I don't know if the blogging mojo is back or it just dropped in to visit.
Anyway today it's about the knitting.
I'm currently working on two sock projects, one for myself and one for Mr WK. Both can be considered stoplight knitting as they're easy ribbed patterns — no lace and no cables.
As I mentioned in an earlier post the ones for me which are now tentatively named Spock Socks is in Austerman Step yarn in the Vulkan colorway. The built-in stripes are several rounds wide and have a bit of color blending between. The pattern for this is the Yarrow Rib from Nancy Bush's book Knitting Vintage Socks. I've got the first one done and have cast on for the mate. The cuff is done and I've knit several rounds knit on the leg.
Yeah, the top of the toe on my sock is kinda wonky but I'm just going to ignore that. By the time I'd figured out what I'd done, I really didn't feel like ripping all the toe decreases out.
The pair for Mr WK is being knit from some leftover Mountain Colors Barefoot in shades of dark blue colorway. This is the same yarn I used for his Deep Blue Something Socks. These new ones are just a simple k2, p2 ribbing under a k1, p1 cuff. The yarn is so dark that I didn't want to fight the yarn to try to see what I was knitting, particularly if I have to go back and fix something. So far no clever name for these. I'm around the same place on these as I am with mine.
In between I've been able to get in a row now and again on the White Caps Afghan, which has been trudging along now for 3½ years. I made huge progress last winter so maybe I can have it finished or mostly so by spring. I've been trying to remember to do a row (350 stitches) when I sit down to watch TV but often the siren song of a sock is stronger.
There is, however, a great advantage to working on the afghan. It's warm. It's long enough that it drapes nicely over my lap and legs as I work on it.
blogging to: Memories 89 1
reading: For Glory by Elizabeth Lee (a Carlyle Hudson mystery)
Parting Shot:
Anyway today it's about the knitting.
I'm currently working on two sock projects, one for myself and one for Mr WK. Both can be considered stoplight knitting as they're easy ribbed patterns — no lace and no cables.
As I mentioned in an earlier post the ones for me which are now tentatively named Spock Socks is in Austerman Step yarn in the Vulkan colorway. The built-in stripes are several rounds wide and have a bit of color blending between. The pattern for this is the Yarrow Rib from Nancy Bush's book Knitting Vintage Socks. I've got the first one done and have cast on for the mate. The cuff is done and I've knit several rounds knit on the leg.Yeah, the top of the toe on my sock is kinda wonky but I'm just going to ignore that. By the time I'd figured out what I'd done, I really didn't feel like ripping all the toe decreases out.
The pair for Mr WK is being knit from some leftover Mountain Colors Barefoot in shades of dark blue colorway. This is the same yarn I used for his Deep Blue Something Socks. These new ones are just a simple k2, p2 ribbing under a k1, p1 cuff. The yarn is so dark that I didn't want to fight the yarn to try to see what I was knitting, particularly if I have to go back and fix something. So far no clever name for these. I'm around the same place on these as I am with mine.In between I've been able to get in a row now and again on the White Caps Afghan, which has been trudging along now for 3½ years. I made huge progress last winter so maybe I can have it finished or mostly so by spring. I've been trying to remember to do a row (350 stitches) when I sit down to watch TV but often the siren song of a sock is stronger.
There is, however, a great advantage to working on the afghan. It's warm. It's long enough that it drapes nicely over my lap and legs as I work on it.
blogging to: Memories 89 1
reading: For Glory by Elizabeth Lee (a Carlyle Hudson mystery)
Parting Shot:
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