Wow
Ya'll are awesome. I'm sort of loving the comment thing. Alas, I've closed them on the previous post. I'll be emailing winners over the weekend and posting them here on Monday(ish). I'll also be back with details of upcoming releases and (hopefully) some pictures of the finished blue socks.
Interstices (and Giveaway)
The pattern for Interstices is now available. There's a wee giveaway, read on for details. I probably shouldn't say it, but I sort of love these. They're quick, can be made from leftover bits of sock yarn, and are super stretchy. All of that makes them eminently suitable for gift/swap knitting. They look far more complicated than they are (the main repeat is only 4 rows long), which always feels somehow both sneaky and deeply satisfying. Add in their shamelessly frilly fluffy frivolous nature and their bargain price ($1.99 through Knit Picks Independent Designer program), and I'm not sure you [...]
Liar!
Do you see that tree? That tree with the leaves and the wee pink flowers? Wouldn't that tree make you think of spring, of warm sunny days and soft breezes and singing birds? Yeah. That tree is a filthy liar. It started snowing about 20 minutes after we took that picture. I'm cold. The pattern should be out next week. Perhaps by then the snow will have melted.
Greatly Exaggerated
I am assuredly not dead. Busy, yes. Dead, no. Thanks to the folks who emailed to check though. I do like knowing that if I ever should be dead, someone might notice before the cats have the chance to nibble on too much of me. Hopefully The Boy would notice, but he gets busy too sometimes, so it's good to have a back up system at the ready. Busy with what you ask? Why the book of course, which explains much of my dreadful silence. Luckily, the part of the project where all of my knitting time is focused on [...]
Testing
The current project is about to go up for testing on ravelry. If you are just dying to make these (and willing to risk the occasional typo for the chance to make them before I officially release the pattern), this is your chance. I've still not decided if I like the inside or the outside better. Have you?
Greenhorn
The pattern for Greenhorn is up. You've seen these as they grew, so I won't bore you with too many details. The short version goes 'two sizes, mirrored left to right, nifty heel construction, worksheet to let you use the construction elsewhere.' I like them, and you might too. Go forth and knit before it gets too warm to wear wooly socks! Their fate on the color front is still undecided. A few more washes has helped to equalize the color a bit. I think I may hold off on the Kool-Aid extravaganza. Of course now I'm terribly curious about [...]
Beeeeeeeeeeeep
This has been a test of the emergency porch-cast system. Had this been a real emergency, I would have brought more yarn. And more beer. Those of you who've been around a while may recall that last year we hired some nice men to transform our backyard (previously affectionately, if accurately, known as The Pit) into a lovely patio. Spurred by the unseasonably warm weather, we spent this past Sunday mucking out last fall's leaves, sticking tiny plants in the ground, putting down unreasonable quantities of mulch (good luck plants, that's about all the help you're likely to get around [...]
Up Next
Greenhorn should be out Wednesday or Thursday. The socks are finished (you already knew that), the pattern is finished (you probably knew that too), and the testers are finished. And let me assure you, these were tested out the wazoo. I've had several people make each size and each side (left or right). Don't be afraid of the new heel. It will seem funny the first time you do it, but then again every new kind of heel you've ever made seemed funny the first time you did it, right? Don't lie. You know it did. This is no different, [...]
Nifty!
Do you remember a month or so ago when I was wailing and gnashing my teeth over the distressing lack of mitt blockers in the world? Ok, perhaps not actually wailing, but certainly carrying on in an unbecoming fashion. Well, it seems that there are some people who, when confronted with such a distressing lack, do something other than cry in their cornflakes. Some people choose to solve problems instead of just pointing them out and then standing around waiting for them to magically fix themselves. It turns out that Lizzy of Yarnluvinlizzy is one of these exceptional people. She's [...]
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