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On the Home Stretch (at Least of the First Sock)

SewWitty — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:40:42 +0000

I’m onto the leg! There’s a bit of a hole where I rejoined the heel to the instep, so I might need to do something else on sock two.

The pattern on the instep and leg is a cross stitch rib (see below)

Cross Stitch Rib – Multiples of 3 stitches

R1: *Skip 1st stitch, knit into second stitch, knit into skipped stitch and then slip both stitches off the needle, P1, repeat from * to end of round.

R2: *K2, P1, repeat from * to end of round

Toe Up Sock

SewWitty — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:16:19 +0000

I’ve made a bit of progress on my sock.

It is turning out to be quite large, but I think that will be OK. I’m not quite up to the ankle/gusset part yet and I am intrigued as to how that will go.

We went here to escape the heat. We all had a lovely time; collecting shells, swimming in the pool and the Australia Day fireworks were spectacular.

First Finished Object for 2012 – Socks

SewWitty — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:24:43 +0000

I started these socks in September – the actual knitting time was quite small, but I had a huge delay because I needed Miss P around to work out when to start decreasing for the toe and when she was around I would forget to do it!

This is a really basic sock – I knitted a tension square to determine my tension, measured her leg circumference and cast on the appropriate amount (40), which is just tension multiplied by leg circumference, and then knitted in stocking stitch.

Continuing the sock saga

SewWitty — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:47:11 +0000

I’ve restarted my sock – it only took one attempt to cast on.