Category: design

  • FO: more and taller socks

    I started these ones in India but didn’t get very far – I think I was on the top of the increases when I got home. These started out with the intention of being knee socks, but once I hit the ribbing I just kept going! I thought they would end up thigh-high, but they’re more like just over the knee with the ribbing a bit scrunched.

    242.365 - over the knees

    In the front they’re just plain:

    over the knee socks

    But in the back there’s a wee cable (mirrored between the two socks) right up from the bottom up the heel to the start of the ribbing.

    ...fun in the back!

    Tough to photograph since the yarn is so dark! I used 2 skeins of Dream in Color Smooshy in Midnight Derby – a fantastic colour. My knee socks pattern (for the stripey ones) is nearly complete, so I’m going to add in notes on how to turn them into over-the-knee socks into that pattern.

    Somehow I’ve been plugging away at several big projects so now I have one almost complete (just needs blocking and buttons) sweatercoat and one almost complete cardigan as well! Oh, I did take a photo of the cardigan last week, so here it is.

    I seem to be liking the circular yoke lately

    I still need to figure a collar and buttonband treatment, but I’m getting there!

  • can’t believe I almost forgot to post this!

    I’ve been going through my trip photos trying to distill them into a good slideshow length for the family (get-together over Easter = trip slideshow time) and I found this one that Vig took!

    yarn by bike

    This was in Udaipur, Rajasthan (the place with the windy, hilly roads, lake palace, and Octopussy). We were just walking along, and I looked down and alley…and said, “Is that what I think it is?!”

    yarn by bike

    This dude was selling yarn off the back of his bike! There were at least 2 other women checking out the yarn as well. I was a little shy to ask anything about it (obviously I am studying it very intensely in that photo above!) but I felt it a bit – very un-soft, and the colours were pretty flat too. It didn’t really feel like wool, it was probably synthetic. I think that was the only time I saw yarn for sale in India! I think it was pretty cool!

    Checking in on my sweater jacket-in-progress, here’s an updated pic as of Thursday:

    getting there...

    Right now I’m doing some edging at the bottom (nothing fancy, just garter stitch) and then I’ll be casting off the body! It’s about 21 inches from the underarm, plus another two or so to go. Then it’s onto the sleeves!

  • midnight blogging

    Where does the time go at night? I always intend to go to bed at a reasonable hour, but it pretty much never happens! Anyway, I’m just dropping by with some photos of current projects…

    blue thigh-highs in progress

    These are actually just off the needles but not quite ready for a photoshoot – another pair of tall (taller than the last ones!) socks in Dream in Colour Smooshy. Mmmm!

    top-down sweater in progress

    And a new sweater – one of several that have sprung up on the needles! This one’s going to be a top-down, circular yoked sweatercoat in cascade220 heathers, held double. I’ve got lots more than this now – bulky knits are so fast! I’m aiming to have this done in time to be worn in that in-between time where it’s cool enough for a jacket, but not too hot yet.

    I’ve managed about 12″ of body from the underarm, and I only started this one last Thursday night! I might just make it.