I have everything but the specific sock yarn recommended. I have such a bunch of sock yarn that I think I'll be able to forgive myself for not ordering more. I'll be happy for something resembling a functioning sock. The three color Salvia is my favorite candidate for this one. I'm dyin to try the Tofuti stuff, but it doesn't have as much give as I'd like for my first serious attempt.
That Regia I adore and I'm not risking it yet.
Had to get this done! They are leaving for Florida and I'm not super happy, but I hope they do well for sure. I will miss them like crazy. That little family is woven into my life and house like the darn cat hair. Thought I'd show a little of the surrounding chaos as I try and extract my kids and grandkids from the place, LOL.
Time to get the computer out of the line of fire in the dining room and give it a place of it's own upstairs. It has become a huge drain on my productive time lately and I have just the spot for it that isn't right in the middle of absolutely everything. Surfing the net is too easy.
Socks are kicking my butt. I am getting really good at felted footies so I'm thinking I should do up a pair with a really thick bottom. I am very good at getting my socks way too big or too dang small. I'm going to ignore that and keep at it mostly because I'm thrilled I'm able to even come close to having it sock like.
When I look at the galleries of socks I remind myself that these people almost all know how to knit and can read a pattern and that it isn't a competition. I'm already better at it than I ever thought I'd get. With a bit of luck, the sock loom will come with some method of figuring out how to size the thing.
Lurve my new Kiss Loom.
It's a little like driving a sports car after being used to a pinto. Once you get the finesse thing down with those tension stabalizing pins you are good for go. It took me a good bit of the morning to get the feel of it and the pic handling but I'm super happy with the even results. It's well worth the little bit of time it takes to get used to it. So much of a step up! Not that I won't always love my Kniftys.
I seem to have gotten into a situation with my heel here. I don't know if I shorted myself on the rows going into it, or maybe didn't know when to quit a winner on the way out of the heel, but it is what it is. I'll try and do the same on sock 2. LOL
I've yarned up in advance for several pair of socks. Unfortunately they don't know how to knit themselves any more than I know how yet, but progress is being made. Love my new future socks! From what I understand I will be able to wash them in cold water and be OK.
As long as I don't Triangle them......? I better look that up.
I sure will look snappy from the ankle down one of these days.
Here are links to the pictures. I could not get them all to post, so I've just linked the descriptions to the shots I took. The project looked like a real flop from the start, but finished up just fine. One of my refugee cats has developed a real appetite for wool, so you will see him in there now and then.
If you would like my instructions, leave a comment and I'll send you a link to them.
Cast on and first row:Picking up stitchesPlacement of loopsCasting off. it WILL be OK 5 min in washer10 min in washer15 min in washer....Done.molding on my footGood enough for my first go at it!
Blame it on the Sock Goddess.
For a person who has issues regarding written instructions, the
Sock Aspiration is a long and arduous pursuit. Up until about November I didn't give a damn about socks. We have had a record cold winter though, and I took to looming pretty well, so I was in a good place to rethink my life from the knees down in terms of keeping comfortable.
Enter: Isela Phelps, the Purling Sprite.
Here is a person whose written instructions can actually get you through the project.
..choirs of angels singing in the background.....
As if that isn't enough she will also patiently, liltingly lull you right through all those difficult to navigate intersections via video. Oh how I wish we had batallion or two of her in the ranks of our Elementary Educators.
Anyhow, Isela and her socks made me rethink socks for sure. I'm planning some fun ones and I'm going to boldly wear them. I've got nothing to lose and own about 3 pair of socks. I only discovered these cushy diabetic socks last year that are worth having on my feet. Everything for my prior decades has been soggy, lumpy, slippery, scrunchy, stretchy, abrasive, tight, loose, or otherwise troublesome.
My Big Three of footwear
"can I get it on my foot"
"how many minutes can I keep it on"
"where and how bad will it screw me up"
needle knitting -- hundreds of failed attempts
crochet skills -- shockingly inept and excruciatingly slow
feet -- size 9, sensitive, difficult to accommodate, NOT my best feature
I opt to stay home whenever possible and enjoy being able to make myself comfortable in any way possible so ludicrous foot gear is something that works for me a good deal of the time. I have a basement that floods and a garden that becomes a nasty pit so I have a pair of fireman's boots that will trick out really nicely with some generous felted custom linings soooo..........
My very first -- a pattern I did wrong. I ribbed when I shoulda seeded in some bits. I didn't like the way the toe gathered together either, my toes would have come through like they were fingerless gloves and a seam along there would be merciless. wound up too small in spite of serious increases.
My second was more like the first should have been with the stitch patterns. I did use a larger loom, smaller yarn, and design elements and felting. This one was more fun and fits.
