Happy Sew Crafty Friday. I got the socks done last week but was unable to post. They have already been given to their happy recipient, but I took some pics before I gave 'em away. Here they are finished.

The stripes don't line up perfectly, but I'm still pretty happy with them. That was the only picture I got of them on the floor because I had helpers. Here's Katie showing us that...

 

...these socks are not one size fits all.

"Mommy, take a picture of me!" Can you tell we had eggs for breakfast? Egg yokes really bring out the blue in her eyes, dontcha think?

Okay, back to the socks. Here's what they look like on. Those are my feet. I cleaned 'em first. Luckily my friend doesn't mind that we all tried on her socks.

 

I'm still working on the red blanket but my hook went missing. That happens alot. Kids can find all kinds of imaginative things to do with crochet hooks, so there isn't anything to post on that project.

Here's my surprise project. I'm knitting. I starting teaching myself to knit a few years ago but always put it down in favor of the much faster (for me anyway) crocheting. Since I've been posting on Sew Crafty Friday I've found myself inspired by one the other participants. PuritySeekers makes some beautiful stuff (and you can win some of it by entering the contest on her site) which she sells on her etsy shop. One of the things I've loved the most is the knit longies she makes. Because I'm a big ol' copycat I seached and found this pattern at knitty.com. Beware, the baby on that page will make you want one! Here's the pic:

I'm doing a couple of things different on this pattern. First of all, I didn't want to buy two sets of needles, a circular and a set of dpns, so I learned to do the magic loop on the circular needles. I learned how to do it from a couple of videos on youtube.com. Here's one of the videos I learned from. Do a search for "magic loop" on you tube if you want to find more.

 

That's it for now. If you want to see more crafts head over to Shereen's site for Sew Crafty Friday.