Tag Archives: socks

Oh Hai Blog!

It has come to my attention that I have been neglecting you. I’m sorry. You fell by the wayside during my frenzy of learning about spinning, cranking through my stash, and dyeing new yarn and fiber. I really do care about you. But check out all the cool things I  Read more »

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February 22, 2011Permalink

Socks!

As I suspected, it is probably an injured rotator cuff. The doctors juiced me up on painkillers, and boy is that good stuff. So here are some socks! Tippy toes of my Labyrinth socks from SG Traveler (mmmmmm) Feet (yay heels!) of my On Hold socks with DiC Smooshy And  Read more »

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July 29, 2010Permalink

Knitting With One Hand Is Hard.

Knitting with one hand is hard. Over the course of the Tour de Fleece, a spinning personal challenge that runs parallel to the Tour de France, I seem to have injured my left rotator cuff with overzealous spindling. This whole cycle of obsession and injury is alarmingly common in my  Read more »

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July 25, 2010Permalink

Not Dead, but Getting There

There is new yarn in the store since my last post; some sock yarns and some felting yarns. Gorgeous, bright colors! They are double-dip kettle-dyed, which essentially means they were put through 2 dye baths. All of my new sock yarns so far are named after food. I wonder if  Read more »

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July 14, 2009Permalink

Rivulets Socks, Fin

They are complete! My friend had a baby shower this weekend, which provided ample knitting time. I finished my second sock while there and wore them home with my sandals. I love how they turned out! The design looks a little different when you take out the spacing between pattern  Read more »

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June 16, 2009Permalink

Second Sock Saga

Yesterday was a very slow day at work, so I got quite a bit of knitting done between that and waiting for my MMA class to begin. In fact, I stayed up late turning the heel on my second sock because I wanted to get through to the straight part  Read more »

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June 11, 2009Permalink

Rivulets Sock, part 1

One sock down, one to go. I made significant modifications to the pattern, considering the gauge difference between yarn and pattern and the way my foot is shaped. I have pretty small feet, but my ankle and heel are fairly large. I took notes on the pattern changes, so I  Read more »

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June 10, 2009Permalink

Heel Flap!

This weekend, Wendy D. Johnson came to Charlotte and taught an awesome workshop on toe and heel techniques at one of the local yarn shops, Charlotte Yarn. I learned how to do the two things I have been really wanting to figure out; Judy’s Magic Cast On and a slip-stitch  Read more »

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June 8, 2009Permalink

Sock Yarn Success!

I have two things to report on before I go off on a wild convention run this weekend. The first is that I successfully dyed four (FOUR!) batches of recycled yarn that I think will work great for socks. I used two different kinds of base yarns (two sweaters). The  Read more »

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May 21, 2009Permalink

Recycled…Sock Yarn?

It’s fairly rare to discover a sweater that has the correct (in my opinion) fiber content and weight for sock yarn. Up until now, I have been of the opinion that sock yarn is the only yarn I am likely to buy new rather than recycle. I have been debating  Read more »

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May 15, 2009Permalink