Since Kelly asked, I’ll wrap up my Ravelypics project. I did not win a Ravelympics gold. I didn’t even manage to finish one of the socks that I was designing and knitting. I’ve had several setbacks along the way. I thought that I had the design mostly complete before the event started, but the truth [...]
I’ve decided to take part in the Ravelympics this year. My primary project is a pair of self-designed, knee-high colorwork socks. They’re being entered in three events: Nordic Colorwork Combined, Sock Hockey and Designer Original Dance. I’ve been swatching ideas for this pair of scoks for a few weeks now. I had the chart for [...]
I finally knit my first pair of handspun socks. I finished knitting them in December, but I just finished up weaving in the ends and blocking them. The yarn was spun from a Dicentra Designs 80% Merino / 20% Tussah Silk roving in the Margartiaville colorway that I received for my birthday. I started spinning [...]
April was underappreciated pattern month for the Ravelry Sock Knitter’s Anonymous (SKA) group knitalong. To qualify as underappreciated, there had to be no more than 15 projects on Ravelry. Before the month started, I did some research, and found that the Dresser Scarf Socks pattern in my queue qualified for the challenge. Luckily for me, the [...]
I’ve finally gotten around to taking a photo of my finished Absinthe socks. I knit them in the smaller size (56 stitches), but did add some stitches along the way. On the foot, I only moved 2 stitches total from N2 to N1, giving me 30 on N1 and 26 on N2. When I was [...]
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