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Welcome to my knitting--no, fiber arts--no, artisan blog.
Other knitting blogs inspired me to start a knitting blog. But I also crochet, weave, and make jewelry, and I'm just learning
to make cheese. So I guess that makes this an artisan blog.
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Thursday, October 6, 2005
Pea Green Socks with One Red Toe
A few days ago the pea green socks just needed toes. Today they got them:
The red is the September Song vari. I'm out of red sock yarn. I looked for red sock yarn, and it's just not to be had. I had
that problem with purple recently. Apparently the only solid sock yarn is Lorna's Laces (not that that's such a bad thing)
or yarn by mail order. I know all the yarn companies make solid colors; I guess the shops have stopped taking up the space
they could use to stock the self-patterning yarn.
Anyway, the only problem with the September Song is that it's 100% wool; I'm not happy about using that for toes and heels.
In fact, in the slip-stitch socks, I'm using a solid color sock yarn (imagine that!) for the heels and toes because I know
from experience that unreinforced yarn wears through. Well, if Lynn wears through the red toe, I'll knit her another one.
Maybe I'll have found solid red sock yarn by then.
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Saturday, October 1, 2005
Yes, More Socks
I've just FedExed a proofreading project, and the Dublin Bay socks just need toes. I've also started a
new pair in variegated yarn. I don't like variegated yarn, but this is beautiful, and the stitch pattern is actually pretty
cool. Here's the yarn:
It's a handpaint called "September Song." I picked it because I'm trying to do something that gives the impression of autumn
leaves in New England. So the colors are definitely right, but of course the name gives that away. In an attempt to do something
that's not boring, I've taken a stab at a slip-stitch pattern. I was thinking of trying the Crusoe Socks, but they work best in bright colors. I thought of doing the Lava Flow socks, but again I thought this colorway was probably
too subtle for the stitch pattern. Then I thought I'd try a heel stitch. One that everybody knows goes:
Row 1: (sl 1, k1)*
Row 2: purl
but there's another one:
Row 1: (sl 1, k1)*
Row 2: purl
Row 3: (k1, sl1)*
Row 4: purl
I'm using the second one, knitting the even rows, of course, because I'm working in the round. Here's the top of the first
sock:
It works for me. The slip stitches break up the strips of color with little dots, which conveniently adds to the impression
of fall leaves. I'll take a better photo tomorrow when the sun's higher in the sky so the colors show up better.
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