Helygen Celli

Lau, for my father in law’s 70th birthday
To design a simple yet stylish sock for men, using twisted stitches, was one of my intentions for 2009. The Sock Knitters Anonymous DYO challenge in June (Ravelry) and my father in law’s upcoming 70th birthday, did speed up the process a lot.
I noted that most men [...]

Read the blog: Sock Pattern: Lau

Nell is an elegant and stretchy anklet I designed for my mother in law (Nel).
Worked over just 2 rounds, the lacy ribbing pattern it is very simple and easy to memorize, yet fun to knit.  The pattern works nice with a (hand dyed) yarn with a little bit of contrast in colors like a [...]

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FO
Sock Knitters Anonymous, sockdown! june – DYO = design your own.
Started on June 3, completed June 12 2009
I loved designing and knitting these socks. My challenge was designing a pair of toe-up socks. Fun and interesting for me to knit – simple stylish to look at. Pattern must be suitable for men and women, to [...]

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Last year Yarnissima introduced me to the patterns with traveling stitches with her free pattern “Firestarter” I like the twisted patterns so much I was looking for more inspiration. So I bought the little books “Uberlieferte Strickmunster aus dem Steirischen Enstall” by Maria Erlbacher. Lots of traditional patterns, easy knitted or real complex are collected [...]

Read the blog: Pattern: Salida

Unsatisfied!
The last days I was working on a sock design. 
I have frogged the sock, as a perfectionist I was unsatisfied of the result.
Why? I don’t know yet – it just doesn’t feel right.

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