8 posts tagged “knitting”
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
I'm also working on a pair of Widdershins, in charcoal gray. I'm just past the heel, working them two at once, magic loop method.
Wow, I haven't updated in forever! I haven't been posting, but I have definitely been knitting.
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.
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 yarn from the original pair.
The skull pattern is by Cynthia Combs and was knit in yarn from pair #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.
