Knitting plans
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janestarzThe lid tumbled off my clear Samla bin in frustration yesterday, but little did I know my Muse was lying in wait there. She had been hiding herself for a while and my knitting endeavours suffered. I had printed some sock patterns I wanted to try my hands at -- all very easy patterns because most of my yarn is self-striping. Now it was time to consider which yarns to use.
The first thing I grabbed was a variation on the pink-grey-charcoal combination I made earlier. This would do quite nicely for the Sock Madness Finale Sock: a four-coloured stranded monstrosity that is going to be quite a challenge. These colours make me happy:
But Muse wasn't finished. At some point I had to stop because I ran out of zip-lock bags to put everything in. As it is, I'm going to have to use 'broken' bags that need to be tossed out as it is. Pattern, skeins all together in a baggy, and if I want to knit something fun, I'll blindly grab a bag to knit. It's all in the preparation!
Top left: Half a skein of yarn I combined with blue before. Hopefully I'll have enough of this. I love making sister-socks (same main colour, different contrast colour).
Top center: Dorothy's slip stitch socks.
Top right: Manly socks for Eisirt, in the Weasley Rib pattern. Finally getting around to using this yarn![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
anemoona gifted me a few years back! The contrast colour is 50+ grams left over from one of the Madness Socks.
Bottom left: Slip-Stripe-Spiral, a sock from Sock Madness 10. The maker of the pattern gave us a discount code for a limited time. They look a lot like the Dorothy's but with a Sweet Tomato heel. New technique!
Bottom center & right: Very cheap Invicta yarn I picked up, these two will be sister-socks as well. Probably for father-in-law or step-dad, or Eisirt. I love how the orange or blue makes a big difference in how the yarn pops! I actually like the one with orange slightly better.
The patterns I printed are a variety of very easy to slightly challenging socks. None will be as difficult as the Fjora Liti, but the colour and yarn combinations will keep me plenty entertained.
I've already concluded that I will need to keep socks back from the cupboard or Eisirt will never "use up" the ones he has. The more socks he wears at once, the slower they will wear & tear. Meaning I'll have to mend 10 pairs all at once if I don't watch it. I did cast on the Hubband Socks for him earlier this week:
I haven't knit him actual brown socks before!
I'm still wondering whether I should finish my Bodemloos sweater first, but maybe I'd better wait until Autumn and the weather isn't piping hot. Sock knitting, here I come!
The first thing I grabbed was a variation on the pink-grey-charcoal combination I made earlier. This would do quite nicely for the Sock Madness Finale Sock: a four-coloured stranded monstrosity that is going to be quite a challenge. These colours make me happy:
But Muse wasn't finished. At some point I had to stop because I ran out of zip-lock bags to put everything in. As it is, I'm going to have to use 'broken' bags that need to be tossed out as it is. Pattern, skeins all together in a baggy, and if I want to knit something fun, I'll blindly grab a bag to knit. It's all in the preparation!
Top left: Half a skein of yarn I combined with blue before. Hopefully I'll have enough of this. I love making sister-socks (same main colour, different contrast colour).
Top center: Dorothy's slip stitch socks.
Top right: Manly socks for Eisirt, in the Weasley Rib pattern. Finally getting around to using this yarn
anemoona gifted me a few years back! The contrast colour is 50+ grams left over from one of the Madness Socks. Bottom left: Slip-Stripe-Spiral, a sock from Sock Madness 10. The maker of the pattern gave us a discount code for a limited time. They look a lot like the Dorothy's but with a Sweet Tomato heel. New technique!
Bottom center & right: Very cheap Invicta yarn I picked up, these two will be sister-socks as well. Probably for father-in-law or step-dad, or Eisirt. I love how the orange or blue makes a big difference in how the yarn pops! I actually like the one with orange slightly better.
The patterns I printed are a variety of very easy to slightly challenging socks. None will be as difficult as the Fjora Liti, but the colour and yarn combinations will keep me plenty entertained.
I've already concluded that I will need to keep socks back from the cupboard or Eisirt will never "use up" the ones he has. The more socks he wears at once, the slower they will wear & tear. Meaning I'll have to mend 10 pairs all at once if I don't watch it. I did cast on the Hubband Socks for him earlier this week:
I haven't knit him actual brown socks before!
I'm still wondering whether I should finish my Bodemloos sweater first, but maybe I'd better wait until Autumn and the weather isn't piping hot. Sock knitting, here I come!
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Date: 2017-06-15 09:00 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2017-06-15 04:01 pm (UTC)"Your clear, completed sock photo must show the socks on adult feet or on sock blockers with a ruler/measuring tape showing they have been knit to the 9” minimum (or longer)."
Hobbular heeft op haar project page zelfs staan "AHAHAHAHA there’s no way that cuff is going over my HAND much less my foot". Dus ik vind het stiekem heel stom dat ze de winnaar is, vooral als ze inderdaad een aangepaste blocker heeft gemaakt.
Er zijn natuurlijk altijd mensen die het er niet mee eens zijn, en er wordt veel gediscussieerd met de mods tijdens de wedstrijd. Veel mensen die niet zo goed "begrijpend kunnen lezen" en vragen stellen waarbij ik denk "huh, dat staat er toch duidelijk?". Ik benijd de mods dus ook helemaal niets tijdens deze wedstrijd.
De truc van de Fjorta Liji schijnt te zijn dat je echt nog een naald omhoog moet dan anders. Ik ga de cuff met de vier kleuren dus op 3,5 mm breien (waar ik normaal gesproken voor stranded op 3 mm zit). Na de cuff brei je steeds maar met twee kleuren tegelijk, en dat heb ik in een eerdere ronde goed kunnen oefenen.
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Date: 2017-06-15 05:31 pm (UTC)