July 2008

I’ve been holding out on most of you, and it’s about time I came clean.
Those of you who have knit my toe-up sock with slipstitch heel know that after you knit the gusset, you do a few short rows that form the curve of the back of the heel, before you start the heel flap. [...]

Contest is over, the winner has been chosen by the all-powerful, all-knowing random number generator. The winner is Happyneedle!
Thanks to everyone who left a comment. I wish I had Wollmeise for all!
Speaking of Wollmeise, I did manage to suck it up last night and knit the ribbing on the second Halcyon sock.

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Thank you for all your lovely comments on my upcoming book. I really appreciate them, and I appreciate that so many of you have pre-ordered it sight-unseen from Amazon. (Insert big sloppy kiss here.)
The book has a total of 23 toe-up sock patterns; 3 basic socks, and 20 patterns for lace (easy, intermediate, challenging), textured, [...]