Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on Feb 3rd, 2012
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, [...]
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on Feb 1st, 2012
I’ve turned the heel on my sock and now I’m knitting the heel flap (opposite to when you knit from the cuff down). So far so good – although I think I am in a bit of denial as to how big this sock is going to be! Also, a fifth needle would be really [...]
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on Jan 30th, 2012
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 [...]
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on Jan 16th, 2012
I decided it was time for a new sock knitting challenge (obviously not a pair a month because I failed that one!). I’ve never made toe up socks and so I decided it was time. I watched the DVD that came with the Sock Masterclass, which made it look extremely easy (of course) plus I [...]
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on Sep 12th, 2011
A new sock project. As Miss P likes hand knitted socks and she has grown out of her other ones, it is time to knit her more socks. It is just going to to be a simple sock. The yarn is Online supersocke summer colour 1326.
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on Aug 9th, 2011
I finished the socks! I’m going to have a bit of a break from sock knitting because I want to knit something else – I’m going to use my 12 ply yarn from here. On a completely different note what is the difference between SSK and K2tog tbl?
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting, Yarn Stash on Jul 26th, 2011
Oh dear! A pair of socks a month has completely fallen by the wayside. I have finished one sock and I’m about a quarter of the way through the other! I’ve been watching North and South while knitting – what a fantastic adaptation) On a completely different topic I did buy some lovely Alpaca yarn while [...]
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on Jun 17th, 2011
I’m sure this is a knitting rite of passage, but I’ve ripped my sock and I’m starting again with something simpler. It’s going to be a plain vanilla sock as described here.
Posted in Knitting, miscellaneous, Sock Knitting on Jun 13th, 2011
I’ve been slowly making progress on my May sock – I’ve actually turned the heel and am now working on the foot (it was just too dark to take a photo). I think it was an error to choose this sock pattern. Although, it is easier than my March/April sock , it still requires a [...]
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on May 26th, 2011
My May sock is coming together quite quickly (well compared to the March and April sock). The pattern is very easy to remember and as there is no purl stitches it moves along quite quickly.