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My little Annette turned two years old last Saturday. Happy Birthday, Annette! 🙂

(On a side note, Spring Knitty is out!)

My apologies for the long silence, everyone! There has actually been a lot of knitting (even some FOs!), and then a little holiday, and then some more knitting. But I just haven’t had the chance to blog. My usual computer had been packed away as it’s dying 🙁 , but hopefully I can get a replacement soonish. I’m using the hubby’s computer now. But it doesn’t have the photo editing software that I need to show you my FOs, so I’ll need to install that first.

I’ll update again soon, hopefully with more report of knitting and photos! 🙂

In the meantime, is anybody participating in the Knitting Olympics???

The new Knitty is out!!!

When I first saw the pic on the cover (above), I just knew I want to make that little cutie! It’s designed by the talented Jess Hutchison. I love Jess Hutch’s soft toys — they’re cute and adorable, but with a quirky touch to them, not too sweet, not the standard factory-made kind of soft toys. Oh, and what’s even better, it’s knitted in the round! Minimum seaming, yay!

Btw this issue is big, I counted 25 patterns. They’re not kidding when they say that this is the biggest issue ever.

Sock knitters everywhere, my apologies. I used to be one of those people who think, “why bother knitting socks? if I need socks I can just go and buy some.” But I have been lured by some great looking socks out there in the blogs, and some people are actually saying that handmade socks are the most comfortable socks there are. I’m hoping this is true. So I’ve decided to give sock knitting a go.

I decided to join the Sock Summer Knitalong. I’ve never actually knit any socks before, but I thought a knitalong would be just the push that I needed. And I’m hoping there would be some more experienced sock knitters there to help me along if I get stuck 🙂

Not sure yet what pattern to use. I really like the Mirabella socks by MJ at Yummy Yarn. It looks challenging, considering I’ve never made a single sock before, but I like a good challenge. I guess I can fall back to plainer sock patterns if that one doesn’t work out.

But before I jump head first into sock knitting, I thought it would be good to get acquainted first with the sock structure. So I followed Knitty’s Socks tutorial and ended up with this training sock!

That loop at the top is so that I can hang it like an ornament 🙂 Might as well, since this sock is too small to be worn by anyone.

Ok, now I’m going to start the real sock!

• You’ve spent more money on yarns and needles than your clothes and shoes put together in the last year.
• You feel like you’re wasting time when you’re *not* knitting.
• On your first visit to a yarn shop, when you finally make it out to the checkout, the person at the counter says, “I thought you’d never leave!”
• You can spot knitwear from miles away.
• You have caught yourself staring at a stranger in the street because you were trying to work out the pattern of that cardigan/scarf/hat/etc.
• You see a friend’s newborn baby for the first time, and the first thing that comes to your mind is how lovely that knitted blanket looks.
• You tell your husband that this is the last yarn purchase for a while, and he rolls with laughter.