May Hints

Notorious Sock Knitters | April 27, 2009
By Sue

The May shipment is about a month away. Could we get a hint, Tina? Please?

Anyone else finished with Rogue Roses?

Notorious Sock Knitters | April 15, 2009
By Deborah

I’ve finished my Rogue Roses and was wondering if anyone else was done too.

Rocktober?

Notorious Sock Knitters | April 13, 2009
By Jen G.

My mother tried to show a fellow fiber artist Rocktober on the bmfa website and couldn’t find it.  She seems to think that it’s discontinued and in her exact words “I think I want to cry! Thank goodness I have socks and a shawl and some stash or I might be suicidal!”  I told her that sometimes colors get taken off the site when you are out and need to dye more of that colorway (Which i think is true, but that could’ve just been wishful thinking).  So is it true?  Is Rocktober discontinued or just on a break?

We’re Back! Re-entry from Camp Knitty HaHa.

Camp KnittyhaHA | April 08, 2009
By Alice in the Heartland

Just thought all the club members should know what a great time we had a camp this year. Tina, Steph, Cat and JC with the help of Cockeyed (Debbi), Debra, and Guido (Becky) pulled out all the stops and did a fabulous job flying by the seat of their collective pants. We had great food, wonderful facilities, a great location and the best campers ever. Yes I’m gushing but camp this year is worth a gush or 4. We actually got to dye BMFA yarn with BMFA dye with Tina leading the exploration. Debra and Becky were along to assist most of the classes. (BTW Thanks again Debra for the assist on that 3rd skein.) JC was doing her improve your skills thing with new cast-offs to go with all the cast-ons we learned last year. Cat’s class is a secret and you just had to be there. Sorry everyone who didn’t come this year. Stephanie let us in on her knitting method - lever style. She says “throwing” is derived from this style. She wants to empower us to speed up our knitting to what it was before the Victorian era got a hold of things. Imagine being able to complete a sock a day and still have time for all your mundane tasks like laundry, shopping and cooking. Really neat. I’ll let you know how I’m doing with that some time after 28 days.

Now to the fun stuff. We made project bags with Cockeyed at Joe’s Crab Shack the first day and in the evening played Knitting Jeopardy the first night. One camper on each team was the “buzzer” and everyone including the buzzer were the players. Lots of fun and the “easier” questions were the harder for us to get.

Wednesday was iPhone bag knitting with Cat and a new stitch patten that gives a diagonal look to the finished project. In the evening we had movie night. The Lady From Sockholm. film noir sock puppets. A great giggle and a chance to knit, learn to spin, and smooze.

Thursday was suppose to be an afternoon to our own deviced but Tina and Steph got their heads together and we ended up going on team scavenger hunts. Great times were had negotiating with other teams for use of unique items. Like a hair stylists skills, Stephan’s “Jazz Hands” and various completed socks which all depended on who in your group brought which socks to camp. Of course it ended in a tie and they had a great tie breaker all ready to go. Then we proceeded to make it the impossible find. Took 3 trade offs before someone found the book in the book shelves right outside the main room. Plain sight gets you every time.

Friday was Tina’s time to shine. In the afternoon we were treated to a slide show of where she goes for inspiration and color ideas. We were even told which ones to expect as colorways in the near future maybe even for the club. Look forward to it folks they were fantastic. In the evening was the mascot parade with stories and just as fabulous as every year. Tina (or maybe it was Debbi) got up another slide show of “little know facts” about each camper and paired it with a photo of each camper. It helped everyone get a better feeling for who their campmates were even if they weren’t on the same team.

All in all a most wonderful experience and I wish all of you could have been there. But in series because camp needs to be small to feel like camp. Here’s to many more in the future!

Alice in the Heartland (altygrae on Ravelry)

Roses gone a wry…Help Please!

Notorious Sock Knitters | April 07, 2009
By Leslie

I am knitting the large size sock and have turned the heel and am working on the gusset. It’s been smooth sailing until this point (or so I thought!). I have picked up the stiches for the gusset and worked the shaping Round 1 successfully. In working Round 2, I knit my picked-up stitches to the instep and found that in order to carry on with my instep pattern (row 9) I had to knit to 2 sts before marker and then knit 2 together……here’s the problem, my marker is my first instep stitch so I would have to steal a stitch from my gusset in order to knit 2 together as requested. Any comments, advice (please don’t tell me to start again:) etc???

Thanks in advance…Leslie in snowy Deep River (It is April right?)

Question from a newbie

Notorious Sock Knitters | April 07, 2009
By kacoles@shaw.ca

Having just recently joined the club I was delighted to receive my Rogue Roses sock pattern today. I have wound the wool into a ball, updated my Ravelry projects list and cast on. I was just wondering, since I signed up this month, if I will still receive January’s kit? (As a new person to blogging as well please forgive me if this is not the forum for my queries.)

Late to the party

Notorious Sock Knitters | April 07, 2009
By terrynmt

I am new to RSC and am so looking forward to being part of this group.  As usual for me I missed the opening of this year’s club, but will do my best to catch up!  Just wanted to say “Hi” and join in the fun.  (I’m also new to this whole blog thing as far as adding my 2 cents - so please be patient with me as I learn the ropes.)