So anyway, let me catch up.
Socks. Several socks have happened since my last post. Even better, several PAIRS of socks have happened. And there are pictures:
Branched Fern Socks
Twisted Spaghetti yarn, size 0 needles
Twisted Spaghetti yarn, size 0 needles
Elegant Cable Socks
Regia Silk, size 0 needles
Regia Silk, size 0 needles
Victorian Lace Socks by Lorri Ann Romesberg
Regia Cotton, size 0 needles
There’s another one, Jeanie Townsend’s Lilac socks, that I can’t find the photo for. I used Li'l Bit of Heaven Fibers Merino Yarn and I love how they feel, but after the first wearing the bottoms had already started felting. They fuzzed a bit around the shoe area too. I don’t know how long they’ll last, and I guess it’s because they’re 100% merino with no added nylon or anything for strength, but I’ll wear ‘em till they drop. They feel like, well, a Li’l Bit of Heaven.
So that’s the backlog. And now, back to our regular programming…
Suddenly I seem to have several cable projects OTN, and it’s been bothering me more and more that I can’t figure out how to read the symbols for the different types of cables and know what to do without also looking at the instructions. But then, after tinking five or six rows because of a cable crossed wrong, I realized that it was less important to be able to read the chart than it was to read the cables themselves, and that’s made a huge difference. No more mistakes, and less time looking back and forth on the pattern.
Next I’d like to learn how to make the cables without a cable needle (or in this case, tapestry needle). I did it once on a very simple cable pattern, but the ones I’m doing now have several types of cables in each pattern and maybe it would be too confusing to try to learn a new technique where there are so many variables. Unless I see a really good explanation or tutorial.
So here. Meet Calla. Isn’t she gorgeous? Here’s what mine looks like:
Regia Cotton, size 0 needles
There’s another one, Jeanie Townsend’s Lilac socks, that I can’t find the photo for. I used Li'l Bit of Heaven Fibers Merino Yarn and I love how they feel, but after the first wearing the bottoms had already started felting. They fuzzed a bit around the shoe area too. I don’t know how long they’ll last, and I guess it’s because they’re 100% merino with no added nylon or anything for strength, but I’ll wear ‘em till they drop. They feel like, well, a Li’l Bit of Heaven.
So that’s the backlog. And now, back to our regular programming…
Suddenly I seem to have several cable projects OTN, and it’s been bothering me more and more that I can’t figure out how to read the symbols for the different types of cables and know what to do without also looking at the instructions. But then, after tinking five or six rows because of a cable crossed wrong, I realized that it was less important to be able to read the chart than it was to read the cables themselves, and that’s made a huge difference. No more mistakes, and less time looking back and forth on the pattern.
Next I’d like to learn how to make the cables without a cable needle (or in this case, tapestry needle). I did it once on a very simple cable pattern, but the ones I’m doing now have several types of cables in each pattern and maybe it would be too confusing to try to learn a new technique where there are so many variables. Unless I see a really good explanation or tutorial.
So here. Meet Calla. Isn’t she gorgeous? Here’s what mine looks like:
So far.
I’m using the same yarn as the sample, Dale of Norway Svale, and boy is it yummy. It’s splitty, so I have to watch what I’m doing, but it’s soft and creamy and luscious, and I can’t wait to feel it on my skin. It’s so yummy, in fact, that I might actually get it finished before something else grabs me around the neck and makes me knit it.
Maybe.
Life is too short to knit one thing at a time.
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