7 posts tagged “knit”

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 cable repeat...just another cable repeat...and then I finally decided they would do.

I took a yarn dyeing class at the Knitters Connection conference last Sunday, taught by the gals from Cider Moon.  It was a lot of fun! The skein on the left is composed of 5 types of protein fibers (wool, mohair, alpaca, silk, rayon) and was handpainted with dyes, then the dye was set in the microwave. The skein on the right (worsted weight superwash wool) was dyed using the bowl method, where you put your yarn in a bowl with water etc, pour in dyes then smoosh them around (with gloved hands) and again, the dye was set in the microwave. The colors on that one came out a bit dark, probably because I forgot to add water to my dye concentrate before adding it to the bowl, oops. I'm thinking about knitting a long-ways scarf using the yarn on the left, and perhaps a moebius scarf with the yarn on the right

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. They did end up a little big, which seemed odd because I maintained gauge the whole time. One pattern rep fewer would definitely have been too small.

These are Yarn Over Cable socks, from Sensational Knitted Socks, knit in sock yarn from Laughing Rat Studio. They fit very well. I like how the color repeats ended up in narrow diagonal stripes, except for at the cuffs. The yarn over cable is simple enough that the yarn colors didn't distract from the pattern.

cold

It's a little cold in my apartment! Fortunately, I have warm knit things to wear.

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 admit that if the yarn had longer repeats, the spiral heel would have looked nifty. These were knit in Memories yarn from Knitpicks, in the Rocky Mountain Dusk colorway.

chevron socks

obligatory toe-up pose

I received my death socks on Monday. Alas, my days as a knitting assassin

my sock death

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.

sock wars, round 2