the blue blog archives: tuesday is knitalong day

Cathy has a ton of yarn to choose from
Johanna has got her Koigu all ready
Liz has luscious hand-dyed yarn from Holly Spring Homespun
Linz is considering a Pretty Petals design
Niter has dyed some yarn, in get this, the colors of Sprite, for her sock pal - too cool!
Blossom is going with the Friday Harbor Sock from Knitting on the Road
Kathy searching for the perfect pattern for her Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn
Nanette has found the most wonderful looking yarn from Blue Moon Fiber Arts (seriously, you have to see it!)
Michelle is going cotton (check out the Regia Surf socks she just finished!)
Christine has gone back to the drawing board with her beautiful red Koigu
Diana made a try with antifreeze green Koigu
Allena is trying to decide between several beautiful shades of Knitpics Sock yarn (check out her pictures of Prague too!)
Ina is thinking about some Cherry Tree Hill Green Mountain Madness (ooh, that's a great name, isn't it!)
Carolyn has been practicing socks by making my ankle socks while waiting for some Meilenweit to arrive
Renee has put together a little list of sock suggestions
AND Femiknit Mafia is squeezing in practice sock knitting time whenever she can. I love it!

This weekend at the store, I spotted fellow Sockapal-2-zers Karen, Grumperina and Paula scoping out the sock yarns. Go see what they got! And while I was working I was on the hunt for the perfect red sock yarn and managed to find this gorgeous yarn for my pal: Artyarns Supermerino in the most fabulous reds and purples.

posted by alison at 9:01 am | in sockapaltwoza

Comments

Thanks so much for making it so easy to check on everyone's progress. where do you find all the time for commenting and then blogging and linking. What a great job. Thanks again!

Posted by: christine at June 28, 2005 10:10 AM

i've got one sockapal2za sock finished over at my blog! yummy mai tai socks!!

everyone's socks look great, thanks for keeping us updated!

Posted by: kim at June 28, 2005 10:24 AM

How do I get to be on the weekly update? Do I need to email you and tell you that I have a blog post or do I comment on Monday??

PS, I LOVE your OSW!

Posted by: Jenn at June 28, 2005 11:46 AM

OK, I'm impressed! I didn't rush to pass on sock progress, since I haven't gotten very far....and still you found the links. Just a sign that I need to figure it all out.

I love looking at all of the socks in progress (and the finished ones as well). They are truly inspiring.

Posted by: Kathy at June 28, 2005 11:48 AM

Wow, all these socks are gorgeous! Just picked up my yarn for my pal this weekend, haven't had time to post a pic yet, but I'll get started soon!

Posted by: keri at June 28, 2005 11:55 AM

I am in love with that aqua sock.Are you able to find out what sock yarn that is Alison?..no rush when ever you have a free mo

Posted by: cara at June 28, 2005 3:16 PM

I just purchased my sockapal2za yarn. Mountain Colors hand painted yarn in the color Yellowstone. It's going to be hard to give them away! This is my vacation car ride knitting - I'm also using a vintage 1944 pattern from Beehive. Can't wait to get started!

Posted by: Sharon at June 28, 2005 3:36 PM

Oh man! That yarn would be perfect for my pal. I think I finally have a pattern and the yarn is just eluding me.

Posted by: Beth at June 28, 2005 3:47 PM

Got my sock yarn for my pal yesterday in the mail! I just have to pick from the two colorways which I'm going to use, now...

Posted by: Lyme at June 28, 2005 3:53 PM

Thanks coordinating this and for keeping us all on track...it is so fun to see what everyone is working on...Take care :)

Posted by: michele at June 29, 2005 1:14 PM

I found this page of sock patterns, in case anyone was interested:
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/socks.php

Posted by: Heather at June 29, 2005 1:27 PM

I've picked a yarn and a pattern for my sock pal...the entry link is here. I probably won't get a chance to work on it this week, so this will be the most progress I'll have.

Posted by: Jaimi at June 29, 2005 2:40 PM

Wow!! Everybody is getting right on it!!! How exciting. Alison thank you for all of your work. I don't have a blog so I will email you pics again when I get mine done (er...started, I mean done).

Posted by: Donna S. at June 29, 2005 10:50 PM

I've just decided on Cashcotton and still searching for a great pattern to go along with. Entry's posted on my blog.

Posted by: emy at July 4, 2005 12:16 PM

Thanks for posting updates! I'm done now too:
http://noricum.blogspot.com/2005/07/sockapal2za.html
(September 15th sure is a loooong way away!)

Posted by: Andrea at July 4, 2005 1:23 PM

More excitement on my end! I finished the first sock for my sockapal-2-za pal, and have a couple of pictures it in the following blog entry: http://www.livejournal.com/users/irihs/251458.html

Bonus pictures of my other weekend knitting progress, and some cherries from my backyard. Yum!

Posted by: Rebekkah at July 4, 2005 1:24 PM