I Love Gansey Socks

Name of Project: I Love Gansey Socks from the Six Sox Knitalong
Yarn: Knit Picks Bare Fingering Weight hand-dyed with Cherry Kool-aid, 462 yard/100 gram hank
Yardage: about half of the hank
Yarn Source: Knit Picks
Needles: Size US 1 (2.5 mm) Knit Picks dpns
Estimated Time to Complete Project: 1 month
Modifications: Started them toe-up, did not carry the hearts up the heel flap and finished them off with an I-cord bind-off.

I made my own chart for these using an excel spreadsheet. I think making the Twisted Flower socks really helped me see how cables flow and made it easy for me to adapt the pattern. They turned out really pretty and remind me of Valentine's Day.

Progress Update

Here is the Clapotis, halfway done. I'm actually to the point in the pattern where I could start the decrease rows but I think I'm going to do a few more repeats of the straight rows. It'll be a little longer and easier to wrap around my shoulders dramatically, should the need arise.

I really like this yarn, it's so beautiful and soft.

These are the I love Gansey socks from the Six Sox Knitalong. I've done the whole foot and turned the heel with a flap and now just need to knit up the leg. The only change I've made so far is that I didn't start the pattern after the heel turn (the hearts that go up the heel flap). I think I might be wearing these with shoes at some point and I don't want to have a stitch pattern on the heel flap. There will be a new pattern starting in October and I would like to be ready.

And these are the Bling Bling socks for my Mother-in-law's birthday in October. She really likes sparkly things and loves gold so I think she'll be really happy when she sees these. They also kind of look Halloween-ish to me which is appropriate for October. I have the Bling Bling yarn that is cream colored and gold also, so those might be made for her for Christmas if these ones fit her right and are comfortable.

WIP Update

These are the lucky green socks for my man. I don't have enough yarn to go up the leg far enough so I've ordered two more skeins of the Felici yarn from Knitpicks. I'm just waiting for it to get here so I can finish them. They fit his feet perfectly and I can tell he's excited about having them. I had wanted to get them done by the Aug 23 because that's our 10th wedding anniversary and even though they aren't a surprise, I wanted to give them to him then. Hopefully the yarn will come tomorrow.
In the meantime, I've been searching around for just the right pattern for this Cherry Tree Hill yarn I bought at a yarn sale in February. I had anticipated making the Clapotis from Knitty, but I just wasn't sure. I decided to go ahead and start it to see how it looks and so far I'm having a good time. It's fairly easy to recognize where you need to increase and how the stitches are going to drop. I'm at the point where the increases are done and I'm going start the straight rows. I love feeling this yarn, it's been really great to knit with. And although I can say I'm loving socks the most, it's kind of nice working with size 8 needles and worsted yarn. It seems to just be growing at lightning speed compared to my sock yarn on size 1 needles.

These are the Gansey socks from the Six Sox Knitalong. I've just got the toe started and a few rounds of the pattern going so far. It took me a long time to get started with these because I had to mess with charting the pattern and figuring it out toe-up. But they should move along pretty good now.