Pattern: Sock Yarn Baby HatYarn: Three Irish Girls Adorn sock yarn in the Baltic Sea colorwayNeedles: Size 2 DPNs My first experiment in sock yarn end usage is done. It was a pretty easy knit, if a bit boring by the end of the main stockinette tube. It looks like I have enough left of […]
I have quite a few smallish bits of left over sock yarn that I’ve been trying to think of ways to use, and I’ve hit upon a couple of different ideas for getting rid of the yarn. Idea number one is for yarns that I’ve actually got a fair amount left, like the Three Irish
Pattern: Jaywalkers by GrumperinaYarn: Sophie’s Toes in the Handsome Park Ranger colorwayNeedles: size 1.5 DPNs I cast on these Jaywalker socks last August. I have to admit, I got bored with the pattern. I think I would have enjoyed it more had I made these closer to the beginning of my knitting career. The pattern
Pattern: Kiila by YarnissimaYarn: Three Irish Girl’s Adorn Sock in the Baltic Sea colorwayNeedles: Size 1.5 My Kiila socks are done. These are both my first toe up socks, and my first mystery socks. (And the picture is crap because it’s raining and apparently is going to rain for the next year or so, so
Pattern: Elizabeth I: Town and Country by JoLene TreaceYarn: Knitpicks Gloss Lace in the Aegean colorwayNeedles: Size 2 1/2 circular I started the Town and Country scarf back on August 1, 2008. It’s been a great do a pattern repeat whenever I feel like it project. This is my first lace weight project, and it
Pattern: Eunice Socks from Cookie A’s Sock InnovationYarn: Malabrigo sock in the abril colorwayNeedles: Size 2 DPNs My Eunice socks are done! I really enjoyed this pattern, though I’d tweak a few things if I make it again. I’d add at least one more pattern repeat on the leg, and I’m pretty sure I could
Kiila sock #1 is done! For my first toe up sock, and considering it was a mystery sock, I think it turned out pretty well. The heel is a bit on the puckery side, but that evens out when I put it on. I also had to frog the bind off twice (and use a
Eunice sock #1 is done! In hindsight, I could have probably managed another full pattern repeat on the foot, but that is the part that’s covered by shoes, so it’s probably no big deal that there’s a little extra boring part of the pattern down there. I still love the Malabrigo, and the pattern is
I downloaded clue #3 for Kiila on Saturday. It was a cloudy about to rain kind of day, so I sat right down, and finished it off that morning. I’d been pretty nervous about the short row heel, so I actually life-lined the end of clue #2 (you can see the red thread), but it
I was on a bit of a roll yesterday and finished off part two of the mystery sock. It definitely helps that the gusset went a heck of a lot quicker then the rest of the foot. I did manage to fudge the largest part of the cable on one side, but I was able
