For those of you who think Izzy spends her life lounging on the couch, here she is in her chair, asleep on her quilt.
In knitting news, I got my first Valtos sleeve done — look here. I’ve got a fair amount done on the second sleeve, so Valtos is chugging along down the road towards FO-dom.
So my next big project will be Fulmar . . . but I think I’m going to knit a pair of socks at home before I start it. I want to make a pair for Odie for Christmas, so I don’t want to bring them to work for commuter knitting — she would probably see them. So I’ll be digging around in the sock yarn stash to find a likely candidate for sock yarn. I’m thinking of making them with a waffle stitch (like the blueberry waffle socks that are widely available on the internet).
You got questions? I gotcha answers (though some of them not very good) . . . right here!
Stasia asked some general knitting questions. Look here for the text of an interview I did earlier this year. A lot of answers to questions of how and why I knit they way I do. How do I keep my hands from hurting while knitting? I think that might be because I put it down and pick it up a number of times throughout an evening. So my hands get a lot of rest and varied movement throughout several hours of knitting.
Oh and Stasia — sorry, but I don’t know how to do a curly or twisted i-cord. Can anyone help her out? I think Caroline F. did one when she was experimenting with making an i-cord ID chain out of sock yarn.
About my double-wrapping sock heel technique. I don’t know if it is the same as Priscilla Gibson-Roberts, not having read her technique. I picked up the idea of double-wrapping through browsing sock tips on the internet.
And for Lindsey-Brooke — I don’t recall any problems with the Inishmaan pattern. I do remember it was great fun to knit, and unusual in that the center cable pattern is different on the front and back. Sorry — I don’t remember how many skeins it took to knit. It was a few years ago . . .
Well, have a great Monday everyone!
Wendy, What a wonderful interview. Enjoyed it very much! I think it answered a lot of questions we all have from time to time.
No I don’t know how to make curly Icord – mine is just plain straight! But if you can get hold of a copy of Meg Swansen’s “Knitting”, it has a great glossary and maybe she has it in there. Sorry!
I found the danged curly i-cord! It’s at: http://www.knitlist.com/00gift/screwy-icord.htm
Ok, after months of lurking, I’ve been lured out! I’m curious about the socks you’re planning. I’m pondering a pair of textured socks, but haven’t decided what kind of patterning to do. I just did cables, so I want something different. Are you going to to the waffle socks at 5.5 st/in like the pattern, or in your usual gauge? (8 st/in, right?) I don’t want a heavy pair of socks — I’m usually at 8/9 st/in. I can’t wait to see how they look, it’ll help me get ideas!
Hi Renee — I’ll be doing my socks at 8 st/inch. I’ll post details on my blog as soon as I start them, in a week or so, so watch for it!
Oh, socks at home? Pleeeze, Wendy, do a photo journal–I wanna see those double-wrapped short rows!
Wendy it would be great if you did show pics on the double wrap technique. After a number of tries on the toe up sock I have gone back to the cuff down version. I have a tight deadline on these socks. The next pair, however will be toe up and no holes!! Kate was great in showing me and sadly I think I need a refresher course. The wrapping for some reason befuddles me.
I have to finish my Bair too. Yikes better get a move on.
Again many thanks for sharing your experiences and knowledge with all of us.
Ruby, you might check out:
http://home.att.net/~justonemorerow/toesox.html
No photos, but great succinct directions for double-wrapping short row toes and heels.
I’m sure if you did an internet search you’d find some more.
It’s difficult for me to do a photo-demo of sock techniques — the most compelling reason is that I need a photographer to take photos of my hands doing the work, and that’s very difficult to orchestrate.