Maybe…
Hmmmm. Maybe it's not so bad. I suppose one doesn't generally hang socks side by side and stare intently at them. At least I don't. I tend to put them on my feet and go about my day. And while my feet generally remain in fairly close proximity to each other, they don't actually spend a lot of time lined up awaiting examination. Maybe I can live with it. If not, I'm now provisioned with a large supply of Kool-Aid packets in flavors that bear no resemblance to any fruit found in nature.
Do You See That?
I tried to pretend it wasn't happening. I tried hard. But alas, I can no longer ignore it. Look at those stripes. On the left, big stripes on the top and little stripes on the bottom. On the right, little stripes on the top and big stripes on the bottom. Also, and perhaps even more infuriating, the sock on the left is far brighter than the sock on the right. I am displeased. Rather amazingly displeased. I could probably get past the striping thing, but the color is really throwing me. I'm considering washing the left sock a few extra [...]
Dear Madam
To the person who wrote to me insisting I: hurry up with the pink mitts already be sure to release them as a free pattern explain how to use worsted weight instead of fingering weight describe how to work them back and forth instead of in the round I'm afraid I must decline. I generally try to be accommodating. Really I do. If someone has a question or a problem with one of my patterns (which happens very rarely) I will do what I can to help. Alas, rushing to release a completely reworked version of a pattern for free [...]
Promising
Well this seems as though it could be rather promising. I really do like them both ways, though the inside out version is currently slightly in the lead. I'm actually starting to like the reverse stockinette sole too. Apparently some people make all their socks that way because it makes the inside of the sock particularly smooth. I think that when I write them up, I'll just explain how to arrange it so that the regular stockinette side of the sole matches up with either side of the stitch pattern. In other news, I'm picking up my new car tomorrow [...]
Once More With Feeling
The socks I mentioned the other day are out. I've called them Once More With Feeling to commemorate their magical transformer-style nature. When the bottoms (inevitably) wear out you can snip one stitch, do ten minutes of finishing, and have a pair of fingerless mitts made from the stitches of the leg. You know that the feet wear out long before the legs. (Really, has anyone ever had the leg of their sock wear out? I know I haven't ever seen it.) I hate the idea of throwing out all that perfectly good knitting on the leg. This is much [...]
So Much for Restraint
It was supposed to be a swatch. It really was. But you see, I hate swatching in the round. I know how, I can do it, I just don't like to. So I went ahead and swatched over a whole cuff's worth of stitches. Then, well, then it was too nifty to rip out. See? The only problem is, that's the inside of the sock. I'm not quite sure if i carry on as I am, or if I rip and redo it so that the pattern is reversed. Would you run screaming from a pattern who's last instruction was [...]
It’s Quiet…Too Quiet
I finished the Greenhorn socks on Sunday. This, combined with my continuation of the knitting olympics finish-a-thon, means that I currently have no socks on the needles. None. Now sure I have a few single socks lingering in the back of the closet, but I have declared those 'showpiece socks,' socks I made to do the pattern rather than to do the socks themselves. That's somehow different. I'm good at justification, just let it go. So, what do I do in this oddly sockless state? Obviously, the book is one option. Much progress has already been made on the book. [...]
It’s About Time…
So, about that news I mentioned the other day. Yeah. Um...There's going to be a book. I know, I'm rather surprised too. I've already gone through the transition from "really, me, are you sure?" to "hooray" to "what on earth am I getting myself into" to "I can so totally do this." I'm now deep in list making mode. Research is being done, swatches are falling off my needles left and right, and graph paper is being used in a truly profligate manner. I have to be circumspect in what I say, but I'll tell you as much as I [...]
Still not the Big News
So this is still not it. There's a good chance the 'it' will be discussed tomorrow or Monday. Instead, I bring you some other news, this time accompanied by a photo. It's been an unreasonably long time since there has been a photo of a new sock. So, with no further ado, a picture. This is a sock with a bit of back story. The story is rather rambly. The short version is 'new pattern later this month.' If you don't want the long version, feel free to wander off now. I'll never know. Ok, now for the long version. [...]
Mailing List
Want to hear when a new pattern comes out or something fun is going on? Sign up below!
Patreon
Want to support the content I create, get nifty bonus material for some of my favorite patterns, or get every new release delivered right to your inbox? Head over to patreon and sign up!
