Two-fer
Remember how I said I was going to update my patterns to include stitch maps? Yeah, that project fell by the wayside. (Too many projects! Too little time!)
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You know those Sidewinder socks I posted about yesterday? The pattern has been available for almost two years, but now it features a little facelift:
Travel knitting
Lately it seems I get most of my knitting done while traveling. Case in point:
Before Stitches Midwest, knowing that I would …
...moreFinis
Yet another pair of toe socks, finished:
Blue Moon Fiber Arts®
Socks that Rock® mediumweight
They’re much the same as my …
...moreReady to travel
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 …
...moreDa Hubster did it again
Once again, DH has worn holes through his handknits – this time, through the soles of a pair of socks.
Side note: He …
...morePotato chips
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 …
...moreMore toes
Grab a cup of tea; this is gonna be a long one.
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I’d like to tell you that I finished two pairs of socks in the past …
...moreI stand corrected
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. …
...moreTen toes and three heels
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 …
...moreThis End Up
I just realized I never posted photos of the finished pedicure socks:
I finished these socks just before leaving for Stitches South – …
...moreWorking backwards
It’s amazing what a little time spent on airplanes does for my knitting productivity:
Before heading to the DFW Fiber Fest – …
...moreWhich means
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 …
...moreProof that my mom does not understand me
Today’s trip to the mailbox revealed a surprise package from my mom:
(What you need to know is that my mom …
...moreSign-up time
The news is out: I get to be one of the designers in the 2012 Knit Purl Sock Club. In keeping with the theme of “Masterpieces,” each kit’s colorway and …
...moreIn the running
You’ve heard of Patternfish, right? It’s a top-notch source of patterns, nearly 10,000 of them.
Which pattern gets the honor of being the 10,000th? You get to …
...moreSuggestions, anyone?
As much as possible, I try not to whine on this blog. And when I wrote last week about having to rip back a sock, I didn’t think I …
...moreGood news, bad news
Good news: I’m really digging a sock design I came up with just before Stitches Midwest. Any spare moment I had outside of class, I worked a few more rounds.
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Remember the toe I mentioned in my last post? The one with the kfb increases? It’s turned into a sock:
For the most part, it’s …
...moreToe #4
This past week I’ve been on a sock-knitting kick. This is a good thing: with Sock Summit right around the corner, it’s high time to be in a sock-knitting mood. …
...moreDown the rabbit hole
Once upon a time, I managed a computer lab with a raised floor. Cables of all sorts ran under floor tiles that you could lift, revealing a hoard of dust …
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