Socks made with left over 4-ply Mercidized Cotton. Knitted both at the same time, toe up, on size US1 Addi Turbo 32" circular needle from inside and outside of ball so I could just knit until I ran out of yarn. 8 st. Turkish cast on, 68 sts. total. Purled bottom of foot. Short row heel with double wraps. Some elastic knitted into last row and cast off row. Casted off with size US3 needle.
Inspired by the Travelling Socks pattern by Lucy Neatby in Socks Socks Socks book. Made with Zitron Trekking XXL color 108 and Garnstudio Drops Alpaca color 2110. 80 sts CO, size US2/2.75 mm DPNs. Some Latvian braids added for fun.
Sun is a bit bright and has altered the colors...but the set is finally complete!
Lion Brand Sock-ease, size US1 DPNs, 76sts CO, 7 row picot edge, Welsh heel, star toe of 4 points.
Lion Brand Wool-ease Camel, Patons SWS Soy Wool Stripes Natural Berry, Pattern adapted from Family Circle Easy Knitting Magazine Fall 2005, size 7 needles. Stuffed with blanket stitched felted sweater parts.
This scarf is the old shale pattern from The Encyclopedia of Knitting by Stanfield and Griffiths. It is made with Paton's SWS and Lion Brand Wool-Ease. Matching hat is Tam B from Three Tams on Knitty.com. Matching mittens are in progress.
Opal Hundertwasser knee socks in "Der Blaue Mond" Blue Moon color. Started off with Knitpicks two socks on one circular pattern with US size 1 40" Harmony needles. Didn't like the heel the pattern made...but oh well! Ended up on 32" addi turbos after Harmony needles had untimely accident with the vacuum cleaner. I just sort of made up the calf shaping as I went along and the picot bind off (which I love) is from More Sensational Knitted Socks (Birthday present :-D). These socks took an awful long time to make. And were frustrating to match up the stripes even tho the two balls were from the same dye lot. As it is the loosely knit sock weighs 70g while the tighter one weighs 66ish. I know I'm the only one who will ever care! LOL Am generally pleased with the results and can't wait for the cold weather to be snuggled up in my first hand-knit pair of knee socks.
