I was in the washroom at the Mariposa Folk Festival office, too much information I know, but I saw this:  photos, lots of them, . . .

. . . glued on the wall all around the big mirror.

Is that a great idea or what! Imagine all your family photos or even your knitting project photos up as a collage. I could have a sock wall and then a sweater wall and . . . it bloggles the mind.

-Deb

I have been knitting socks pretty much full time, at least all my knitting time has been spent on socks. Two more done for size 11 feet. Lots of stitches.

My husband said they felt great on, even in the summer heat. So he'll get these (I'm a sucker for a few kind words) after they get photographed. I may have to get him to model them too.

But I'm not the only one knitting away. My mom has knit several pairs and Brenda sent me some more socks in the mail.

Fun ones too. Thanks Brenda.
I think I have 3 more socks to knit. I bet you can't wait to see them. Ha.
But I do have a life outside of socks and here's proof. My dad, my husband and I built a deck last week.

Yes, there are tools other than knitting needles. Who knew!
-Deb

Now it's back to the socks. I bet you can't wait to see some more. Here they are.

My mom knit these. With two daughters in the knitting business I guess she can't avoid being pulled into the fray once in a while. She's been a great sport about putting her own knitting aside to get a couple of pairs of socks done for me. Thanks Mom.

And Brenda sent a pair for the little people.

Aaah, aren't they cute? I see from her blog she has another sock ready to mail to me. I have 2 more packages of socks from her at the shop I haven't opened yet. Oh, boy more socks.
-Deb

Cat Bed?

I've been trying to work on a stole .... but Emmy thinks it's her new cat bed. I can't put it down for a second without her climbing right onto it for a snooze. Something about the combination of Silk & Silver, fine mohair and a merino/angora blend? This cat has good taste!

The blue item in the front is a new lace shawl from Sophy which I'm test knitting in our Silk & Silver which I've dyed in a combination of purple, blue and turquoise. 

- Lynda

The mistake sock is forgotten (except that I just mentioned it so it's really just pushed into the back closet of my head). This one is going so very well.

It feels right, the end is in sight and it's almost knitting itself. I love this. 

-Deb

I am, if I say so myself, a good rescuer of knitting projects. In my drop-in class I often spend the first half hour fixing up any misadventures my students have gotten into over the week. This is not because I read a lot of knitting articles, although I do, this is not because I get some sort of inspiration from the knitting god indicating where the problem may be, I wish, it is because I have made every single mistake anyone can come up with. And with a deadline coming up I've made a whole sock totally the wrong size! Well not exactly the wrong size but a combination of sizes. The finished sock has the width of leg for a woman, the width of foot for a woman and the length of foot for a man. It was meant to be a man's sock. duh!

I have no idea where my brain was when I cast on. I know what gauge I get with this yarn, I know that cables pull the sock fabric in and still I cast on way too few stitches. I wondered why it looked like I was going to have yarn left over from the 50g ball when I should have had to go into a second ball to finish a man's sock with a long leg. Sigh, denial is a grand thing. So I have started again with 18 sts more than last time. And I am going to rip back the toe and several inches of the finished sock and make it a woman's length because I'm really good at ripping and redoing things. No one, except you, will know the difference.
-Deb

Elizabeth asked what my secret is for getting so many socks done. The secret is a DEADLINE. Yup, end of the month all the socks go to the photographer. We have variations on the 3 basic sock patterns in the book. So first I have to have one sock for every variation and then I can add some more because . . . there are so many more stitch patterns I could add in !!
One more sock - done.

My husband had it on for a minute but not enough time to catch him with the camera. My camera is working, sort of. I jammed a toothpick into the side of the shutter so it stays open. Sooner or later my lenses is going to get scratched but it's lasting a little bit longer.

-Deb