the blue blog archives: tuesday is knitalong day

Starting off again this week with another finished weasley. After making one for her son, Katie made a second weasley for her daughter.

a close-up of the ribbing with twisted stich borders
and look at the cute little toes!

Just one more week and one more update and then it'll be time to get those socks in the mail! Of course, those of you with international sock pals have most likely already started sending socks out. In fact, I've already heard that the first pair has made its way to its recipient! Check out how happy Helene is with her socks. Hooray!

Did you see Bonne Marie's fabulous little number that she made from her recycled cash iroha?! Or Shelby's gorgeous Gloria?! Check out Bethany's little cutie modeling the sweater she just fixed. And Dani modeling her poncho turned shawl. Colleen had to fix her Fix-it sweater a second time, but it's all done now!

Still ripping and fixing are: Emily, who is almost done with her Mariah. Brynne, who ripped a sweater and is charting out how to reshape it. Carla ripped her Rogue (no pics yet). Nancy is fixing her Rogue - cutting, lengthening and grafting it back together (oh my!). And Sibylle says that with all this frogging and fixing, she's been thinking about ripping her Rogue! And here I thought Klaralund was the big fixer-up sweater. I did hear that another Klaralund bit the dust over at Enchanting Juno. And mine is should be at least partially ripped by next week's update.

Amazing how our fix-a-thon has inspired so many others to rip, fix and finish old projects! Katie rescued a cute baby tart hat from her UFO pile. Sandy ripped out a hat in a fabulous Berroco yarn. And Ellen reports she's redoing a sweater - ripping the yarn out from the neck to lengthen the sleeves.

posted by alison at 8:58 am | in sockapalooza

Comments

wow, i'm so excited to receive ANY of these socks... i've been so caught up in the knitting, i'd just about forgotten i'd be getting a pair myself!

mine are going on a long journey, from London, England to... well, let's just say it's the other side of the big pond. Does that narrow it down enough?

There's a thank you on my blog Alison, but here's another one. It's been a great exchange!

Posted by: anna at March 8, 2005 9:08 AM

oops i seem to have just exactly echoed your sentiment on helene's blog.

Posted by: anna at March 8, 2005 9:10 AM

do we have to wait til the end date to mail or can we mail now?

Posted by: Carla at March 8, 2005 9:12 AM

Did you see my green sweater? I finally got that hood and zipper fixed!

http://chappysmom.typepad.com/bookworm/2005/02/day_of_rest.html#comments

Posted by: Deb at March 8, 2005 9:51 AM

oh Alison I *love* tuesdays! I couldn't make a comment on some of the blogs but I gotta say how great everyones socks are!
thanks a million for such a great knit along

Posted by: cara at March 8, 2005 10:00 AM

Man! You beat me to the toe... ;)

Posted by: Wendy at March 8, 2005 10:41 AM

I just went to the post office today and sent my socks away. :) I hope my secret sock pal likes them!

Posted by: Kristel at March 8, 2005 10:46 AM

Hi! My socks and a little present should be winging their way from the UK to the US aswell. I've really enjoyed this and can't wait to see what I get from my pal!

Posted by: Gill at March 8, 2005 12:01 PM

i just finished my socks this morning and posted some pics... i'll hopefully be mailing them off across the ocean in a day or two (depending on how quickly i can find a postcard or make my own!)

all of the others look great, i love daydreaming about which could be mine and which i'll have to copy and make for myself!!

Posted by: kim at March 8, 2005 12:44 PM

What gorgeous socks! Now to somehow fold time and space so mine get done more quickly - they WILL be done and shipped by next week, by golly! Having so much fun making these up, though I have to admit I kinda want to keep them for myself, too ;-)

Posted by: Kathy at March 8, 2005 4:55 PM

As I have said before, this is my first exchange. I am so excited. I will love whichever socks I get but I just can't believe how awesome they all are.

Donna S.

Posted by: Donna S. at March 8, 2005 5:45 PM

hmmm, mysteriously your link to my blog in the fixin' along sidebar now goes to Christina's blog. It used to go to me, I know it did... mysterious. I have been fixin along slowly-- photos later this week for sure.
I got my yarn already for the n.b.a.t.s.... purple and black calmer. Good to see there'll be an "along" for it! :)

Posted by: Emily at March 9, 2005 2:34 AM

I really should have done this yesterday to catch your "tuesday is knitalong day" update, but the past few days have been extreemly stressful, so no time for knitting or blog update :(

BUT now I have some better pics of my sockapalooza socks, and proof that they acrually fit!!

It seems I was the first one to finish knitting the socks, and also the first one to receive mine. Lucky me :) I hope my socks wil reach its recipient soon. Thanks for hosting the sockapalooza swap!!

Posted by: Helene at March 9, 2005 4:24 AM

I'm done!

http://knit.blogspot.com/2005/03/sockapalooza-yeah.html

Posted by: Brynne at March 9, 2005 2:37 PM

Hey, folks, just wanted to answer Carla's question. Since socks are already on their way to international pals, I think it'd be okay to send out socks now if you're done. So, the official send-off date is still on or around next Tuesday, but if you've already finished and have your postcard all ready to inclue, go for it! :)

Posted by: alison at March 9, 2005 5:27 PM

Hi!

I finished my socks over the weekend! I'm waiting until tomorrow to send them off, but I have a picture up on my blog! Can't WAIT to get my pair. This was such a fun knit-a-long!

Thanks for putting it together!

Posted by: Cece at March 14, 2005 9:08 AM

Oooo, I just finished my final Sockapalooza sock over the weekend. Nothing like running it close to the deadline, huh?

But they match!! :-)

http://knitting.designedlykristi.com/index.php?p=184

Posted by: Kristi at March 14, 2005 1:29 PM