funkyknits’s craft-o-rama Vox 2008-08-05T18:14:16Z funkyknits http://funkyknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c225215d88549d/ tales of a crafting dilettante did I mention these updates were, er rare? tag:vox.com,2008-08-05:asset-6a00c225215d88549d0100a7ef18bf000e 2008-08-05T18:14:16Z 2008-08-05T18:14:16Z funkyknits http://funkyknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

booty bag, gray side booty bag, felted! booty bag, lilac side Mitered squares throw, from the side Mitered squares throw Firestarter socks Juno Regina Juno Regina

Pirate's Queen Booty Bag, pattern by Pat Kight. Finally finished and (as of last night, center picture) felted. Mitered squares sock-yarn-user-upper, in progress. Not just yarn from all of my socks, but from many of my friend's socks. Firestar...

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]]> another in a long line of rare updates tag:vox.com,2007-12-16:asset-6a00c225215d88549d00e398c892780002 2007-12-16T00:23:55Z 2007-12-16T00:23:55Z funkyknits http://funkyknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

from the front self-striping rainbow socks self-striping blue socks booty bag Waterfall Rib socks Waterfall Rib socks Auction stocking Auction bowl Japanese Vines Japanese Vines scarf Cordobes Hat Cordobes Hat

Elizabeth Zimmerman Baby Surprise Jacket, knit in Plymouth Wildflower DK. Plain stockinette socks with short row heels, knit in cotton/wool blend yarns. Pirate's Booty Bag, in progress. Waterfall Rib socks, from Sensational Knitted Socks, c...

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widdershins widdershins on leg multifiber blues burgundy-red-orange

Completed Widdershins, knit in Universal Yarn, Inc.'s Pace on size 2 circular needles, magic loop method. As I was knitting the tops of the socks, I kept trying them on--they would seem long enough, but just another cable repeat...just another ca...

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Fair Isle socks Fair Isle socks, pattern closeup pirate swatch pirate swatch, other side

These are Fair Isle socks from Sensational Knitted Socks, by Charlene Schurch. They were knit on size 0 circulars with Wildfoote yarn. This was discontinued yarn that I got for $2/skein over Christmas, from a yarn shop in La Jolla, California. I ...

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Oriel socks Oriel socks, on foot Oriel socks, top view yarn over cable socks yarn over cable socks cold

Wow, I haven't updated in forever! I haven't been posting, but I have definitely been knitting. Here we have the Oriel lace socks, from Sensational Knitted Socks, knit in Knitpicks Gloss, which is a merino silk blend. They were fun to knit. Th...

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]]> and now, for something that's not Sock Wars tag:vox.com,2006-11-09:asset-6a00c225215d88549d00cd96fa52c24cd5 2006-11-09T17:28:56Z 2006-11-09T17:29:21Z funkyknits http://funkyknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

chevron socks

I started these socks between Sock Wars pair #1 and #2, and finished them last night. They're from Charlene Schurch's Sensational Knitted Socks, the Chevron pattern with a "forethought" heel. I am not enamored of the forethought heel, though I do ...

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]]> I die, I die; alas, I die a blue-striped death tag:vox.com,2006-11-09:asset-6a00c225215d88549d00cdf7e2ba4a094f 2006-11-09T17:23:00Z 2006-11-10T21:12:06Z funkyknits http://funkyknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

obligatory toe-up pose my sock death

I received my death socks on Monday. Alas, my days as a knitting assassin are done. My death was ably carried out by Bunnie.

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]]> Sock warrior annaoj, limping, reports her third kill tag:vox.com,2006-10-21:asset-6a00c225215d88549d00c2252c3b94f219 2006-10-21T03:39:50Z 2006-10-21T03:39:50Z funkyknits http://funkyknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

sock wars, round 3 sock wars, round 3

And I think this will have to be my last, because my shoulder just can't take it any more. These socks were knit to doom Jules Vern. They were started by JP (skull sock top). The SOCK WARS intarsia pattern is by fullofstitches and was knit in ya...

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sock wars, round 2 sock wars, round 2

The plain sock was knit by my victim Javajem, the sock with intarsia was knit by me. I did the letters in the leftover yarn from my first pair. They've been mailed off to doom JP.

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sock wars round one complete!

I have doomed Javajem with these socks! I picked up the yarn early Friday evening (dk merino, in something of a mulberry color), started the socks Friday night (top down, 2 at once, magic loop method), got through the heel turns at Stitch & Bit...

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