Grinchless Destruction

Alas, poor Grinchy, I so liked your nose...

...so I had to eat it off and pull out all your head stuffing. (Remorseful? I don't think so?)
Happy with herself, is more like it!

The evil Grinch has been defeated! Ha!

Favorite Sock Book Pattern Corrections

You know how I wasn't going to start anything new?
I had started some socks for my hubby last week from Favorite Socks, the Eesti Trail Hiking Socks by Nancy Bush, and as I got to the chart I found an error in the pattern. So I e-mailed Interweave Press this afternoon:

Dear Interweave Customer Service:
I have completed to rnd 5 of the star pattern, and I notice that when you increase the number of stitches goes to 64, yet the chart is a pattern repeat of 22 stitches -- this does not work, there will be 2 few stitches left? Am I reading this correctly? Please advise as am trying to finish the sock (ie: needle #1 22 sts; needle #2 20 sts; needle #3 22 stitches). This won't work with the chart...possibly directions incorrect?
Thank you,
Cactusneedles

And I just got this response back:

Dear Cactusneedles,
Thank you for your message. I passed your query to our tech editor and this is her response:

I compared the version in the book to the pattern that originally ran in the winter 1997 issue of Knits, and the
book has the red pattern repeat box in the wrong place.The repeat box for Rnds 5-17 of the chart should only
surround the leftmost 16 sts of the chart, or the last 16 sts of the chart as you would knit it. Also, the "inc 8 sts evenly spaced" note next to the chart should be aligned with Rnd 4, not Rnd 3. The text correctly says to increase in Rnd 4, so that's OK.
After inc 8 sts in Rnd 4 there will be 64 sts. To set the pattern up correctly in Rnd 5 from the chart shown in Favorite Socks, skip the first 6 sts, and repeat only the 7th through 22nd sts of the chart for a 16-st pattern. Drawing a line in the book or temporarily covering up the unwanted sts with a Post-it note will make it easier to remember where the right starting place is.
And the correct 16-st pattern fits perfectly 4 times around in 64 sts!

We apologize for this error and appreciate your letting us know there's a problem!

Best wishes,
Nancy
___________________
Nancy Arndt
Production editor
Interweave Press LLC
201 East Fourth St.
Loveland, CO 80537
interweave.com

Wow! I'm impressed. That was a fast and fabulous response time. I had already adjusted my pattern to make it even, but even so, I want to commend Interweave for getting back to me so quickly!

FYI -- Check here for the corrections! (hopefully this link works, I seem to be having trouble connecting to their site!) Otherwise just go to interweave.com, under the books tab, there is an area regarding corrections (and there seem to be quite a few!).

Wow, I've actually knit things this year (and finished them)!

I added a new page element today of what I've actually completed this year (see sidebar below) and it was more than I thought. And I'm quite proud of myself! I think it's good to keep track of what you've done, whether it be something you start, put away for a while and then come back to it, or something you start and finish right away.
Documenting it all makes you feel like you've accomplished something.
Happy Tuesday to all!

How I Spent My Sunday...and Saturday...

I love this!!! I needed something to organize my projects that I carry from room to room (at least all the zippy bags the projects live in until they're done) and I found this at Target last week. Don't you just love that place? It was in the back to college section, I think the brown and pink go well with my new pillows, too (from Kohl's).

Now, on Sunday I finally re-worked and re-organized where all my knitting, sewing, crafting and whatnot will live. This closet used to hold shoes, bathroom stuff (you know, extra soap, shampoo, hair gel, razors, etc.), but now the top part holds all my sewing notions (the top two bins), the next shelf is my somewhat current magazines and miscellaneous patterns, and then the next has my sock yarn (all my vacation yarn) and my pattern diary, I guess you would call it. The yellow and coral (?) bins I got at the my local dollar store, where yes, everything there is one dollar. (Not pictured: my make-up and shoes that are now living in the bottom section of this small closet all squeezed together!)
I also started (on Sat.) and finished Shopaholic and Baby, by Sophie Kinsella. If you haven't read any of this series, I highly recommend them. They are funny and sort of make you realize that sometimes too much shopping isn't all it's cracked up to be.
So...there wasn't much, strike that, there wasn't any knitting to be done at all this weekend. But don't worry, I'll have something for you soon...at least I hope so!
Happy organizing and happy knitting.

Monkey See, Knitter Finished

I think Monkey likes them!

Monkey Socks, Lion Brand Magic Stripe Yarn; jelly bean stripe (1 and a 1/4 balls, give or take); 2.75 mm dpn.

(I did change one thing, I added a slip stitch heel, I just like that way it looks and it seems a little more sturdy to me.)

Ta! Da! May I Present the Blue, Rib and Cable Socks

At first there was one sock...

...and one toe...
...but now there are two.

Rib and Cable Socks, Interweave Knits (Fall '05); Brown Sheep Company, luxury sock yarn, wildfoote turquoise; used #1 dpn for the cuff and leg, #2 dpn for the heel, foot and toe.

Monkey update tomorrow! They're getting there!

Have a great day to all!!!

(Oh, yeah, I got a new, fast kick arse computer yesterday, my old one just had too, too many problems and had lived well past it's prime, may it RIP.)

Do you like the new colors? I think I'm ready for fall!

No Show Socks

I was all set and ready to show you guys pictures of the blue rib and cable socks that I finished last night, but no such luck. My computer and my camera are having communication issues. I'll try again later.