Posted: September 2nd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: lorna's laces shepherd worsted, mittens, projects: abandoned socks (trekking), socks, things i knit, trekking xxl, yarn i use | Tags: crafty, finished objects, handmade, knitting, sock knitting, socks, stockinette socks, trekking xxl | 4 Comments »
I feel like I’ve just completed some sort of knitting marathon. Except not really, because put together all of these unfinished pairs of socks were probably only a little more knitting than one entirely new sock. Still:
So, there’s that.
Pattern: lol. Generic stockinette socks.
Needles: little. I have lost track of it now, but I’m positive it was either 2.0mm (US 0) or 2.25 mm (US 1), which is possibly why I got so sick of knitting these when I first started with them.
Yarn: Zitron Trekking XXL, in Color 101.
I do actually quite like the striping in this yarn, and I am excited about how thin the fabric in these socks actually is (no risk of not being able to wear them with certain kinds of shoes, etc etc), but they were definitely the hardest of the bunch to motivate myself to finish.
But now they’re done, and I am practically giddy with excitement. I got to cast on for a pair of mittens! They are going obscenely fast! Look!
Song of the Entry: Spoon – The Underdog (Listen)
Posted: August 28th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: bmfa socks that rock, koigu kpppm, projects: abandoned socks (anastasia), projects: abandoned socks (msf), projects: abandoned socks (rainbow), projects: abandoned socks (trekking), shibui knits, socks, things i knit, trekking xxl, yarn i use | Tags: craft, crafty, knit, knits in progress, knitting, second sock syndrome, sock knitting, socks | 1 Comment »
So, I go back to school in about a week, and to prepare I’ve been trying to clean my apartment and get rid of clutter, so that I start off on the right foot. (I am really, really bad at cleaning when I have schoolwork to do.)
One of the things I ended up doing was going through my shelves and tidying things up, which is when I discovered this:
Three pairs of socks, in various stages of seriously-almost-finished-ness, hiding in the bookcase. One of these pairs is finished except for the grafting, the other two consist of a full finished sock and a second sock knit to the heel. This is just embarrassing.
It also means that, for the next little while, I’m going to be putting my sweater projects on hold, and working on these pairs (plus the pair I started this month with my MSF yarn). My goal is to have them all finished and in my sock drawer sometime in the very, very near future. It’ll be great – I’ll have warm toes, a cleaner apartment, and I can start all the new projects I’ve been dreaming about (more on those later) with a clear conscience.
Posted: December 19th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: projects: stockinette socks, socks, things i knit, trekking xxl, yarn i use | Tags: handknits, knits in progress, knitting, single socks, sock knitting, socks, trekking xxl | No Comments »
As the semester comes to an end, so does my in-class knitting – for now, at least. And fittingly, I’ve managed to finish something. This is one single sock, knit during respirology, cardiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology, in fits and starts whenever we had a lecturer who didn’t require incessant note-writing. It’s partner is, I guess, a project for 2009.
Song of the Entry: Fall Out Boy – Disloyal Order of Water Buffalos
