The Sock You Cannot See
I’m working on some socks for The Boy (compensation for his efforts in the giant book shipping extravaganza that he’s about to participate in). I’m using a lovely brown yarn with subtle hints of green...
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Oh hey, look, sun. That’s a much better representation of this lovely yarn. It’s Squoosh Aran by Skeinny Dipping. And yes, this is going to be a fairly staid and reserved sock. A bit of wobbly action...
View ArticleZipping along
The sock has grown. It’s funny how that happens when you actually sit down and knit on it. But despite the growth, it still may not be the most exciting thing in the world (a few more inches of plain...
View ArticleClose Enough
There is no sun. The sun is gone. The sun will never shine again. It will be gray, and probably sleeting, until the end of time. This means I will never get a good picture of this sock. We’ll just...
View Article43 and a Toe
Sock the first is done (that’s him, smugly pleased with his blocked state, there in the background). Sock the second has a leg, a heel, and even a gusset. He only needs 43 rows and a toe to be...
View ArticleOne Sock Two Sock
So, that’s two finished socks. Alas (and I didn’t realize this till I took them both outside in the daylight), they seem to be two slightly different colored finished socks. I’m going to try very hard...
View ArticleDecisions, Decisions
So, I’ve got finished knitting, I’ve got finished patterns, all I need is photos. Luckily, I’ve also managed to flee my snowy, freezing home and come somewhere a bit warmer (not warm mind you, I’m...
View ArticleScattershot
Well, that was a bracing few days. Most of those copies of Curls have gone off to new homes in lovely yarn stores (and yes, you can totally ask your favorite store to get in touch, I’d love to send it...
View ArticleWrack
They’re here! The pattern for Wrack (The Boy’s latest socks, and oh buddy has has he ever earned them with the shipping shenanigans of the last week or so) is up on ravelry. You’ve watched these click...
View ArticleHazy
Every now and then I find a yarn that knows a special magic trick. It somehow manages to be more than one color at once. I don’t mean more than one color over the length of the yarn (that’s easy...
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