All in a Jest ~ Knitted Socks

I have just finished making these cuties: All in a Jest Knitted Socks, another from my new fave book Knitted Sock Sensations.

To begin, you knit each little triangle individually and just collect them on your right hand needle as you go.  Then once they are all made, just knit across the row to form the fun, clownish cuff.

They look like some form of sea animal whilst still being knitted (perhaps it was the sparkly green yarns I used to make them?) but the result is fantastic!  As you can see from the photo; when the cuff is turned up there is a ribbed section, to keep them tucked up to your ankles.

 

...And ta da!

A nice new fun pair of hand knitted socks for me to show off:

From Knitted Sock Sensations (Louise Butt & Kirstie McLeod)

Circular Knitting: Attempt no. 1

So, Easter bank holiday, four sunny days ahead of me, I decided it was time to bite the bullet and have a bash at knitting a top in the round.

I found a dead easy (and free!) pattern on Ravelry, for a minimalist mohair top (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mohair-minimalist-top) thanks very much to Anna Kuduja for sharing!

Being in the current state of working through my yarn stash, I dived in, grabbed yarn at random as each ball got knitted up and this was the end result:

Remind you of something a little girl would wear? Yes. Me too. Never mind though, at least it fits a grown one! I even increased stitches as the top reached my hips, so it stays with my shape perfectly. It's just a bit of a shame about the colour choice, still, that's what you get for being too eager sometimes and I have since unraveled the top and am currently re-knitting into something a little more 'my age'.... well, maybe....