MY MONKEYS HAVE LANDED

I received my monkeys from my monkey angel Eve. You can see photos of them on my blog at: http://pennypurlsandkittyknits.blogspot.com/. Thank-you Eve for stepping in as an angel and knitting me my monkeys. They are a perfect fit and I love the color and the feel. Your packaging is great also. I want to come up with some way to package mine also now.
I hope all those who have not received part or all of their swaps have or will receive something from an angel like I did shortly.

Monkey Has Landed!

AMAZING! What else can I say! Sarah you did a wonderful job! Read about my wonderful Monkey package on my blog! Sarah, you are the best! Thanks so much!

See what we started!!!! Requests..................

After I had finished my pal's Monkeys my 3 year old son fetched a cake of KPPPM from my Stash and demanded a pair of the Monkeys for him. I had to adapt the pattern to fit to a much smaller foot but isn't it really cute!! See what we started.............REQUESTS :D

Monkeys finished for my pal....................

I really hope my pal likes these, the yarn is hand painted merino by Kirsty of Piece of Beauty. Kirsty is a Scottish Indie dyer to dye for. This yarn is discontinued but you get other georgeous yarns from her. I used this colourway because my pal loves this colour. :) I will be parceling it all up this weekend with some monkey bits and pieces and the yarn and pattern of course :D

More Monkeys........................

This is for my pal :)

One down and second started :)

My Monkey Startup

The Monkey Socks are officially on the needles. My gauge is slightly off but I am rarely able to get the recommended gauge. What's that about?!
I think it will be ok.

Here's a shot of the very first rounds of the Monkey Socks. My pal loves bright colors and although I've never been a big fan of brights, I must say this project is changing my mind. This color is so much fun. I may have to reconsider my sock stash colors.

Gauge, You Are My Enemy!

I've only started to pay attention to gauge because I want to improve my knitting skills. But man it's hard for me to get the recommended gauge. For those of you who have Monkey Sock experience, should I be worried that I'm a couple of stitches off?

I've Got My Monkey Yarn!

My yarn arrived yesterday. I think my pal will really like these colors and can't wait to get started on these socks.

Cherry Tree Hill-SockittoMe in Sugar Maple for the Monkey Socks
AND. . . .


Lorna's Laces-Shepherd Sock in Daffodil for her desired sock pattern.

I won't be casting on the Monkey Socks until Monday (Sunday at the earliest) but I will post a pic of that historic event: My first sock pal project!

Here's are two questions for the more experienced sock knitters: What is your favorite cast-on method for socks? What do you think works best for the Monkey pattern?

MSSII Package RECEIVED!

Oh yeah.. and it's SOOOO VERY GOOD!

Thank you JOY! You truly spoiled me rotton!

I will post pics and stuff on here and my blog once I get pictures.. I'm in OPERATION FINISH MODE for another project/swap which has a deadline creaping up so quickly! I believe wearing my beautiful, scrumptious and new Monkey socks from Joy should help me knit FASTER! ;)

Dirty monkeys are back!

The dirty monkeys are growing! They aren't really dirty,...you know what I mean. Well here they are... they are even showing you their "tail"!

This is only have a repeat. So still a long way to go. Is anyone else getting ladders in the purl stitches? I think I'm going to have to change to circs.

*Edit*- I learned how to knit magic loop from here. Hubbie bought me a book, but the video is so much better. I'm a visual learner here people.

Monkey 1

So the first Monkey sock is all done. I've cast on the second and am nearly through the ribbing. I was surprised at how quickly I got the pattern memorized. What a fun knit! I've done the heel in "Eye of Partridge" which is cushy and looks fab with variegated or stripey yarns and I've changed the toe such that I decreased 6 every other row and then 5 every row and was left with 20 to kitchener.

Socks on the needles

I realized I really needed to get a move-on with my socks since I'm having surgery next week and am not sure how long I'll be unable to knit afterwards. I'm using this brown/green/blue Lorna's Laces. The color transitions are really entertaining and I'm finding the pattern a snap to knit. I'm ready for the heel flap today and I imagine I'll make some good progress on it since there's significant waiting room time coming up when I go and get blood drawn for preop testing. (Don't worry, it's just some minor sinus surgery.)

getting primate-y in here!

hmm, what arrived on my doorstep yesterday afternoon? well, a lot of things, but the important one was... cherry tree hill supersock in fall foliage. oh MAN, this is some of the softest, most beautiful, most scrumptiously delicious yarn i've ever seen. it also, conveniently, contains all of my monkey pal's favourite colours.



yep, just as pretty when it's in a ball...



and even prettier once it's become the first four repeats of a monkey sock! (the colours look a little dark in this picture)



oh, monkey pal, you're soon going to have some pretty colors to wear, that will be absolutely luscious on your feet!

(x-posted to monkey sock swap and the pixie punk knits!)

Blue monkey

I'm using JitterBug yarn for the first time. Hope it wears well. The colorway is called "Blue Parrot", and I love it...hope my pal does too!

Lynn