Finally, summer. Sock knitting season….or is that all year?

after a snowy winter and a long, cold, wet spring, summer has finally arrived in the maritimes. Although given the late start, this will be a very short summer, I don’t mind since the fall is my very favourite season anyway.

Had a lovely visit to my brother’s camp in Northern Ontario. The water was cool and clear. The fishing was great, turtles were found frequently and there was even some knitting!

Of course I had to stick to simple things like striped socks: And I even cast on a new pair, inspired by the Yarn Harlot’s version. What a fun pattern! (Everyone Outta the Pool by Jas  Chawla)Hope everyone is having a great summer!

Knitting 2011 resolutions

Every year I try to come up some knitting resolutions, like learning a new skill, or perish forbid making a sweater (I am not very good at making sweaters – I seem to enjoy more portable things.
This year I am making one simple resolution – knit the good stuff. No hesitation, just knit it. You see, I am prone to keeping a skein of luxury yarn and waiting for that perfect project to come along..and you know what? It really is just a bit of indecisiveness on my part. With Ravelry around, there is no shortage of perfect patterns…
So after I finished my Christmas knitting, my dear friend Michele encouraged me to knit something for myself, with some yarn I have been adoring for a few months, kicking around my stash – Zauberball Schokocreme! I think I just really like saying Schokocreme…anyway here is my Schokocreme, and another colourway that I can’t remember the name of:

And so I cast on some mittens I have been dying to make (my own design – Striped Decadence Mittens) and I am thrilled with the result. My first pair of lined mitts!

So, in keeping with my resolve to knit the good stuff…a-stash diving I will go. I hope to get a pair of socks on the needles in short order, and I need a new hat. I just got a short hair cut and it makes berets hard to wear! I wish everyone happy knitting in 2011, and let me know if you have any knitting resolutions as well.