handmade by stefanie

I have only three projects on the needles (one of which is top secret)! In my effort to focus on my holiday gift knitting AND post-holiday knitting for the 2013 babies, four in all, I've been fending off startitis and my natural inclination for selfish knitting. So far, so good, anyway. I'm nearly to the heel on sock #2 of my second pair of Cookie A's Lateral Socks ; this pair I'm knitting with a skein of Valley Yarns Charlemont Kettle Dyed in Dusk. I'm pretty sure I bought this yarn from the Webs booth at Stitches a few years ago (not this past one, as I only walked away from the Market with a few braids of handpainted fiber). I love this sock pattern! It's easy to memorize, and this time I'm doing a garter short-row heel and a garter toe, which you may recognize from the Jelly Beans Socks I recently finished. Those socks knit up so much faster when I didn't have to full with a heel flap, picking up stitches, and gusset shaping. Now I understand ...