Sa-wag makes knitting gangster

South Tyrolean Mankitten in Lederhosen

The name is a mouthful - but isn't it gorgeous? I was inspired by Bockstark Knits (I love the "boyfriend socks" in her header too!), Scout J. dyed this for the crew at Knitters Uncensored. I saw it at Bockstark Knits and had to have it. After listening to just one episode of the podcast, I want to wear their colors! Like a knitter gang - can you imagine? We could wear our knit beanies to the side, throw "signs" with out knitting needles, say things like "your mama crochets", knitting rumbles...(I'm thinking along the lines of the Sharks and the Jets...or Danny Zuko's gang on Grease - not so much automatic weapons or drug trafficking...)

And I am making progress on baby cable socks from Sensational Socks out of another skein of Wollmeise. I wanted to be strong and show a finished sock by the end of the weekend but I couldn't keep it to myself. The colorway is Johannisbeer und Brennessel, I think it was seasonal and may no longer available - it has fall written all over it. Claudia's shop is closed for the month of September - I think I slid an order in under the buzzer - I'm seriously embarrassed at this new found addiction - her closure is probably good for me - no temptation - I'm sorry for those of you who have strength. Now the yarn diet officially begins, I mean it. Anyways the first sock is past the heel - eye of partridge just rocks, though I wonder if I could have continued in the teeny cables? Well, next time.


The heel is a little wonky the way it is pulled onto my blocker...

Lastly, Auntly H. "enticed" me to join up the Harvest Sock Swap - kind of a clever idea - it's like a 1/2 of a sockapalooza. You get your match around the first day of fall and knit one sock - then send that sock and the leftover yarn and pattern to your pal, they knit the second one. I am kind of intimidated to knit a whole pair for someone else - but one sock, somehow it seems managable and fun. My only concern is that I am a tight knitter - I hope my pal can match my gauge...For now, if you sign up there is a contest, and tell 'em I sent you.:)