I finished my entry into the Ravelympics 2010 Sock Hockey event last night. It was a long haul, two solid weeks of knitting nothing but socks, but I made it before the closing ceremonies with time to spare.
I cast on during the opening ceremonies on February 12. (Okay, I was out for the evening and cast on during my lunch hour that day, but it still counts.) Each row had 72 stitches. There were 12 rows to the inch. Each sock is roughly 16 inches from cuff to toe. That works out to (sacre bleu!) a whopping 13,824 stitches per sock!
Using size 0 needles! When I go back to knitting the sweater I'm working on size 7 needles, they will feel like knitting logs.
I am wearing these Hawaii socks (so named by Lorna's Laces yarn and it seems to me extremely appropriate in this awful winter which isn't over yet) as I write and they are quite comfy in my Crocs slippers.
A technical conundrum: I grafted the toe on the first one and decided I hated grafting so much that I would try the three needle bind off on the second one. Hated that too. I found a third alternative in Knitty in an article extolling the virtues of just knitting the toe to about 8 or 10 stiches and then cinching it closed. A most elegant solution and one I will certainly try next time!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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2 comments:
congratulations! very lovely, and you are stronger than me, a deadline always slows me down.
I have never tried the cinching toe, but will give it a try sometime. I actually enjoy grafting, but I do it off of waste yarn, which goes faster for me, as it is more visual.
again, Great job!!
good job mo! you should go to hawaii in your new socks.
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