Sock Knitting in Ireland

The wind kept blowing my yarn around, which was really annoying. Today I'm off to London, meaning that in two days I'll be at a SNB with a bunch of Angloknitters. How cool is that?

Stricken in München

This is in the gazebo at the Englisch Garten in Munich, Germany. One of my challenges is snapping a shot of myself knitting in each locale I visit, so here's one checked off the list! There are a few of me knitting in Salzburg floating around on friends' cameras. I'll stick one of those up here eventually.

Oh, and here is the progress of my first sock (from the sock book entirely auf Deutsch).


Sock knitting is so nice because it's small and easy to take around. My shrug is coming along nicely but it's getting too big to lug around with me while traveling in town. Oh well.

I'm heading to Dublin on Saturday! :]

Ich habe zwei Garngeschäften gegangen.

"The Ingenious Sock Book." Yes, it's entirely auf Deutsch. That's just more motivation for me to keep studying! I can't wait until I can start making socks. The patterns are pretty nice, and it comes with a fab pattern/size converter.

I have been knitting while in Salzburg, but I don't have much to show. I'm making a shrug from a pattern on Caron Simply Soft Shadows (I'm on a green kick so I'm using Color 0006--Dark Moss). It's a very straightforward pattern and I'm about halfway finished. You basically knit cuff-to-cuff, show up the seams, then pick up stitches and make a ribbed edging.

In regards to the title, I have indeed been to two yarn shops in Salzburg. One is called "Die Wolle" (The Wool) and is in the Malle - Hemetsberger off of Universitätplatz. The owner speaks English and is incredibly nice. I may go back for some sock yarn and needles ... maybe. It's a bit expensive (as far as € to $, not overpriced). The second is one in the Europark ... you just take Bus 1 or Bus 20 all the way to the end and it's on the second floor. It's called Filati, and I think it only carries Filati/Lana Grossa yarn from Italy. Seeing as Italy is only five hours away it isn't as much of a stretch as you'd think. The yarn was beautiful, although a bit pricey. A nice silk/cotton blend would be sehr gut for a pair of socks ... O:)

I hope all is well in den USA. I can't say I miss it ... Europe ist fantastisch! Tschüss!