Category: socks

  • in which something is horribly wrong

    So, I got to the end of the toe of the second Waving Lace sock. But wait! Something’s wrong…a different number of stitches on the instep needles from the top of the foot.

    So I tried it on.

    The one on the left, in progress, is WAY. BIG.

    ….I didn’t decrease enough in the gusset, then knit merrily along.

    After:

    Positive: My desk is covered in Handmaiden. Negative: it isn’t for me.

    Anyway….the sock is sorted out. Sigh.

    I started a minisweater today at work, out of Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted. I made good progress – divided for the sleeves and am working on the body now.

    Also, I did the heel for my Zinnia sock – an experiment. A ribbed short-row heel. It looks funny!

    Off to read some anthropology and knit that sock foot, AGAIN.

  • birthday yarn

    Thanks for the birthday wishes and the compliments on the corset top!

    So what did I buy myself for my birthday (ha, everything I buy is for me anyway. just another way to justify blowing money on yarn…)?

    Some Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted in “Vera”, for a boobholder, sans puffy sleeves.

    A ball winder, cuz if you’ve got a swift, you need a winder, right? I also got the new Interweave, and then armed with a gift card, I bought the New Moosewood Cookbook. Yum.

    I’ve started another pair of socks, a boring pair that I can take along with me on the subway and such. They’re Knitpicks Sock Garden, and they are SO SOFT.

    But, I’m also working on a store sample, a raglan pullover using luscious Hand Maiden Stretto. So that’ll be my big project for the next little while. Luckily I can work on it in my air-conditioned home.

    Stay cool!

  • titles are difficult

    I’ve been working lots on the Sapphire tank – I’m done the back, now it’s onto the front!

    After doing all this work on Sapphire, which is on 3.5 mm needles, all other needles seem so large. Anyway, I’ve reinforced my belief that I don’t like Addis much – they were good for knitting in the round, but now that I’m going back and forth I have to really grip the needles so they don’t slide all around. It’s making my hands tired!

    The ribbed corset is also making good progress – I’m almost done Chart D.

    I was worried about it being too small, and even trying it on I wasn’t too sure – but I think it’ll stretch.

    Waving Lace sock has achieved heel:

    It’s sooooo pretty!