{"id":551,"date":"2010-06-24T17:08:08","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T00:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/?p=551"},"modified":"2010-06-24T17:20:47","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T00:20:47","slug":"navy-rainbow-socks-finally-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/navy-rainbow-socks-finally-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Rainbow Socks (FINALLY) & Etc."},"content":{"rendered":"

I actually finished these socks in early May, shortly before we hied off to Environs Unknown (the midwest). I forgot to blog about them till now.<\/p>\n

\"Navy<\/a><\/p>\n

Man, these took For-Freakin’-Ever! I like how they turned out, though, and so did Abby – which was the point. As part of the never-ending “I Should Never Have Opened My Big Mouth And Said I’d Knit You A Bunch Of Stuff Since You Made Me That Fabulous Quilt” project, I am now three pairs into a five pair project that started oh. so. long. ago. (2008)<\/p>\n

Anyhoo, that’s okay because if it hadn’t taken me so long to finish on this project, Knitpicks wouldn’t have come out with their rainbow yarn and as such, Abby gets a pair of those, which I think is pretty cool! (No those aren’t much further along than the last time I showed them. Shut up.)<\/p>\n

So, these socks are the ever-famous Monkey<\/a> pattern, which I have knit four times. And I do not plan on knitting them ever again. (Note how I didn’t say never<\/em>… just in case.) I am tired of knitting Monkeys. Not that it’s not a fabulous pattern (it totally is) but four times is more than enough when there are so many OTHER fabulous patterns out there. Still, I will always hold Monkeys close to my heart because it’s the sock that taught me top-down socks. Before this I always knit toe-up because I was confused by and afraid of heel construction. Nowadays, I prefer top-down construction because heels are my most favorite thing to knit (you can file that under the WTF category).<\/p>\n

The yarn is Perchance to Knit Sock Yarn, and I forget where I got it from, but I am assuming the Loopy Ewe. It’s very nice yarn and complements the pattern well.<\/p>\n

Here are all the monkey socks I’ve knitted. Two are mine (the hot pink and turquoise) and two are for Abby (the blue\/purple and navy rainbow).<\/p>\n

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It’s been a good run, Monkey socks! Now, onto something else.<\/p>\n

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Here’s some of the recent jewelry items I’ve made:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’m definitely into antique gold\/brass and bright colors right now. While I do love silver, it’s just so overdone these days. \u00a0Everybody wears silver. I would argue that people need to broaden their horizons and get on the “other metallics rock too” bandwagon.<\/p>\n

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A few other things on my mind:<\/p>\n

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  1. I got curious so I installed Google Analytics on this page. I feel like it’s 2002 all over again! Good times, good times.<\/li>\n
  2. I want to make macarons, the sandwich cookie kind. I found this\u00a0great article<\/a> on how to do it. Only problem is it calls for grams of ingredients instead of cups\/tablespoons. I have been wanting an excuse to get a kitchen scale so this could be it.<\/li>\n
  3. Tomorrow I’m going to help Abby buy a flat screen TV. I like watching other people spend a lot of money. She says she needs me there to sigh dramatically and say things like, “Just buy THAT one already!” hehe<\/li>\n
  4. I actually am really tired today and feel kind of rotten. There has been much lolling about in these parts. I’m not sick – I don’t think I’ve been getting enough sleep.<\/li>\n
  5. I’ve been organizing the back end of my blog all week, and when I was working on tags, a list of the most popular tags that I used popped up:
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    \n<\/a>I would say that about sums it up.<\/li>\n
  6. Burritos.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hope everyone is having a great Thursday!<\/p>\n