All posts tagged: socks

fo : clarke, rhubarb show-offs

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2017 has been a year focused on a lot of other things, like the surprising turn my career took, the first apartment I moved to (with a partner I never thought I would meet and grow with). I lost a lot of good knitting time this year being swept up with a lot of that but still managed to get a few things off the needles. The problem (?) with taking so long to blog about something you’ve knit is that it’s likely that you’ve already spent some time incorporating them into your life and putting them into use. pattern : Clarke Pullover by Jane Richmond yarn : Knit Picks Swish Worsted in Cobblestone Heather and Garnet Heather needle : US 6, 7 [4-4.5mm] size : 40 My Clarke sweater’s already a little rough around the edges. I haven’t really felt the push to block the garment to make this look as attractive as possible for the blog, I hardly even wove the ends in! As soon as it was bound off I wore it …

wip: scrap socks 2, slide

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Second sock syndrome successfully prevented. I think I made a good call on knitting these one-at-a-time. It helps me better focus on each sock’s different pattern. It still feels like a bit of a waste to have just one sock being worked on a long circular needle, so, in spite of my renewed fear of snapping another thin needle while on the go… ..so I moved these onto dpns, and… ..casted on my second pair of scrap ankle socks. Scrankle socks. These are made using Brittney Elbertson’s Go to Shortie Socks pattern. She originally wrote these for a small diameter circular needle (which is a fantastic idea! Someday.) But I wanted these both knit at once for some semi-identical socks. It feels like the way to make the best look out of a random and usually horrific color scheme you often get with yarn scraps. It thankfully took only a few minutes to learn how to start cuff-down socks with a magic loop, as the method turned out to be super simple. Definitely an easy …

wip: gd, slide, scrapsocks

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I haven’t posted about GD in a little while, and it’s mostly been because I work on it extremely infrequently. I’m extremely grateful to the two kind ravelers who sent me their scraps, because therapy-knitting them these last few weeks (last week especially) had been a simple process. GD has grown to be 53in(~135cm) thanks to all your yarn scraps! That’s about underarm height for 5’9″ me, so I’ve still got a ways to go before it reaches a good enough length. I’m only a tiny bit anxious to see this bound off, but it’s for three little reasons here: it’s getting cold, and a trusty blanket we already use has had to be retired because it’s disintegrating the wealth of interestingstashprojects out there to cast-on I think I might be a product knitter If it doesn’t happen for another while, I won’t sweat it. It’s entirely gratifying to see how little stash I have to my name now (not counting planned-and-spoken-for stash). I’ve been unravelling the less relevant Bapsicrafts items (remember Ipod sleeves?!) to …

fo: garden TAATs

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pattern : my own yarn : Schachenmayr Regia Design Line by Arne & Carlos in Garden needle : US 1 [2.25mm] size : 10″ Another sock down! I’m excited for this project to finally be done. I’m also taking this opportunity here to feature the new wooden sock blockers by The Loopy Ewe! I’ve wanted a pair of wooden sock blockers for a while and the little cut-out sheep design won me over instantly when I saw them. It also helps me share FO news, because it’s no longer a requirement to model these things and take awkward selfies to make blog posts happen. I had the bright idea to not only go for a 3-to-1 rib leg, but also to try to knit until all of the yarn ran out. This thing bored me to death. My slide socks currently in progress are doing great work of keeping my interest as a contrast. Unrelated but very exciting– I’ve committed to two big knitting things for myself beginning this fall/winter. Last week, I ordered not only a …

wip: slide & perfect fit short socks

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After completing the Garden TAATs, I made it my mission this Socktober to cast-on two projects: an ankle sock scrapbusting project series, and a more involved sock project from my queue. I’ve made it an idle goal for a long time to own only hand made socks a long time ago (with the exception of Muji’s adorable recycled yarn ones), but it hurt my soul to go running or working out with precious merino cabled ones. The solution presented itself the moment I took a detailed inventory of my Ravelry stash. Working on these toe-ups with the help of ArtDesign1’s pattern, I intend to find a straightforward and fun method that will comfortably fit. I’ve enjoyed the nostalgia of knitting up yarns from past projects, and am excited to see how they clash together (though my current one looks pretty deliberate in color scheme). As for the second list item, I went for Slide by Cookie A. Those socks look absolutely gorgeous and will definitely give this product knitter something to chew on and learn …