogiversary

March 10th, 2008

Four years. Wow.

And here I find myself on my fourth blogiversary with absolutely nothing to say. Even my pictures.. meh! I meant to take them earlier in the day, while the natural light was perfect and plentiful, but it just didn't work out that way.

Go With The Flow socks by Evelyn Clark from the Spring 2005 issue of Interweave. If you've been reading my blog for any length of time, you may recognize the yarn. Its Cider Moon Flurry in "Peas and Carrots" which started out as Roza's Socks last September. They just weren't turning out, so I ripped, skeined and washed to get rid of the knit kinks. As soon as it was dry, I cast these on.

The Lucy Bag. Oh my am I excited about this one. So excited that I'm nearly done! Why so excited? I've wanted this pattern forever. Literally. I went to buy it at my then, local yarn store in Madison, Lakeside Fibers, but they never had it in stock. Seriously, as soon as it restocked, it would be gone again. Even online, every time I looked.. out of stock. Finally, on Saturday, I found Mission Rose had it in stock. Its being worked in my fave felting yarn, Patons Classic Merino.

How cool are these socks? Really, just how cool? And how cool is Anna Zilboorg (yes, that Anna Zilboorg!) for coming up with this pattern as an incentive to donate to Barack Obama's campaign! Anna sent me this this .pdf file with additional pictures and information on how to get your very own copy. A great group to donate to the campaign through, is the Ravelry Knitters for Obama group. If you can't manage to get/open the .pdf (it happens sometimes), just forward your email donation acknowledgment to campaignsocks AT swva DOT net, and she'll get the pattern out to you.

I'm working these in Berocco Comfort DK, but its 50/50 acrylic and nylon. Not exactly an ideal fiber for socks. But I also picked up some Dale Heilo (100% wool) .. so a second pair is on the horizon.

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9 Responses to “Blogiversary”

  1. 1 Kelly
    March 11th, 2008 at 1:08 am

    Those socks are fabulous!! Corey wants to know how much to get a pair knitted for him. LOL! He is fussing at me to figure out knitting faster so I can make cool stuff like this.

  2. 2 Julie
    March 11th, 2008 at 8:46 am

    Happy Blogiversary!

  3. 3 Vicki
    March 11th, 2008 at 8:48 am

    Happy Blogiversary, Carla!! I’ll be celebrating four years of blogging soon, too (ditto the “wow”).

    Have had a hankering for a Spiedie… I’ve still got the empty bottle in the kitchen as a yummy reminder. Any time you’d like to share your favorite recipe, I’m all ears.
    ; )

  4. 4 Lisa
    March 11th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    COOL socks! Happy blogiversary!

  5. 5 Nan
    March 11th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    Wow - four years. Thanks to your inspiration, I am just over a year into blogging. Keep up the great work!

  6. 6 Emma
    March 11th, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    Happy Blogiversary! I’m knitting the same socks. It’s a nice, soothing, relaxing pattern, for sure.

  7. 7 Nancy
    March 12th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    Happy blogversary!!!

  8. 8 Gizmo
    March 13th, 2008 at 10:27 am

    Hey cool plugin for ya, just discovered. Gravatar.com. Then everyone who has a Gravatar avatar will have it show up in comments. Commentluv plugin is pretty neat too. It shows the last post the commenter made on their own blog.

  9. 9 Daisy
    March 13th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    AWESOME Obama socks! :)

    And have a happy Blogiversary! (((deadhead hugs)))

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