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  • A Sock Story

    Sock Finished, with cuff up
    Sock Finished, with cuff up
    Finished Sock, cuff down
    Finished Sock, cuff down

    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.


    Kauni Rainbows

    Kauni Effektgarn


    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…