Category: knitting

  • late-night poster

    This is how much sock I got out of one ball of Koigu Kersti:

    I was a bit afraid to try it on, because I knit all that at school today and it might’ve been too small…but I just tried it on and it fits great! Heel in the heel place and all. I put that sock on a spare circ (the evil circ) so that I can do the other sock up to that point. Then I’ve got one more ball to divide between both socks – I was hoping for over-the-calf socks, but we’ll have to see. It’s just about four inches on each sock that I’d have to do, but factor in maybe one or two increases and ribbing, and I’m cutting it pretty close. We’ll see.

    Here’s some progress on the Monk’s Travel Satchel, which has travelled from home to school and back again many, many times. It will continue to travel that route many, many, many more times.

    I’m done the front and the back/flap, and I’m starting the dreaded gusst/strap – 77″ of seed stitch. In cotton.

    The second sleeve of the Corset Pullover is progressing slowly. I realized why the lace at the bottom of the sleeve seemed so slow – it’s 96 stitches around! Then it decreases to a much more manageable 48 stitches before increasing back up again. It’s going a little faster now that I’m on the twisted rib.

    That’s it for now! Have a good Friday!

  • no time

    Argh! It’s down to the crunch, in terms of school and all that. So very many things to do..

    I received my package from Camilla Valley Farm – two cones of 8/8 cotton, 1 pound of 4/8 mercerized cotton.

    Unfortunately, the brown isn’t what I was hoping for so I’m going to return it for another colour (and I got the shade cards, so now I can actually see the colours!).

    But it’s all about scale:

    A 1/3 lb cone of mercerized cotton next to my standard-size organic goat’s milk lip balm. Tiny, eh? I wasn’t expecting that, but so long as the yardage is correct, it’s a-ok!

    Apparently Stephanie’s delusion about the proportions of one’s feet and where the heel and toe are in relation to each other is contagious, because

    See the needle there? Yeah, I’d started making the heel. Hrmph. Anyway, I ripped it back, and did a heel based on the pattern “Priscilla’s Dream Socks” but it kind of looked like crap.

    Although I’m surprised that my camera even managed to capture such a close view, it doesn’t really show how the heel looked – the yos created really loose stitches. So I ripped again, and did a short-row heel with wraps – it looks much better. So now I can finally get moving on the rest of the sock.

  • we have sleeve

    Two sleeves, actually. This pic’s better for the colour…although it’s a bit darker in real life.

    I also started a most yummy sock, one that can actually travel with me (unlike the blue ones on Lantern Moons – they were 2.25 mm, by the way).

    They’re Koigu Kersti, on 3.5 mm needles, destined to be knee socks if I have enough yarn (we’ll see). They are so nice and cushy, and should be fast, too!

    Tonight at SnB I shall work on the sleeve of the Corset Pullover and try to get it done. I need to knit it to match the other one (which I screwed up the twisted ribbing on, but you can’t tell) so I should probably pay attention on that one…