9 posts tagged “socks”
Just to prove that I haven't been spending ALL my time watching American Idol and dissing Danny Gokey online, here's a picture of a Finished Object:
Here's a picture of my current work-in-progress (sort of). Dilbert is modelling my Fawkes sock (his head is almost the perfect size and shape for showing off socks in progress). Unfortunately, I had to frog the whole thing since I took the picture, as I discovered that I dropped a stitch early on in the project (so I couldn't just tink a couple of rows). I felt like channelling my inner Alice at that moment. Must...engage...fist...of...death!
The flash distorted the colour of the yarn; it's actually got more reds and oranges in it (in the picture, it looks pinker). This is my second project with Koigu Painters Palette Premium Merino. It's a nice yarn to work with.
I cast on again last Thursday, and have knit through the ribbing and the first set of the lace pattern.
I had a productive knitting week last week. On Saturday, I finished my Pomatomus socks (which I started last November). I didn't think I'd finish them this decade. Given the amount of effort I put into making them, I think they deserve an extra-large picture.
Actually, I think they deserve another picture:
They were knitted from a Fleece Artist sock kit (the first pair of actual socks I've made from a Fleece Artist sock kit; I've used the sock kits to make scarves.) When I saw the yarn, I knew that it had to be made into a pair of Pomatomus (Pomatomii?).
Now, the next problem I face is this: what to knit next?
Here's the reason why I don't like knitting socks with a short row heel (I knit them with a flap heel).
I really wasn't too impressed with the holes.
The entire sock was a mess from start to finish. It was a toe-up sock. After finding out that I couldn't do a figure 8 caston to save my life (I can't do it tightly enough), and after the holey heels, I cast off and found that I couldn't put the sock on my foot. Apparently, I cast off far too tightly.
Anyway, here's a picture of the first pair of socks that I successfully knit.
Dobby now handed Harry a small package, which turned out to be - socks.
"Dobby is making them himself, sir!" the elf said happily. "He is buying the wool with his wages, sir!"
The left sock was bright red, and had a pattern of broomsticks upon it; the right sock was green, with a pattern of Snitches.
"They're...they're really...well, thanks, Dobby," said Harry, and he pulled them on, causing Dobby's eyes to leak with happiness.
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, p. 356.
D'oh! (Although how did Harry know which sock was the left one and which one was the right one? Unless Dobby knit him a pair of tabi socks....) Anyways, I'm not taking the picture over again.
Additional comments (on the pattern and the modifications I made to it) are over here. The socks were knit from DGB Confetti (the yellow is Phildar Preface).
I got the somewhat addled notion that I should knit a little somethin somethin in honour of the release of the last Harry Potter book. Since I already have a scarf, and a Hatmione, I decided to knit a pair of the socks like the ones Dobby knitted for Harry in Goblet of Fire. Of course, given that I'm such a speedy knitter, I should have a pair of socks finished by the time that the last Potter movie is released. (Any chance that JKR could write another couple of Harry Potter books?)
I think the cuff looks very good on Dilbert's head. It needs a pom-pom, though. Maybe Pointy-Haired Boss's other brother is You-Know-Who.
The pattern came from Charmed Knits. A very entertaining book. I originally bought it because I wanted one of the Weasley sweaters.
I made a few mods to the original pattern. For starters, I absolutely suck at stranded colourwork, and would have to take up drinking if I had to knit two repeats of the Snitch pattern. (Besides, if I knit two repeats of the Snitch pattern, I wouldn't be able to pull the sock over my leg--the part with the Snitches on it does NOT stretch at all.) I also used a flap heel instead of the short-row heel in the pattern, because I can't do the short-row heel without gaping holes on one side. (Why I can't get a nice, symmetrical sock is one of the great mysteries of the Western world.)
In the words of Homer's helper monkey Mojo: "Pray for Mojo."
Show us something you made yourself.
Well, here's the most recent item. They're the Basic Ribbed Socks from Spun magazine, knit out of Regia "Brasil" sock yarn. The pattern was incredibly easy, which was probably why it took me took me seven months to finish the second sock.
Show us something you're working on.
Submitted by Sephy.
(I wonder if I can finish it by the end of the decade.)
Here's another picture of me torturing Dilbert.
He's wearing the Basic Ribbed Sock on his head (in Regia Brasil) and a mini-Clapotis knit in Koigu Painters Palette Premium Merino. A few months after I bought it, I came to the conclusion that the Koigu was cursed, so I decided to knit it up as quickly as possible. (At the time, I thought that socks were evil and didn't want to knit them.)
