Sunny Spread - a little progress

This has been an ongoing project for over a year now. I pick it up every now and again and do a bit but i am getting bored with it now so i am trying to finish it. Actually, that's not true. I'm not bored with it. I just want to start something else!

I tried playing around with it....

But in the end i decided to stick with the pattern but not have holes in the corners.

The problem then was that when i started out i put 5 stitches into the corner then put it down for a while and when i picked it up again i had forgotten that and only put three in the corners... This has led to much frustration. Should i rip the squares out and redo them with five? Should i plow on and hope i can make it fit together?

Well, i plowed on and made them fit!

It's been a bit of a struggle but it's all of my own doing, the pattern itself is great!

I just need to decide what's next in the way of a border or more panels perhaps? It's hanging in the living room so i can ponder while i knit the Ice-Cream socks. 

Sock knitting is keeping me sane where crafting is concerned at the moment.

Too many long term projects and not enough instant gratification!!

Socks with Sarah #4

So i finally cast them on after some slightly stressful experiences with the circle blanket... It would appear i have totally lost concentration with it! I started out with a 4.5mm hook (possibly 4mm) and then proceeded to go down to a 3.5mm hook which obviously means that some circles are bigger than others... I have also squared some off differently to others with a group of five doubletrebles in the corners on some and a group pf three doubletrebles in the corners on the rest...
Needless to say they don't all fit together properly and i am going to have to do some fiddling to get it to work!

Ho hum! At least i can't bugger up socks! :D

With this in mind and still sulking i decided to cast on for my Ice-cream socks at long last! They have been in the planning for years... I queued the pattern in 2010 when i first saw it and i have had the yarn since 2007 when i was a member of the Yarn Yard sock yarn club.
Oh dear, i am very good at collecting and not so good at using. I am trying to change that though.
Honest :D



I've decided to try out an afterthought heel on this pair. The main reason being that i am doing the cuff, heel and toe in a toning colour and when i took them to knit group last week i was ready to start the heel but only had the main colour with me. D'oh!
I figure if it happens again i can just get on and knit my waste yarn in, knit the foot then sort it out when i finish the toe :D

This picture doesn't do the pattern justice really as it is knitted inside out to avoid all that tedious purling :D



Here's the start of the sock. I knit the cuff in "Toffee" and half a pattern repeat then striped the two colours to blend them a bit and then moved on to the main colour "Mint Choc Ice"

I love the little ice-cream cones that are appearing :D

Going round in circles...

Going round in circles...
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I've been experimenting with my Sunny Spread circles again and i think i've nearly cracked it... Nearly but not quite!
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Sunny Spread

The Sunny Spread has been my travel project for some time now and i've been using my bargain Aldi yarn to make the centre circles with the intention of finishing them off with the cream from the same range. I've used a ball of each colour and now i have a lovely pile of circles, i just can't decide what i want to do with them!

round and round and round

how to finish?

On the bottom right is the original design, which is very simple but i do love a granny square so i tried grannyfying it with cream... I was concerned there would be too much cream in between the circles if i were to leave it at that and after some pondering i thought it might look good with a round of the circle colour which then led on to me trying it with black instead of cream.

I haven't helped myself reach a decision yet. While i like the black it is a bugger to work with even in daylight. I have a couple of things to try yet, i am not beaten :D

Now that the 2011 Woolly Wormhead Mystery KAL hat is finished my evenings are free to play with circles. I was going to start the 2013 MKAL but i have decided to cheat and wait until i see Clue 2 knitted up because i have a feeling it's reverse stocking stitch again and i hate all that purling so i may postpone until i'm over knitting purling Rubbish Mojitos ;)