hey oh

Just saying hi.  It’s been a week.  I wasn’t feeling so hot in the beginning of the week and after a lymphatic massage on Wednesday, Thursday I got the stomach flu.  It was a horrible bout in a small period of time – about 12pm till 10:30 when I finally fell asleep.  Friday and today [...]

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photo laden post. you’ve been warned

First, the knitting:

Yarn: Fleece Artist Merino 2/6 (I think, that or Basic Merino Sock) in Mahogany, which no matter what setting I used on my camera, would not display exactly right.  This is close enough though.  Needles:  Addi Lace 2.25, 40″ circulars.  Pattern:  I’m knitting my first pair of socks from Wendy Johnson’s new book, [...]

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it’s about time!

I finally finished these socks

Took me long enough. Pictures of completion to come.  But I have the itch to knit again and am casting on another pair of socks tonight from the book, Socks from the Toe Up, by Wendy Johnson.  I think either Tic Tac Toe Up Socks or Serpentine Socks or Labyrinth Socks [...]

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pooling. and not the swimmy kind.

Socks that Rock Lightweight in Little Bunny Foo Foo.   I do not like the pooling that occurs with STR.  I won’t be using STR for socks anymore unless someone can tell me:
1.  a colorway in which this does not happen
2.  how to knit socks with STR in a special, magical way that stops this from [...]

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marge’s socks

I finally completed my Aunt Marge’s socks last night.  I blocked them and shot them this morning and after posting I’ll pack them up and send them off to her.
Wha la-

Spring Forward socks, pattern by Linda Welch
Yarn:  Koigu (KPPPM) P324, 2 skeins (actually, 1.75 skeins)
Needles:  KP fixed circulars, 32″ 2.75mm with help from KP dpns [...]

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