CONTEST!!

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Silky Green Monkey Socks

Here is a pic of my monkey socks in progress. I am finally happy with the way these are working out. The yarn is Brooks Farms. It is a 60 wool 20 silk 20 viscose blend. Nice to work with, but a tiny bit splitty. I am using size 1 knit pics cirs. I think my pal will like these. They are quite soft. Well have a good day everyone.

Seriously Weird Experience............

Today we went to a small town which was at the centre of the civil war here . Many half timbered houses had plaques , King Charles stayed at one glorious house, Prince Rupert was also there .. I wandered off and found myself in a little maze of shops , many dating from the 17 th century . I was enjoying the mostly untouched architecture when I saw a little ' haberdashers ' , between 2 larger shops . The inside was something out of Dickens , and there, right there was the exact wool I needed for my pal .... I couldn't believe it , it is botany wool ( I haven't seen that for years ) , weighed in ounces ! , and individually wrapped in cellophane , this was a shop from my childhood , even the smell of pure wool ( mmmmm ) , I bought the wool (put into an old fashioned brown paper bag ) and left . Ever since , I feel that I have been in a time warp and I hope that I can find the shop again , it didn't even take credit cards !!!!

Where's the Monkeys?

Where has everyone been finding their super cool monkey items to send along with the socks for this swap? I am making good progress on the socks, but I am still really lacking in monkey items. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to leave a comment with tips to help out those of us who are still on the monkey hunt. Christa

so i finished my socks...

and here they are! they're made from white willow yarn found on etsy in the avalanche colorway. the yarn was incredibly soft and knit up so beautifully i bought another skein of the same colorway for my own socks. these little guys are on their way to being blocked right now.

i'm worried if my pal will like them. aah the pressure!!!

:-S

One down, one to go...

First Monkey done!

Help Please ............

I have a problem , the one colour my pal mentioned , cannot be got ' for love nor money ' , I have tried everywhere including e-bay , I am not giving up yet , but , in the meantime, and knowing that she likes strong colours , I have started two pairs of socks , but , which colour ????? One colourway is called falling leaves , it has all of the autumnal colours and is hand painted merino .

The other yarn I bought on a Greek Island , I was totally seduced by the colours under the strong Meditteranean sun , they were almost jewel like ( they look a lot different under a grey British sky ) , I don't know what the yarn is made from , my Greek is non existant and the little Greek lady just shrugged her shoulders at my mime of a sheep , so ....... which colour do you think ? also , can any body tell me where to get the fantastic sock blockers that are springing up all over ? I am amazed at all of the fantastic knitting going on and having great fun trying to track down monkeys .

Ronnie

Got My Monkeys!!!

This afternoon I got a huge package from the mail carrier. I ripped right into and it took 4 pictures to capture all of the goodness. Dawn was my pal and she did a wonderful job on the socks. The yarn is beautiful and they fit perfect. As you can see I put them right on my feet.

Here is the first picture of monkey goodness...Here is the second pic - look at that cute lotion dispenser.

Here is a great new knitting carry bag - I love this fish with the cute monkey fabric. This is so cute...I'll be using this one for one of my many on the go projects.
Finally this tea towel, that I'm using as a little table cloth display because it is just too darn cute.

Thank you so much Dawn - you totally spoiled me and I love everything. You did a great job on the socks and I will always love wearing them. Also big thank you to Rebecca for hosting.

~ Madame Purl

My progress...

I'm actually a bit past the gusset now, but this shows it off beautifully. The yarn is wonderful.



I'm going a little slower than I'd like given that I am putting together a sock package for my new niece (born Wednesday) and her big brother...the baby socks are done but the toddler socks are going painfully slow. Been working on them for a week and I still haven't finished the first one! I can do a whole adult sock faster than that!!

Decisions

So I tried to make monkeys out of this yarn, but it was to wild. But my pal likes wild. So would it be improper to send this to her, in a yarn cake? I bought this thinking of her, but it was well to much.

This is the yarn that I dyed for her to keep as a gift. But if I send the first one should I leave this one out? Just include one of them or both of them. What would you do? What would you like?

One monkey down, one to go...

I just finished this monkey sock today. It actually went by fairly quickly. This time I used my Knits Picks size 1 circular needles (2.5mm). Now I just have to finish the second sock.

One Orange Monkey

Sorry for the little blur, I didn't change the MP setting....anywho, this is one of my favorite stash yarns....I have been holding it for a special project and since orange is one of my top three favorite colors it will be hard to let them go. But I know my pal will love them and treat them with kindness so I will be happy to send them along. The other sock is through the heel. When I locate the yarn info I will post, it was an Etsy purchase. It is glorious....actually I think they are local to me......

One Little Monkey Sitting In a Tree...

One Monkey completed....second is cast on!

2 monkey - no feet!

The 2 monkeys are done for the leg, now I have to start on the feet. So far, it has gone well and I love the yarn. It is Jawoll Cotton by Lang. I found some more to order from sockyarn.com! Ended up ordering 8 skeins (4 colors) since I love this yarn so much! Now I still have to make a very "conscious" decision to send these to my partner. It is going to be hard! I also finished my big surprise for her today, so everything is together and just need to finish these little guys! Happy knitting all!

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.