Ideas Abound

With my new 'Retirement' status a bulk of available time appeared. For a knitter that means more time for KNITTING.
I had planned way ahead, a few yaers before I retired, to make sure I had enough money to support my knitting habit. At least, that was the plan when I started writing a few patterns from my knitting projects.

What I did not know was if my plan actually works. If I could succeed or not, I tried not to think about it or worry about it. All I tried was to create from ideas, I had.

My husband would say the plan is working, since he had to assemble and place in the house several cabinets already that now all contain yarn, and will hold more yarn in the future. I must agree, I don't think I had ever seen that much yarn in one place, other than a yarn store.

I am now making plans about future projects to knit from the yarn in the cabinets.
A yoke sweater,
at least 2 hats,
some child dress or poncho,
a brioche-fade-wrap project,
a long cardigan (duster) with pockets,
an alpaca shawl.                                   Those are just a few.

Alpaca shawl Idea

Yoke sweater - optional short or long sleeve

 My Ideas, just looking at the yarn are endless......

Until I have the ideas sold, the samples knitted, and the projects published so I can share the pattern with you, I will just sit and knit, anywhere.

Today, I am waiting for more yarn and Santa Claus, or Nikolaus, as we call him in Germany.

Summer equals socks

I love summer because there is always another pair of socks that is just waiting to be created. This year I am way ahead into the sock season. My thoughts are playing around with the pair number 3. It will be a tried and true vintage hound’s tooth design. I first thought of it when I found the yarn 'on sale'. Its Cascade Heritage sock yarn. The base color if dark green with a multi-shaded beige as the alternate color. During a session of lunch at my desk, at work, I put the various sizes of hound tooth design onto an excel spreadsheet. Last week I spent some of the evenings knitting the swatch. Now it is decision time.

Which one should I make? The 6 stitch pattern, the 4 stitch repeat, or the 8 stitch pattern.
I like them all equally!
Before I can start though, I had one more chore to finish. My previous sock pattern had to be 'published'. I called it Bricks'n Braid and FINALLY published it yesterday afternoon. It is free to download on my ravelry.com page, oberpfalzerin
 http://www.ravelry.com/projects/oberpfalzerin/bricksn-braid

Here are a few photos from the pattern. It was so easy to knit the socks and they do feel soft on slouchy on my feet. The instructions are written for women’s size medium and large. the small braid is only on the outside of the socks and supposed to make the socks more feminine.

Free sock pattern anyone?