Done! Sunday's Update...

It seems that I have spent my whole Sunday racing the clock. But I am relieved. The SockPixie Sunday is done. And the colors are fantastic. I created each one after a famous woman.
Women are the colors of life, and colors are freedom! What would our life be without them?. Above, is a picture of the colorway inspired by Toni Morrison.
I hope you will join me in this ode to life, to women, and to colors!

Sunday's Preview...

It is time for this week's SockPixie preview. This week, like last week I decided to just follow my thoughts. I let the memories of the past create their color images, and there you go, you have this week's colorways.
Above is a picture of a stunning colorway called Argentine Tango.
I hope you will enjoy the yarns as much as I enjoyed creating them.

Website Problems this Morning

Ok, it looks like this is going to be one of those days. The website hosting service is having technical difficulties. I will have to be patient today! I'll keep you posted.

Memories...

This week my inspiration came from the deepest parts of me. For some reason, maybe it was the air, or the light, or just my wandering mind, but I found myself remembering my childhood in Paris, and in a little town on the coast of Normandie called Trouville. The picture above is a colorway called Feu d'Artifice. I created it while thinking of the stunning beauty of the Bastille day fireworks!
I hope you will come and join me on the SockPixie site for a visit of France through the eyes of the child I once was.

Sunday's Preview...

Here is a little preview of this week's SockPixie colorways. I was inspired by the paintings of Madame Vigee Lebrun. The colors are very deep, saturated, and luxurious but at the same time feminine.

I hope you will join me tonight at 6 p.m. Eastern time, and travel with me to France, to the time of Marie Antoinette.

Mondays... They can be so exciting...

I knew this Monday morning would be exciting.



I knew it would be exciting to pack all your Tartan Yarns.



I knew it would be exciting to think about next week's colorways.



But you know, the most exciting thing, I did not even know would happen. My neighbors and friends, adopted a little baby boy today, and he is coming home with them.
I am so happy I will be meeting him soon. And now I have the perfect excuse to knit zillions of baby things!
As a welcome home gift, he is getting a pair of Magic Slippers. What will I knit for him next? ...There is nothing like dreaming up new designs!

SockPixie's Sunday Update... Tartans, and Vegan

This week we are traveling to Scotland and Ireland. I got my inspiration from some of the most beautiful fabrics, tartans. The colors were fun to work with as they were so different from the ones I previously worked with. I would describe the colors as saturated, deep, vibrant. The colorway above is called Anderson.







Also this week I have added a great new yarn which I called Vegan. It is a cotton/lycra sock yarn, in a true fingering weight. The yarn looks wavy in the skein, it takes the colors beautifully, and has the loveliest texture when knit. I had been looking for a long time for a suitable yarn. Vegan will be wonderful for knitters with wool allergies, and of course for summer socks!

I hope you will join me on SockPixie for a little trip to Scotland and Ireland.