Dear Whoever Keeps Borrowing My Tape Measure:
Just thought I’d mention I’ve managed to lose all three of my tape measures recently. Now, as you can see, they don’t have feet, and can’t walk away on their own. They live in my knitting bag, and can’t climb out. Please leave this one in my bag. It likes it in there. K?
Thanks,
Love,
The Knitter Who Lives Here.
This is it! The finished sock, in all its loose, holey glory. But hey, it’s my first, and my kid says she’ll wear it if I make the other one. Who knows? Maybe I will. I’m pretty proud of myself. Now I have this urge to know everything in the world there is to know about sock construction.
Here’s my project info, just in case I ever really do make the other one, and I need something to go back to.
Yarn: Wool of the Andes
Color: Amethyst Heather
Needles: Harmony, size 4
Pattern: Come to Silver Two at a Time Toe Up Socks (yeah I really only made one!)
Details: CO and did toe increases as in pattern. When toe increases were finished I knitted 36 rounds plain. Did short row heel as in pattern. Then over four rounds, increased on two rounds by four stitches each, for a total increase of 8 stitches. Then did 25 rows of 2×2 Rib. Used sewn bind off as in pattern.
Someday, it will have a mate.
Yay! The postman smiled upon me today and brought my Kauni Effektgarn 8/2 yarn that I ordered from Astrid’s Dutch Obsessions last week. That was fast! I can’t wait to swatch. I of course got the Not only did they send me 6 150g balls of the beautiful yarn, but I also got a yummy sweet cookie, which lasted all of about 4 seconds. It was kind of like an ice cream cone all rolled up in sugar. Yum!
I am going to make Ruth’s Kauni Rainbow Cardigan, of course. Someone on Ravelry even gave me a link to an upsized version. Yay. It’s been done before and I don’t have to reinvent the wheel.
I wish I could get started, but there’s this brown ripple afghan calling my name. Sigh…
It’s after midnight, and I REALLY need to sleep. It was a rough day today. But I just have to say that the reason why I am up is that I finished the sock. Yay! Photos and gory details after work. Good night (good morning?) for now.
I’m just about done with the slipper sock. The cuff has about 15 rounds in it and I’m going to go until I’m just about out of yarn and see how many more that gets me. the cuff is loose and slouchy so it will be comfortable for sleeping or lounging around the house late on a Sunday morning. (Kid’s favorite pastime of late.) Too bad she’ll have to wait a while for the second sock, as I have a brown ripple afghan to get back to, post haste. I’m pleased now that I know some basics about how socks go together, and can’t wait to make my first real socks on sock yarn.
Toward that end, I received Charlene Schurch’s More Sensational Knitted Socks
But this coming week I fear is going to lead to a whole new obsession. Dare I say it? Kauni. Shoot me now.
A friend on Ravelry posted about Blogging Against Disablism Day, which is set for May 1. I plan to participate! Pass it on….
I turned my first heel!
I didn’t think doing short rows would be too hard to figure out because I’ve played with them a bit before. Here’s the front side showing:
One thing I’m not happy about is that my short row shapings look big and bulky. Maybe they’re too loose. I don’t know. I was a bit afraid of wrapping my wraps too tight; I’ve done this in the past and I couldn’t hook the wraps on my needles. So I made sure not to wrap too tight this time, but I may have overcompensated. Anyway, I think the stitches look sloppy and I can’t wait to practice on my next sock til I figure this out. Thank goodness they come in pairs; I’ve got another attempt waiting for me very soon.
Now to finish the cuff.