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 [...]
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 [...]
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