Posts Tagged ‘FO’
Author: Amy Maxwell Published: September 3rd, 2010
I didn’t post about these right away because they were a surprise gift for my grandma but I can’t believe I forgot to post about them altogether. So here they are, six months later…
In January I visited my grandma in Florida and while I was there I finished my first pair of crocheted socks. She was so impressed with my handiwork that I started another pair for her when I got home. I had enough yarn leftover to make her a matching “Crochargosy” scarf too. The colorway I used has some of her favorite colors and they are both light enough to use most of the year, even in Florida.
Tags: crochet, FO, gifts, scarf, socks
Category Crochet |
Author: Amy Maxwell Published: September 1st, 2010
I forgot to post that I finished my Skew socks:
The 2 hanks of yarn that I used for them were just a bit different (they were hand-dyed so I suppose that’s to be expected) so the left sock has more dark brown and less red than the right pair. I don’t think anyone would notice if I didn’t point it out though. And I started another pair of socks last week. I had 2 more hanks of Lorna’s Laces yarn that I just needed to use and I decided on these Up, Up and Away socks. So far, the pattern is pretty easy but the heel (as usual) is confusing.
Tags: FO, knitting, socks
Category Knit |
Author: Amy Maxwell Published: August 2nd, 2010
It might be a record… I started this sock on Tuesday, didn’t touch it on Friday or Saturday, finished it on Sunday and started the second sock. Four days it took me to knit a whole sock! I’m amazed :)
It turned out a little big for me despite reducing the foot repeats by 4, but not too bad. My heel sewing is a little rough but no one would notice except myself. There’s a weird pointy spot at the heel that I think might relax once I wash and block it. I started the second sock right away because I spent too much money on this yarn to just make one sock and forget about it. I’m sure the second one will come more slowly but I think they will be lovely to wear when it gets colder so I’m surprisingly motivated to finish the pair.
Like I said before, this pattern is not as easy as I originally thought it would be, but I got through it and learned more about knitting. The short rows at the top were not the pain I thought they would be at all. It’s actually very straight forward. The only complicated part for me was the grafting and sewing of the little hole at the end of the grafted seam.
Also, as I worked on this pattern, I naturally thought about how it might work in crochet. Sometime I might experiment with doing a crocheted sock on the diagonal. I have another pair of Lorna’s Laces skeins that might be perfect for that!
Tags: crochet, FO, inspiration, knitting, socks, techniques
Category Inspiration, Knit, Techniques |
