I finished my Dunsborough Socks (so called because I put the yarn there while I was on a weekend holiday).
The yarn is Cowgirlblues Merino Twist in sock weight (100% wool), colourway Camel.
I used my standard 2.25 knit pro zings (I use a circular needle and do magic loop)
It’s top-down with a heel flap, gusset and round toe. The pattern on the leg and foot is from the Bijou Socks pattern.
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I have been working on some of my projects.
There will be no new projects until some of these are finished.
I started these socks back in April 2022 (I got waylaid by Miss P’s blanket), had a false start and then tried again and now I have finally finished them.
Here’s my original post, I stuck with the pattern and used the Yarn Harlot’s toe pattern (the 4-3-2-1 pattern).
While waiting for more yarn to arrive for P’s blanket I have switched back to my Covid project, I am on to the dress now.
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I made a drawstring bag for my sock projects. The design is from Urban Threads. I stabilised it with calico, but I should have used something more sturdy as there is a bit of puckering.
I used instructions from Martha Stewart to make the bag.
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I went to Dunsborough for the weekend. It was fabulous – very relaxing.
While there, I bought souvenir yarn (yes that is a thing) from Text and Co – this fantastic store that sells books and yarn (heaven).
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I have started a new sock using Fortissima Mexica in colour 908. I am using 2.75 mm zings.
I have started with a 2 by 2 twisted rib, which I really like, however I cast on 76 stitches (seems too many, but that was what my swatch suggested) and I want to use crosshatch lace, which is a multiple of 6. So I need to drop to 72 stitches. I can rip out what I have done and start again.
Rnd 1: *K3, K2tog, YO, K1; rep from *.
Rnd 2: *K2, K2tog, YO, K2; rep from *.
Rnd 3: *K1, K2tog, YO, K3; rep from *.
Rnd 4: *K2tog, YO, K4; rep from *.
Rnd 5: *K1, YO, ssk, K3; rep from *.
Rnd 6: *K2, YO, ssk, K2; rep from *.
Rnd 7: *K3, YO, ssk, K1; rep from *.
Rnd 8: *K4, YO, ssk; rep from *.
This is what I have from The Sock Knitter’s Handbook by Beth Parrott and Charlene Schurch.
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I finished my Christmas socks! They’re short socks for wearing in summer (it was 39 degrees yesterday!).
The yarn is from Daffodil Road – in the Poinsettia colour-way.
I used my usual needles (Knit Pro Zings – I really like these needles)
The sock is just a rib, heel flap and gusset and a foot. I used Kate Atherley’s toe construction.
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I have been working on a few of my projects. Miss P’s blanket is progressing (slowly), I switched to Knit Pro Zing needles and it has been much nicer.
I am on to the second sock of my Christmas socks, turned the heel, so now it’s just the gusset, the foot and the toe (I am maybe a third of the way through)
And finally my Halloween Cat cross stitch is very close to being finished – I just need to finish off the last cat and do the back stitching (there’s not much of that – whiskers and mouth).
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I have finished one Christmas sock, which I started sometime in December (didn’t write down the date I started).
It’s a short sock, just a cuff and foot and I tried to make the cuff a bit more interesting using a twisted stitch.
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We went to Rottnest for a few days, and I took a little cross stitch away with me
14 count Aida done in the hand. And it reinvigorated my love of cross stitch, so I have been working on my Halloween Cat (by Satsuma Street).
Miss P turns 18 in early 2023, so I have started her blanket. It’s the same as Miss A’s but in purple shades.
The last is my Christmas sock, which is going to be short – for wearing in summer. It was 44 degrees yesterday (that’s 112.2 for you Fahrenheit people), so you can see why I need short socks. The yarn is Poinsettia from Daffodil Road Yarn. I bought it last year, but I imagine they do something similar every year.
I have tried to do an interesting rib – I used Gaughan’s Twisted Stitch Source Book and did a K2P2 rib, but the K2 has a right twist every second round. I think it is very effective.
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