Knitting in pink

Quick update on my sock knitting:

Yup, I finished another pair of socks, bringing my total of singles socks down to 2. Definitely more manageable than 5 or 6! This means that in August, I've finished 3 pairs of socks, although I only knit 4 out of those 6 socks during the month.

My last finished pair is this one:

Message to my Sockapalooza pal: I've been trying to reach you but I don't think you check your anonymous email. I'm concerned that my pair of socks might have gotten lost in the mail. You said you sent them to me almost 2 weeks ago and they still haven't arrived. Can you contact me with your regular email so that we can see if we can find out what happened? Thank you!

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I've been waiting for something to arrive in the mail to write this post. The last item I was waiting for came in today so now I can!

Here are a few things I ordered in the last couple weeks from etsy.

First I ordered a circular needle wallet from Piddleloop.

I finished another sock last night and I now have another pair all set to wear!

The socks are called Siren socks and are a design by Designedly Kristi or Fiber Fool. She designed this pattern especially for the yarn4socks August Sock Club. The yarn was Fleece Artist Sea Wool in a colorway hand dyed especially for the Sock Club. I had the chance to knit the first sock as the sample for the pattern while in Sanibel back in July. I finally got around to starting the second sock after finishing the Spiraling socks of my last post.

Here are a few shots:

The August pattern for the Sockamania KAL was quite fun. Just a combination of knits and purls spiraling across the foot and around the leg. The pattern was written top down but I went for it toe-up. The yarn I used was yarn that had been given to me under the form of a knitted sock and the rest still unknit. The sock didn't fit so I ripped it out and I waited until I found the right pattern for it. The yarn is Colinette Jitterbug in Copperbeech.

I just heard from my pal that I knit the socks for. She loves them! I'm so thrilled that I was able to knit socks for someone else's feet (it helped that her feet were exactly the same size as mine!). She said they fit even better than socks she knits for herself... I'm really, really happy about it all. I haven't heard anything from the pal that is knitting socks for me, I keep hoping they'll arrive today but I try not to get my hopes up too much. I heard from her at the beginning but never again after that. So I hope everything is alright.ETA: I just heard from her, she just sent them to me! Yay!

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I finished a couple days ago my first Spiralling sock for Sockamania. I couldn't be happier with it.

Yes, I joined a new swap... and I'll get to knit my first pair of Monkeys!

Here are my answers to the Monkey Sock Swap THREE Questionnaire

The basics:
Do you consider yourself a beginning sock knitter, an intermediate, or have you been doing this so long you could probably knit a pair in your sleep? I'd say that I'm still an intermediate sock knitter, although I am getting fairly good at it.

The measurements:
Shoe Size: 5.5- 6
Foot circumference: 7 3/4"
Foot length: 8 1/2"

Yarn Preferences:
What colors do you love? I love pretty much any color besides lavender and coral.

Do you prefer solids or variegated? Nowadays I prefer solids, but variegated are fine.

Do you prefer wool, cotton or acrylic yarn? Superwash wool only, at least for socks.

What colors would you never wear? Lavender, Coral, Yellow

What are your favorite brands of yarn? STR, Yarntini, Fleece Artist, Dream in Color Smooshy

Are there any new brands you would like to try? Sock Hop, Interlacement, Mountain Colors, Wollmeise

Cookie A. Patterns:
Which of her patterns have you already knit? None

Which pattern(s) would you like to knit and don’t already own? I do not own Thelonious, Mona or Titania's Revenge or any of her knee highs patterns. I would love to get my hands on Titania's Revenge, available at Blue Moon Fiber Arts.

Other pertinent information:

Would you be willing to have an international Monkey Pal or do you prefer one in the US? Any is fine

Do you have any allergies? No

Will your knitting be exposed to smoke or animals? No smoke or animals

Are you on Ravelry yet? If you don’t mind having new friends, what is your Ravelry name? knittinginpink

Sign-ups are going on until August 31 so there's still time to sign up!

I mailed out my Sockapalooza socks today. I hope they make their way safely to their new home and that they will be well loved. Farewell thee well my lovelies...

There really isn't anything but socks for me lately. I haven't touched my spinning wheel in about a month, it's just too hot... I'll get back to Willow in a month or so when it starts cooling down again. The Razor Cami is on hold, maybe until I get sick of knitting socks! Lol! Like that's going to happen!

Back to socks.

I have 3 single socks at various stages.

One is the Regia socks for DH. Those are about ready to start the heel.

I'm working on the foot of the Snicket socks. I'm a little further ahead than in the picture below: