Itchy Feet
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
The past two weeks have been pretty much a blur. I had an infected ankle (of all things!) during the Memorial Day weekend. It all started with itchy feet. No fun.
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p align=”center” I’ve also been itching to start a new project, but restrained myself to Ornette. And now I can show you them, because they’re [...]
Tags: cables, cookie a, green, lornas-laces, ornette, shepherd sock, socks, test-knit
Spring Green
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
For the past few days I’ve only been working on these.
Tags: cables, cookie a, green, lornas-laces, shepherd sock, sock-yarn, socks, test-knit, wool
Two and a half
Posted by limedragon | Filed under designs, knitting
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.
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p align=”center” I used the leftovers (Lorna’s [...]
Tags: gray, green, harry-potter, hogwarts, lace, lornas-laces, merope, patterns, pink, rib, secret-pal, shepherd sock, slytherin, socks, squooshy, swap, zen yarn garden
Not the Usual Suspects
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitalongs, knitting, socks
Another pair finished! I’ll update my sidebar after this.
I used a lone Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock skein in the Bucks Bar colorway. You can see in the below picture how subtle the colors blend and stripe.
Tags: gift, grandma, green, lornas-laces, project-spectrum, rib, shepherd sock, sockettes, socks, toe-up
Unexpected Delay
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
I finished the sockettes on Saturday night, but even though I bound off loosely, they wouldn’t fit over my heel. Which means they wouldn’t fit Grandma. So…. I undid the bind-off and tried a loose crochet bind-off. Didn’t work. Undid that, and tried a very loose sewn bind-off. It helped, but not very much. Clearly, I needed [...]
Tags: gift, grandma, kablooey, lornas-laces, shepherd sock, sockettes, socks
Not Math Smart
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
Madder Ribbed Update: I’m experiencing that sneaking feeling that I will be frogging these. I’m keeping them in their travel bag for a couple more days until I take a good look and make my decision.
A few days ago I said I was going to take a break from socks… at the time I typed [...]
Tags: douglas adams, gift, gilmore girls, grandma, hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, knitting vintage socks, lornas-laces, madder, nancy-bush, opal prisma, orange, rib, shepherd sock, sockettes, socks, tv, veronica mars
