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Winners! And another new design!

limedragon — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:57:37 +0000

Thanks everyone for the great comments on the previous post! Here are the numbers picked by the Random Number Generator matched to the commentors (The first two get the copies signed by Stephanie).

9-knittymama
33-turtle
15-Megan S.
28-Linda
22-Cassie
10-Eryka Jackson
5-Amy
36-Bev Adam
4-rina

I’ll email the lucky winners later today; congratulations, and enjoy the comic! (If you missed out, you can check to see if your LYS is a retailer, or ask your LYS if they’ll do mail order for you.) I submitted a sock design to the Sock Wars IV organizer and it was chosen as one of the pattern options. ...
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New design, and contests!

limedragon — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:54:06 +0000

Boy, it’s been a while since I last blogged. Where did the time go? Lately, I’ve felt like a snail… I concentrate on something for what seems like a couple hours, only to find out nearly a whole day has passed by. Since Starbucks has pretty much discontinued decaf Frappucinos, I’ve been thinking that I may as well take up caffeine again, maybe that’ll help. :) I can now finally unveil a new design I’ve been working on: ...
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Felt Mittens

limedragon — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:42:52 +0000

So… have you seen the new Interweave Felt? Did you see what’s on page 32?...
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A new take on the old

limedragon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:22:49 +0000

Way back in April, I was skimming threads in the Ravelry group, Sock Knitters Anonymous, when I saw a post announcing a sock design contest by Lorna’s Laces.

After reading the rules, I remembered I had some leftover Shepherd Sock from the Slytherin socks. It seemed like a perfect project to work on during the forthcoming weekend’s trip up north. So I packed myself a “design kit” plus one extra project (you never know, right?).

You see, ever since I knit the English Crystal Design from Kinzel’s First Book of Modern Lace Knitting, I’ve thought it would be interesting to rework this motif for socks. So I decided I’d try and give form to my visualization during the long weekend.

It took a while; two challenges I struggled with were 1) not second-guessing myself (should I let the stitch pattern spiral, or not?), and 2) figuring out a nice transition between the large and small motifs. Much tinkering, knitting, tinking, re-knitting, and frogging ensued until I achieved the result and look I wanted.

This....
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New shoes, new socks

limedragon — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:47:28 +0000

If you’re a Raveler who belongs to a sock knitting group, you’ve probably seen these shoes already.

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Two and a half

limedragon — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:51:47 +0000

That’s how many pairs of socks I knit while writing/testing this pattern! You’ve already seen the green and gray pair I knit for my Hogwarts secret pal last year. Here’s a better picture of the stitch pattern that I didn’t show you at that time. Amelia’s socks were size Medium.

I used the leftovers (Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock in Pewter) to test the Wide size. What you don’t see in this picture is that I ran out of yarn. No surprise there, since I didn’t have an entire skein to work with. Only the toe needed to be completed, so I had my Mom try them on, and they fit very well....
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