Bounce bounce bounce
I am generally rather orderly. Some might say alarmingly orderly. I'm a huge fan of breaking a large task into smaller ones, putting the pieces in the right order, allocating time for them, and moving through the list. I've written and published five books in the last few years. You sort of have to be orderly to pull that off. At least I do. But right now I'm feeling scattered. It's not the bad sort of scattered, it's the 'oh holy crap muffins I just had the best idea and now I am absolutely itching to implement it please can [...]
Solefull Socks, review and giveaway
I got to know Betty Salpekar last spring at the writing retreat I attended in Washington (that's her in the back row, fifth from the right). She was there talking about her fantastic new way of knitting socks. I got to see many of her amazing creations, and have spent the intervening year trying hard not to follow her around going 'is it done yet, is it done yet, is it done yet' like a demented parrot (I figured it wouldn't actually speed things along, so I refrained). But now the book is done and out, and I get to [...]
Amenable
The pattern for Amenable, the lovely, versatile socks I've been playing with for the last few months, is now up on ravelry. First things first, some pictures. Because I'm easily entertained and like pretty pictures. Now maybe a bit of that useful information stuff. Just in case that would come in handy. These socks are written for four gauges (6, 7, 8, and 9 stitches per inch), which means you can use fingering, dk, or sport weight yarn (they're shown here in Caper Sock and Caper Aran by String Theory). They're written in eight sizes, which means you'll be able [...]
Golden
People, it's cold outside. Cold and very very snowy. So I am not going to go outside to try and find a spot with little enough snow that I can take a picture of these. I know I should, but I'm just not. You'll have to settle for a uncharacteristically well-scrubbed kitchen counter and a rare streak of January sunlight. I think it will serve to show off the pretty quite well enough. That's the fat socks (String Theory Caper Aran in Melon) on the right, and the skinny socks (String Theory Caper Sock in Beach Plum) on the left. [...]
Almost There
The yellow socks are almost done. Very very close to done. I just need to remember all the clever stuff I did on the toe of the first one and manage to write it down and do it again, and they'll be all set. Which is good, because the fingering weight ones that Katie has been graciously working on for me are not only finished and in the mail, but have arrived here in sunny (cough) Cleveland. As soon as they're all done and blocked, I'll get a picture of both styles on some fake feet and show you what [...]
One Down
Great progress on the sock front. The first one is done (properly done with ends woven in and blocked and all), and the second one is on the needles. I'm pleased. I'm also, you will note, inside. That's because it's snowing outside and warm and toasty inside and I'm not hoping around out there in my sock feet for a blog pic. Sorry, but I don't love you that much. Inside will have to do. I even managed to take notes as I made it (so often my downfall), and I have the first draft of the pattern written up. [...]
Where Do Your Toes Start?
Well, not so much your actual, personal toes. I'm assuming those start towards the end of your feet. I more mean where do your sock toes start. I ask because the yellow socks are looking a lot like this: That's the point where I have to try them on every two or three rows to see if it's time to do the toes. For my feet, I'm happiest if I start the first round of toe decreases just as the sock reaches the tip of my smallest toe (so I need about another half inch or so on this one). [...]
Marooned
I'm delighted to announce that Marooned is out and ready for your needles. These are the socks I worked on while we visited San Francisco this summer (yes, yes I did bring a sock blocker with me in my suitcase) and took pictures of at the beach. I confess, I'm unreasonably pleased with them! Well, I'm delighted with the socks themselves (how could I not be), but the unreasonable glee is all coming from the pattern. While I like my socks thick and smooshy (these are made with String Theory's Merino DK and so are super thick), I know not [...]
Progress
The first sock is nearly done. It would actually be done if I were the more decisive type. I (as predicted) went with the option where I worked on the needles to make the foot all swirly and keen. I got it all figured out, liked it, even took notes, then realized I really really wanted some plain socks. So I made a new plan. I secured another skein of String Theory's wonderful yarn (this time their caper sock in a beautiful purple-y blue) and had a conversation with a super awesome secret knitter (secret only because I forgot to [...]
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