Christmas knitting!

[jaina]

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, dmbtuxwaddle. We've long joked about putting some bitchin' flames on his car, and now he has some for his feet. Yarn is Dale Baby Ull as called for in the pattern by Pink Lemon Twist. This was my first time doing stranded colorwork, and it was perhaps not the *best* idea to try to learn it in the round, on dpns. I did the two-handed method, and I'm just rubbish at the throwing side of things. I can never seem to keep hold of the needles *and* keep an even tension on the right-hand yarn.
	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.
	Bitchin' flames socks
	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.
	Mom's lace socks
	Mom's lace socks
	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.
	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!

Comments

[fieryredhead.livejournal.com]

WOW! Wonderful work! I used to knit alot in high school and just recently bought a pattern to try for a shawl. :) Need to remember how to do it! ;)

The flame socks are awesome!

[brightcupenny.livejournal.com]

Thank you!