My Favorite Ones So Far...

The Monkey KawKaw socks are complete!! I already wore them today!

Today was a good day :)

Happy Knitting!

xoxo Irishgirlieknits

A Few Things I Still Miss......

The San Juan Islands (view from ferry)

The Tricksters Sisters!

Hanging out with my people :)

Seriously! How can you not love this awesome group!

Old and new friends! Yummy food! And check out the view!

Rosario through the trees

I think I need to go cast on now......

Happy Weekend!!

xoxo Irishgirlieknits

Monkey Mayhem!

Rosie and her friends, both old and new. Seriously, who would have thought you could have this much fun making sock monkeys!

Well, I'm pretty sure Debbi knew we would have that much fun! It is her incredible pattern after all. This is her before.....

....and after we covered her with monkey love!! (see Rosie in her arm, how can you miss those botoxed red lips!)

Debbi certainly played a big role in me going to camp this year and I am so glad I got to hang out with her all week! I can not say enough about how wonderful she and all the sockateers are! I miss her already! Here's her original Funky Sock Monkey in the picture above. The pattern is written for a large monkey like this one and a small monkey (like the ones that you've been seeing around!).

The pattern should be available soon on the Blue Moon website, but I thought one of you lucky readers might not be able to wait so I bought an extra pattern at camp! Let me know if you are interested in the sock monkey pattern in the comments below and I'll pick a random winner this week!

Contest closes Thursday at 6pm PST.

Happy Knitting!!

xoxo Irishgirlieknits

Goodbye Orcas Island!

I guess our fabulous week at camp had to come to an end sometime. Saturday morning we said goodbye to Orcas Island. Of course, first we had a fantastic breakfast with Cat Bordhi. Yes, Terry and I were just eating breakfast at the buffet with everyone else. Cat was looking for a place to sit and asked if she could join us! Well, of course. For the next 40 minutes the three of us enjoy watching the snow fall outside, talked about the Bay Area (where we all are from), discussed monkey madness, etc. It was grand.

There sure was snow.

But it cleared up by the time we got to Seattle.

I did finally finish my Cedar Creeks....very late Friday night .. hiccup!

I love this colorway! Thank goodness I have another skein in my stash!

And look at the cute sock blockers that Pashyknits gave me as a belated birthday present! Super cute!! From Leggy Creations and its even personalized! Thanks Pashy!

Oh, and did you notice the pretty new floors and counters in the sock photos! Our condo is a disaster right now (e.g., half the house seems to be in either my room or my sister's!), but it is starting to look great!

Sock Pattern: Cedar Creek, KnitAlong going on over Here!

Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts, Socks that Rock, lightweight, colorway Faulty Dyer

Needles: 2.25mm and 2.75 mm

Notes: Love these socks!! They fit so nice and snug too!

Oh, did I show you some of the things I picked up on my trip?!

(l to r) Knitters without Borders (new color benefitting the charity, soon available on the Blue Moon website), Prove it all Night, Scaponia, Eggplanted, Kaw Kaw (special camp color!)

And before you all ask, no that's not all I brought home...but that's all you get to see for now :)

But be sure to stop by tomorrow for some more monkey photos and a chance to win the Funky Sock Monkey pattern (I bought an extra to bring home for you guys!).

Happy Knitting!

xoxo Irishgirlieknits