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By Melissa, March 2, 2010 10:25 pm

Sunday afternoon, a few hours before the closing ceremonies, I finished my Skewed Socks earning a Gold medal in the 2010 Knitting Olympics!

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By Melissa, February 12, 2010 8:08 pm

Tonight is the start of the 2010 Knitting Olympics!!

My chosen event: a pair of Skew Socks in Misti Alpaca Hand Paint Sock Yarn from The Stash.

Let the games begin!

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By Melissa, October 4, 2009 10:51 pm

I’m off to China again in the morning for almost three weeks.  I’m not sure what my blogging capabilities will be while there, but I promise to post lots of pretty pictures when I get back!

And for those of you curious knitterly types, I’m bringing yarn for two pairs of socks (it is Socktober, after all) – my Gothsocks in Little Mermaid to try out some Hat-Heel Socks and some squooshy Jitterbug for a pair of Orion’s Socks.

See you in a few weeks!

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By Melissa, August 30, 2009 5:19 pm

I finished my Monkey Socks a few weeks back and finally got around to blocking them.

They fit wonderfully and will be great to wear once the weather cools off a bit.

(I’ll keep my MN summer for now, thanks!)

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By Melissa, August 14, 2009 12:36 am

The Madre and I flew in to Portland Tuesday night from SF so we could spend all day Wednesday before Sock Summit exploring. What a great city! We hit Voodoo Donuts (of course), Chinatown, Washington Park, Portland’s Rose Garden and had a FABULOUS dinner. Check it out! (Warning: excessive number of rose photos included)

Then…oh then…was Sock Summit.

How do you describe such an awesome experience? I’m still not sure I can. I made great new friends, learned so much, met amazing people and to top it all off, I got to share it all with The Madre. Here are a few of my favorite pics.

I’m sure you’ve noticed that I have no pictures of the Marketplace or of any purchases. Well, that would be because (1) I was too busy buying things to take any pictures of the awesome Marketplace and (2) I bought so much stuff that I had to have it shipped all home and it should be here on Monday. Stay tuned…

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By Melissa, April 30, 2009 9:13 pm

Here’s my new bus knitting…Monkey by Cookie A.

Yes, I just bought her book.  No, I have no idea why I didn’t pick one of those socks to knit first.

Frances is also slightly perplexed.

Or maybe they both are just obsessed with the wrist strap on my camera.

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By Melissa, March 14, 2009 6:10 pm

I recently treated myself to some Sock Blockers from Knit Picks and decided to try them out today on the First Socks.  I think they’re pretty cool.  So does Frances.

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By Melissa, February 17, 2009 9:57 pm

Well, that took long enough.

Four months later, I finally have a pair.  And you really don’t know how close I was to forever only having one. Because of course, when it takes so long to knit a Second Sock, one is bound to lose the First Sock.  Trust me, The Canadian and I scoured three rooms tonight looking for the First Sock to prove that I actually did finish two.

All in all, I’m quite content with these guys and they’ve taught me a lot – including knitting continental with the smallest needles I’ve ever used yet.  I also learned that knitting with finer yarn on a bumpy bus does crazy things to stitch tension.  But that’s what blocking is for, right?