About Silverlotus
Mother, Wife, Daughter, Needleworker, Knitter, Want-to-be-WriterToronto, Canada
Birthday: May 10
Interests: crafts, ancient history, Tarot, sleep
Site: The Lotus Pond
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2013 Yarn Stash-Down
Bottom Line: +50 yards
Tag Archives: Socks
Sock Madness – Round 3
First off, I’d like to say thank you for all the kind words and good wishes yesterday. I consider our family extremely lucky, especially since the person affected is back to normal and back to work already. Thank goodness for … Continue reading
Sock Madness – Round 1
The socks are done!! I cast on the evening of March 6th, and finished up the Kitchener stitch on the second toe at about 7:30 this morning. The pattern is Sockdolager, and will eventually be available for free on Ravelry. … Continue reading
The Madness
March marks the beginning of Sock Madness. You know for a sock knitter like me this is only a good thing. The whole point, essentially, is to knit seven pairs of socks as quickly after the pattern is released as … Continue reading
Salto Socks
Finally, another pair of socks for me! These are the Salto Socks I started back in my vacation in November. I finally finished them up last Thursday. Wow, that took a long time! They are a little longer than I … Continue reading
Hot Stuff!
This Christmas I gave my husband one sock. Last week he got the second one. The pattern is Hot Stuff! Socks from Wendy D. Johnson’s book . (And excellent sock book, by the way.) The yarn is Berroco Comfort Sock … Continue reading
Knitting on the Seas
As I mentioned yesterday, I did manage to get a bit of knitting done while I was away. This is the first of what I hope will be a pair of Salto Socks. They are from Spring 2008 edition of … Continue reading
A Pool of Rainbows
Saturday, and day four of the Creativ Festival. I’ve got another class with Jennifer Aikman-Smith this morning, and a needlecase class with the lady who designed this beautiful biscornu (it is a companion piece to it too). Today is also … Continue reading