Hey Y'all!
The good news is that The CEO liked the barbacoa. He seemed to REALLY like it, if I am being honest. So now the recipe has my official seal of approval.
I mentioned a few blogs back that I had found the perfect pattern and yarn for The CEO's sister socks. Well, this blog is about those socks...so here is your spoiler alert!
It all starts when The CEO went to Boston on a business trip a few months back. I figured that the best way to pass my time was to go buy some yarn somewhere I had never been. Upon the recommendation of many, I decided to check out Habu Textiles . So I set out after work and made it to the building. It is a bit strange seeing as it was an office/apartment building and Habu is on the 8th floor. I was especially interested in their yarns with copper and silver mixed with wool so I braved the shady elevator. I walked into Habu to see this:
And that's just part of the room. I could hear people working in the back but nobody came up front to help which made my experience less enjoyable. I didn't let that keep me from touching everything and I talked myself into and out of a million things before settling on something similar to this which is a scarf in itty bitty lace weight yarn made with wool and stainless steel. The prices are incredibly reasonable and I would have loved to buy more but since nobody was around to assist, I went with what I knew.
I had noticed online that School Products Yarns was in the same building. Since I was already there, I went down to the 4th floor . With regards to assistance, this place was the exact opposite of Habu. The man working showed me everything he liked and explained everything I touched. He had a great working knowledge of yarn and I therefore bought a TON. They import most of their yarn from Europe so, if you visit, be prepared for some interesting pricing. But you can get camel for $15 and merino for even less. I left with a little cashmere, some yak, some alpaca, some camel, and LOADS of good old fashioned wool. Sadly, nothing has labels and so it is a challenge to plan an exact project unless you take notes while at the store, which I am going to do next time.
Then I went home and put most of the yarn in the stash.
A few weeks later, while perusing Ravelry, I came across this pattern. I asked The CEO if his sister liked Arrested Development and he said yes. I showed him the link and he agreed it screamed The CEO's Sister. However, The CEO had the caveat of "that looks hard." He was right, it did look hard but I bought it anyway.
Fast forward to The CEO and I doing some Spring cleaning (in June but that's our way) and me cleaning up and organizing the stash. I ran across some fingering weight alpaca that told me instantly it wanted to be those socks. So the skeins were wound into balls whilst preparing Miss Brooklyn, Miss Greater Gotham, and Miss Five Boroughs for Miss New York.
And then last Tuesday I cast on.
That's right. I said LAST TUESDAY and, as the title of the blog implies, the socks are finished as of last night. A week. I did it in a week.
This pattern is captivating, fun, the precise amount of challenging, never boring, and just amazing. While I think the shine of the Little Red Bicycle Yarn that Liz Abinante may be a bit more spectacular...I cannot imagine it feels better than this alpaca. I had such fun knitting these socks and the pattern was flawless and easy to follow. Also, Little Red Bicycle seems to have gone belly up.
So, without further ado, here is Lindsay for The CEO's Sister:
Here is a close up
The detail was really hard to capture on camera (and I am a horrible photographer) but it is there. And the design goes up the back. And, having tried them on, I can honestly say that these are the most comfy socks I've knitted too.
And so now I have cast on The CEO's Uncle. The CEO helped me pick the yarn and it is Koigu KPPPM. I worked with this before when I made the Runner's Watch Cap and the yarn came from KnitCrate. I'm really looking forward to making these as well. This sock making stuff is fun. And if I can crank out a pair of socks in a week, I will be done with Christmas in no time and can move onto that wool and stainless steel scarf. :)
NoM
~ EK
The good news is that The CEO liked the barbacoa. He seemed to REALLY like it, if I am being honest. So now the recipe has my official seal of approval.
I mentioned a few blogs back that I had found the perfect pattern and yarn for The CEO's sister socks. Well, this blog is about those socks...so here is your spoiler alert!
It all starts when The CEO went to Boston on a business trip a few months back. I figured that the best way to pass my time was to go buy some yarn somewhere I had never been. Upon the recommendation of many, I decided to check out Habu Textiles . So I set out after work and made it to the building. It is a bit strange seeing as it was an office/apartment building and Habu is on the 8th floor. I was especially interested in their yarns with copper and silver mixed with wool so I braved the shady elevator. I walked into Habu to see this:
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I had noticed online that School Products Yarns was in the same building. Since I was already there, I went down to the 4th floor . With regards to assistance, this place was the exact opposite of Habu. The man working showed me everything he liked and explained everything I touched. He had a great working knowledge of yarn and I therefore bought a TON. They import most of their yarn from Europe so, if you visit, be prepared for some interesting pricing. But you can get camel for $15 and merino for even less. I left with a little cashmere, some yak, some alpaca, some camel, and LOADS of good old fashioned wool. Sadly, nothing has labels and so it is a challenge to plan an exact project unless you take notes while at the store, which I am going to do next time.
Then I went home and put most of the yarn in the stash.
A few weeks later, while perusing Ravelry, I came across this pattern. I asked The CEO if his sister liked Arrested Development and he said yes. I showed him the link and he agreed it screamed The CEO's Sister. However, The CEO had the caveat of "that looks hard." He was right, it did look hard but I bought it anyway.
Fast forward to The CEO and I doing some Spring cleaning (in June but that's our way) and me cleaning up and organizing the stash. I ran across some fingering weight alpaca that told me instantly it wanted to be those socks. So the skeins were wound into balls whilst preparing Miss Brooklyn, Miss Greater Gotham, and Miss Five Boroughs for Miss New York.
And then last Tuesday I cast on.
That's right. I said LAST TUESDAY and, as the title of the blog implies, the socks are finished as of last night. A week. I did it in a week.
This pattern is captivating, fun, the precise amount of challenging, never boring, and just amazing. While I think the shine of the Little Red Bicycle Yarn that Liz Abinante may be a bit more spectacular...I cannot imagine it feels better than this alpaca. I had such fun knitting these socks and the pattern was flawless and easy to follow. Also, Little Red Bicycle seems to have gone belly up.
So, without further ado, here is Lindsay for The CEO's Sister:
Here is a close up
The detail was really hard to capture on camera (and I am a horrible photographer) but it is there. And the design goes up the back. And, having tried them on, I can honestly say that these are the most comfy socks I've knitted too.
And so now I have cast on The CEO's Uncle. The CEO helped me pick the yarn and it is Koigu KPPPM. I worked with this before when I made the Runner's Watch Cap and the yarn came from KnitCrate. I'm really looking forward to making these as well. This sock making stuff is fun. And if I can crank out a pair of socks in a week, I will be done with Christmas in no time and can move onto that wool and stainless steel scarf. :)
NoM
~ EK
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