Don’t whisper it too loudly, or it might put the jinx on it, but… …guess who picked up the gusset stitches on Mr plumbum’s Grreen ‘n Growlly Socks? ! Of course, that is all I have done thus far and, of course, there are too many picked up stitches, but as all good knitters know …
Tag archives: Project Spectrum
Off the needles
Yay – no SSS!
Long live the sock
You can say what you like about plain socks: they are fast, non-taxing, have a certain aesthetic appeal – certainly. I’ll not deny that… but, they sure are boring! All the same, as today sees Return Of The Migraine, plain socks are about all that I can aspire to. I’m calling this one Simply Arizona, …
Decision Point
The Petra-fied Hand Warmers are up to the decision point. Short fingers, or no fingers? I am leaning towards adding the fingers, just to see what it is like (never having done any kind of glove before). I asked Mr L last night, he thinks fingers too. So, I put my knitting away and read …
This and that
I am far more optimistic about the yardage for the Slippery Socks now. I weighed the remaining yarn and I tried the sock (which has been making progress, through slowly) on. I an 90% certain the yarn will go all the way. But I am 99% certain that these socks are going to be too …
Petra-fied
When I said that I was “only” going to allow myself the ribbing on one of the hand warmers today, I hadn’t really stopped to consider the constraints, had I? An inch and a half of k2 p2 doesn’t sound like much until you stop to think about the challenge of knitting laceweight yarn on …