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Sockapalooza Socks

28 October 2007

Finally we've had some better light (when I've been at home) so I took some more pictures of the fabulous socks Valerie sent.

Here's a close-up of the heel and gusset area, and you can clearly see the unique construction, as well as all the gorgeous colours of the Fleece Artist yarn.

Labels: Fleece Artist, gift, Sockapalooza, socks, swaps

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Sockapalooza Socks!!!

23 October 2007

When I opened my letter box today, I found...

from my super-special Sockapalooza sock saviour Valerie! A GORGEOUS pair of socks...

The pattern is Deb Barnhill's Back-to-Basics, available in the Fall 07 issue of Knitty and the yarn is Fleece Artist (I *think*. Please correct me if I'm wrong Valerie). I'm fascinated by the structure of the socks; they're knitted toe-up and the gussets are on the top of the foot and the ribbing runs from the bottom of the heel flap to the cast-off edge. I'm definitely going to have to knit myself a pair.

As you can see, they fit beautifully and they're ultra-comfy. I LOVE the colourway Valerie chose - purples, navy and chocolate.

Valerie also included a some Project Info Cards and a skein of Fleece Artist's Nova Socks (a riot of glorious blues. So pretty!) The project info cards will definitely come in handy, just the right size to attach to a pair of gift socks (as Valerie did with my socks).

Thank you Valerie for my "Nova Scotia" package (Valerie, Fleece Artist and the sock designer, Deb Barnhill, are ALL from Nova Scotia!!!). Thank you for knitting me a beautiful pair of socks, for lovely sock yarn and project info cards, but most of all thank you for volunteering to be a sock saviour, I sincerely appreciate your time and effort.

Labels: Fleece Artist, Knitty, Sockapalooza, socks, swaps, thanks

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FO ~ Socks #9/2007

01 July 2007

Yarn: Fleece Artist Merino
Colourway: I call it "Cranberry" (from S, from Fringe)
Pattern: My own
Needles: 2.5mm & 2.25mm DPNs

Fleece Artist is so silky-soft and it's gorgeous to knit with.

Unlike last time, this is a pretty accurate colour representation.

Labels: Fleece Artist, FO, Fringe, socks

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SIP

28 April 2007

Here's my current Sock In Progress.

Red is hard to get an accurate photo of! I'm using Fleece Artist Merino ~ (FA don't name their colours) and this picture, taken when I received the wool, is a more accurate colour representation...

It's a red/pink mix. When I unwound the skein and wound it into a yarn cake, it looked more like pink with red accents, but (thankfully) it's knitting up as 'red'. (I know my SnB friends will agree, as they saw it first-hand)

The yarn is from Fringe

Labels: Fleece Artist, Fringe, SIP, socks

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Goodies

03 December 2006

A very dear friend of mine, S, recently sent me a box of gorgeous goodies all the way from Fringe in the US of A.

Behold... (and be prepared to drool all over your keyboard)

Mountain Colors Bearfoot ~ Wild Raspberry

Mountain Colors Bearfoot ~ Wildflower

Fleece Artist Merino ~ "Raspberry" (FA don't name their colours)

Fleece Artist Merino ~ Purples, teal, blue
Note: This particular colourway was chosen for me by S's super-gorgeous young assistant J. These are my favourite colours! Thanks J!!! (your Mum will give you a big hug, from me).

Pink Cottage Yarn (Exclusive Hand-Dyed yarn from Fringe)
[The colours are a little more subtle than in this pic. Lovely "Autumny/Fall" colours]

Austermann Step #05 (with Aloe Vera & Jojoba Oil)

Plus... a Mountain Colors "Ripple Socks" pattern and a couple of sets of ChiaoGoo Bamboo DPNs (size 1, 6inch ~ nice short ones).

Now as you can imagine, this Aussie sock knitter was (and still is) totally over the moon when she set eyes upon this lovely sock yarn that's not available here in Australia. It's super soft and marvellously squishy and I can't wait to knit with it. (Got to wait until the New Year though, then all the "secret" knitting will be finished)

I have to say thank you to Fringe, S's LYS (Local Yarn Store). S isn't a knitter (don't hold that against her!) so the lovely ladies at Fringe were incredibly helpful and as a result, everything is just what I would have chosen if I'd visited the store myself :D I'm positively green with envy that Fringe is so close to S lol (although I'm sure my bank account isn't!)

A HUGE thanks to S (and J)! I'm beyond delighted with my goodies.

Labels: Fleece Artist, Fringe, goodies, Mountain Colors, sock yarn, Trekking