So I was asked by the designer of the pattern I used for these socks if she could use my photo on the Ravelry page for the pattern. To which I replied, Cool! and also yes. She probably noticed me when she saw that of the six projects posted on Ravelry that use this pattern, I account for three.
The pattern is called worsted weight socks on 2 circulars, you can get it here: https://www.knotanotherhat.com/productDetail.cfm?product_id=1305 from Knot Another Hat.
It has everything I need as a beginner knitter. I wanted a pattern for 2 circular needles, because the prospect of dpns made me quake in fear. It called for yarn that's easy to work with - worsted fits that description.
Also, it doesn't make you shift stitches to knit in profile when you get to the gusset. You get to knit side to side for the whole sock! What a concept.
These are knitted using yarn I reclaimed from a sweater I picked up at the Goodwill, and then handpainted and steamed in the microwave. They really are kind of scratchy, but super thick and warm. I just wear them with a thin liner, and they are fine.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
What I Did on My Spring Break
The handpainted yarn stash was getting very depleted, so I took so time off and when I wasn't thrift shopping with my older daughter, I was winding yarn and handpainting it.
You got your handpainted 10/2 tencel, and your handpainted 10/2 bamboo, and your handpainted 6 ply rayon, and your handpainted 8/2 cotton. All in what I call Tulips. On etsy. whew. That's what happens when you mix up four half-liter batches of dye. You gotta use it up.
Also, I worked on these:
This is my third pair of "first socks". I keep knitting worsted weight socks on two size 5 circular needles, and I have to move on. I've pretty much got this one down, so my next project is a pair of socks in fingering weight wool on size 2 circular needles. I got a knitted sock blank from Knit Picks, painted it with Prochem One Shot Dyes (would have done Procion, but there is nylon in this yarn, and acid dyes do both wool and nylon, thus a better fit).
Stayed tuned.
You got your handpainted 10/2 tencel, and your handpainted 10/2 bamboo, and your handpainted 6 ply rayon, and your handpainted 8/2 cotton. All in what I call Tulips. On etsy. whew. That's what happens when you mix up four half-liter batches of dye. You gotta use it up.
Also, I worked on these:
This is my third pair of "first socks". I keep knitting worsted weight socks on two size 5 circular needles, and I have to move on. I've pretty much got this one down, so my next project is a pair of socks in fingering weight wool on size 2 circular needles. I got a knitted sock blank from Knit Picks, painted it with Prochem One Shot Dyes (would have done Procion, but there is nylon in this yarn, and acid dyes do both wool and nylon, thus a better fit).
Stayed tuned.
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