Posts tagged: socks
Finis
By JC | January 23, 2013
Yet another pair of toe socks, finished: They’re much the same as my green pair, except I made yet another departure from Cat Bordhi’s original Sweet Tomato Heel: the first short-row wedge is composed of increasingly shorter rows, while the second is composed of increasingly longer rows. I like the results: In other news, registration [...]
Ready to travel
By JC | January 16, 2013
With the repair of DH’s socks out of the way, I’m back to making good progress on my toe socks: Having grafted together the toes of the second sock, I’m all set with lots of plain knitting on the foot, a simple heel, and more mindless knitting on the leg. It’s perfect travel knitting for [...]
Da Hubster did it again
By JC | January 13, 2013
Once again, DH has worn holes through his handknits – this time, through the soles of a pair of socks. Side note: He didn’t detect the holes; I did. I’m always amazed that he manages to create holes without ever noticing them. Fortunately, the holes and the neighboring thin spots were all in the same area, [...]
Potato chips
By JC | December 26, 2012
Right after completing the dubbelmossa, I needed to cast on for another project. (Because none of the UFOs hidden under the end table would do, of course.) What did I choose? Toe socks. Because apparently I can’t stop at just one or two pairs.
More toes
By JC | November 8, 2012
Grab a cup of tea; this is gonna be a long one. • I’d like to tell you that I finished two pairs of socks in the past few days. Finishing two pairs in quick succession would’ve been a novelty for me, since I normally practice serial monogamy with my knitting projects. But while enjoying [...]
I stand corrected
By JC | September 26, 2012
It was brought to my attention yesterday that Cat’s Sweet Tomato Heel Socks e-book suggests working increases on the sole before knitting the heel, if you have a high arch. Whoops! So it does, both in the general instructions on page 3 and in the individual sock patterns. Doing so would’ve eliminated the need for [...]
Ten toes and three heels
By JC | September 25, 2012
Secret project out of the way, I was able to return to and finish my “gotta have ’em now” toe socks: I’m thrilled that I pulled this particular skein of Blue Moon Fiber Arts Silkie Socks that Rock out of my stash. The colors just scream “fun!” Which is what you need when your toes [...]
This End Up
By JC | April 27, 2012
I just realized I never posted photos of the finished pedicure socks: I finished these socks just before leaving for Stitches South — as in, mere hours before, late last week Tuesday before getting up at 4:30am on Wednesday to head to the airport. (No wonder I didn’t think to blog about ’em.) Through sheer [...]
Working backwards
By JC | April 7, 2012
It’s amazing what a little time spent on airplanes does for my knitting productivity: Before heading to the DFW Fiber Fest – which was wonderful, by the way! I hope to be invited back for an encore visit! – I had completed just a short bit of the first sock. By the time my flight [...]
Which means
By JC | March 28, 2012
Friday is the first day of the DFW Fiber Fest (whee! can’t wait!), which means Thursday is a travel day, which means today is laundry and packing day, which means yesterday was start-some-travel-knitting day: I plan to produce socks that pretty much match the photo in the pattern that my mom sent: über-plain stockinette, with [...]