Late WIP Wednesday

I finally finished my Blue Beaded Band Socks. I think the color blue is my sock knitting Kryponite. It was hard to finish them. They were challenging for several reasons. First they were blue, second I knit them two at a time ML from the top down. That was a first for me. Lastly it was my first time knitting with beads. My mom showed me an easy way to put the beads on using a crochet hook. You don't string them on the yarn first you pull the stitch through right where you want the bead. The yarn is from The Painted Tiger in her base called Cub. The yarn was lovely.

The first WIP is from Cat Bordhi's book, New Pathways for Socks Knitters, the philosopher socks. They are knit on size five needles with worsted weight yarn. The yarn is DIC classy in Ruby River. A very fun pattern.

The tiny baby socks is for a friend who is having a baby boy. I need to make one more magic slipper for her little boy. Another friend gifted me with her leftover Hazelknits sock yarn in Olympic Rainforest so that is what I am knitting the slippers in. I believe Hazelknits is my new knitting crack. Great colors with a tight twist and slightly thick yarn.