I haven’t had a chance to write in almost three months.  I started student teaching, and it’s been a busy time.  It’s been a really good busy time though.

Today I am sitting outside enjoying the fall afternoon.  Ellensburg is just incredible in the fall.  It’s my favorite season even though it does mean winter will be here soon, and that’s not my favorite.   So we’ve been getting outside as much as possible.

I’ve not been knitting or writing about knitting as much as I’d like either.  However, I did finish some really cool socks just in time for the fair in Septembe.  They were a request from my cousin and they were just a lot of fun to make.

The pattern is called Anelmaiset, and it’s so versatile.  I was able to make this from my yarn stash which admittedly has gotten a little big so I had some choices.  I used worsted weight yarn, and I had a great time trying to figure out what colors to use.  I really like colorwork, and these knit up pretty fast considering that they are knee socks!

I got to experience a new stitch which I think is just called “flowers in a row”.  I had to follow a video on youtube to do the stitch, and I had to watch it really closely.  It was a little tricky for me at first, but fun to learn a new stitch.   I think the video I referred to was: Flowers in a Row.  You can kinda see the stitch in this picture.  It’s the flowery section between the two sections of bright pink.

I wasn’t sure about the ribbon, but I am glad I made the spaces for a ribbon to be threaded through because I think this could be very helpful on a knee sock.  No one likes a saggy knee sock.

These would definitely be fun to make again, but for now I need to finish some really cool cabled Christmas stockings for a friend.  The 4th one is almost complete, and then I am looking forward to blogging about them.  So for now,  I will sit outside, and enjoy the day while I knit.