Harley's socks

I finished Harley's socks, but forgot to post about them here.

I am still in awe of how the yarn knitted up, with it's swirling striping and twisting turns. The second one (on her left foot) knitted up very differently in the last 2 inches, and though they are identical in length, and the yarn was divided exactly in half, I had less than a yard left from the first one and close to 10 yards left from the second. I suppose that isn't a bad thing, as I can use it if they ever need repairs (knowing her tendency to wear through store-bought socks, I suspect that there will be repairs in the future).



She loves her socks, and is already asking for more. Maybe after I make some for myself, which I have yet to do.

Harley's post

I was originally going to title this "Slacker", but then I realized the majority of this post pertains to knits for my older daughter, Harley, so now it is her post instead. But she's not posting it. Because she's asleep. And she'd probably spout off some random nonsensical stuff about climbing big rocks and eating sushi if she were posting it, instead of posting about things I am knitting for her.

I am a major blogging slacker these days. I've been knitting, but pretty much just the same things as always... Harley's socks of many colors, which I never posted a photo of.



That photo is quite outdated - that sock is done and the second one is a bit past the heel. They are toe-up, loosely based on the Knitty Universal Toe-up pattern with a short row heel and a 3x1 rib. The yarn is KnitPicks Bare, superwash version, that I dyed with many flavors of Kool-Aid. I find it interesting how it went from nice and random on the foot to spiraling (and then for a while not spiraling) on the ankle. The foot, to just before the heel, has 60 stitches, then I increased it to 64 at the heel. The increase completely changed the randomness of the colors. Harley loves them though and is waiting very patiently for me to get the second one done.

In other Harley knits, I finished her hat the same day I started it, which was sometime last week.



Same pattern as the one I used for Sage's hat, same yarn, different color. Malabrigo Merino Worsted in Bobby Blue, which she loves even though I think she'd look better in something deep red or olive green or chocolatey brown. She didn't want mittens since she already has superwarm winter gloves, so I need to figure out a use for the remainder of that lovely yarn, of which there's maybe 85 yards to play with. Ooh... I just got an idea based on what her one Christmas present from her aunt is. I will save that for a post-Christmas post though since it hasn't yet arrived.