Well, I ment to put the pictures futher down on the blog, but my skills are quite new, and this is where they landed......maybe next time I can figure out how to move them around.......
On the needles now is a pair of purl-free Monkey sock from CookieA. The pattern can be found on knitty.com. So as you can see by my description that I modified them. I don’t have an aversion to purling, this is my second pair, and I’d heard of the purl-free Monkey modification, and thought I’d give them a try.
http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTmonkey.html
I just finished my Rockin’ Sock Club March 2008 socks on Sunday. HOORAY!! When I opened up the package I fell in love with the color! By now everyone should have their package, so it should be safe to mention that the yarn is a beautiful combination of greens that just screamed “knit me into socks fast!!” This pattern is my first dip in the pond of Cat Bordhi’s new sock architecture, and I must admit that I am intrigued. It was interesting to knit the heel flap and gusset at the same time (and no stitches to pick up –yea!). I knit the small size, casting on 60 stitches in STR medium weight. I must admit that I was a little worried about casting on that many stitches, as I’ve knit two other pairs of socks in the same yarn, and cast on 48 stitches for the one pattern and 44 stitches for the other pattern—but they were a variation of a ribbed sock, and the sock club pattern was over ½ stockinette stitch, so I took a leap of faith and cast on the 60 stitches required of the smallest size. I must admit that while they do fit, they could be a little snugger, so if I knit the pattern again, which I am pretty sure I will, I’ll find a way to cast on fewer stitches—I know it can be done, I’ll just have to do a little thinking to figure it out. For my birthday, I received Cat’s “New Pathways for Sock Knitters, Book One” book, so that should be helpful when trying to modify the number of stitches in the pattern.
Last night I gave the socks away to my best friend. I know that she will take care of them and love them very much—what a funny thing to say about a pair of socks—“…and love them very much”—but she did ask if I knit her a pair of socks for her birthday, and when I said no, she was very disappointed. So what could I do, but give her my awesome Lucky green STR socks?!?!? I forgot to get a picture of the finished socks, so I’ll have to get her to model them. So for now, here is a picture in progress.
Last night I gave the socks away to my best friend. I know that she will take care of them and love them very much—what a funny thing to say about a pair of socks—“…and love them very much”—but she did ask if I knit her a pair of socks for her birthday, and when I said no, she was very disappointed. So what could I do, but give her my awesome Lucky green STR socks?!?!? I forgot to get a picture of the finished socks, so I’ll have to get her to model them. So for now, here is a picture in progress.
On the needles now is a pair of purl-free Monkey sock from CookieA. The pattern can be found on knitty.com. So as you can see by my description that I modified them. I don’t have an aversion to purling, this is my second pair, and I’d heard of the purl-free Monkey modification, and thought I’d give them a try.
http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTmonkey.html
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