Christmas knitting!
Dec. 30th, 2007 12:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I bring you pictures of my Christmas knitting! My mom, dad, and brother all got socks this year.
Bitchin' flames socks! These were for my li'l brudder, ![]() |
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Bitchin' flames socks Since the pattern was for a woman's foot, I had to add an extra half-repeat of the pattern to make them big enough around for Sean's foot. That led to a little weirdness, but since it's on the bottom you won't see it. Except when I take pictures like this. |
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Bitchin' flames socks |
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Mom's lace socks My mama's gift, and the first lace I ever successfully completed. Woo! Pattern is Sheri's lace socks (that's a pdf) and the yarn is KnitPicks Essential in Burgundy. |
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Mom's lace socks |
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Mom's lace socks |
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Dad's Nationals socks I could call my dad a Nationals fan, but that's not quite true. He's really an extraordinarily faithful Senators fan who waited years and years for Washington to finally have a team again. I remember he used to go into every hat store he could find, looking for Senators hats. Now he doesn't have to look so hard anymore. So of course I had to make him socks to match! Yarn is Dale Baby Ull, pattern is just the same dimensions as the flame socks, without the pattern. The W is duplicate-stitched on, and the baseball stitching on the toe is exactly that. I generated the pattern for the W using this nifty free widget that will turn any image into a knit or cross-stitch pattern. |
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Dad's Nationals socks We joke that he should really wear these with sandals, shorts, a Nats T-shirt, and a bucket hat. Halloween costume! |
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Date: 2007-12-30 08:49 am (UTC)I gotta ask. Do you go toe up or cuff down?
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Date: 2007-12-30 09:10 am (UTC)I knit cuff-down. I was actually experimenting today with some toe-up techniques-- I love the look of short-row heels and toes, but not the actual knitting of them. But I do want to find a toe-up technique that I like, because it'll be useful to know.
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Date: 2007-12-30 09:08 am (UTC)OMG in teh knitting awe.
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Date: 2007-12-30 01:13 pm (UTC)Those are all lovely socks. I especially like the Nationals ones.
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Date: 2007-12-31 12:34 am (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2007-12-31 12:34 am (UTC)Burn baby burn!
Date: 2007-12-30 03:05 pm (UTC)Re: Burn baby burn!
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Date: 2007-12-30 05:13 pm (UTC)The flame socks are awesome!
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Date: 2007-12-31 12:38 am (UTC)Patterns class was great fun. Fairly low-level, I'm sure, compared to the classes you've taken, but for a community college class that cost $60, I can't complain. I'm signed up for Patternmaking II in the spring! I'll post my final project shortly when I do my 2007 sewing roundup.
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Date: 2007-12-31 08:57 pm (UTC)And yeah, working stranded colorwork on circs is waaaay easier than dpns. I'm totally a fan of two-hands-at-once for that. Do you usually knit continental or american/english?
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Date: 2007-12-31 09:11 pm (UTC)I'm a continental knitter, I think because I started crocheting long before I learned to knit, so I'm just used to holding the yarn in my left hand. The lady who taught me was an English knitter, but I only lasted about a row before I just naturally switched over. My biggest problem doing the stranded colorwork was that the yarn in my right hand kept bunching up and getting in the way, and I just couldn't seem to keep a consistent tension on it. I think it's the way I hold my right hand when I knit.