Saturday, 1 August 2009

Fresh Berry Monkeys

I'm truly exhausted after a week back at work and intend to have a nice restful weekend. Having two weeks off has its advantages and disadvantages. A big disadvantage is the lack of knitting and blogging time. I could really get used to being at home; I'm waiting patiently for my Lotto ticket to come up!

I've finally finished my Cookie A Monkey Socks. These were a joy to knit; it was a very easy pattern to memorise and Vikki's yarn from Wild Fire Fibres was delicious to work with and so soft. I decided to shorten the leg slightly, putting only 5 pattern repeats in instead of 6, as it was touch and go whether I would have enough yarn (I had 380 yards and the pattern stated 388 yards). It turned out to be a good decision as I only had a tiny bit of yarn left. The socks have now been wrapped up and put away for a Christmas present - thinking ahead!

Photos of my Monkeys below. Unfortunately the colours aren't a really true representation of the yarn - they have come out slightly dark and the purple has taken over. In 'real life' they look much softer, paler colours.



I've now picked up my Spring Forward socks again. I'm steaming ahead with them as due to the weather there has been little else to do this weekend. I WISH IT WOULD STOP RAINING!
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7 comments:

  1. Elaine2 August 2009 at 00:54

    These are just lovely Karen! I really need to get knitting this pattern, it looks really interesting visually and wonderful in your yarn.

    As to rain? Urrgh! Totally had enough now. Just a teensy bit of sun would be nice..... sigh!

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  2. Anonymous2 August 2009 at 16:26

    Very pretty .... you are smart to start for Christmas already.

    I loved knitting Spring Forward. It was a fun pattern.

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  3. Karen2 August 2009 at 17:37

    Thank you Elaine :) It's a really nice pattern to knit. The rain hasn't been 'too' bad today!

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  4. Karen2 August 2009 at 17:41

    Dee - Thank you :) My Christmas box of goodies is growing slowly - it saves panicking the month before! I think I prefer Spring Forward to the Monkey pattern, I'm really enjoying knitting it and they're knitting up quite quickly.

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  5. Elaine3 August 2009 at 23:32

    You prefer spring forward to monkey? What aspects make spring forward better - before I start?!! I'm considering both, well, either/or at the moment.....

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  6. Karen4 August 2009 at 16:37

    Elaine, they're both quite similar patterns, but Spring Forward flows better for me - I can switch off completely and not have to think about the pattern too much ;)

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  7. Elaine9 August 2009 at 17:07

    Ah, then spring forward it is! I need a switch off project;-)

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