My buddy of the Magic Ball swap send me in the parcel a hand dyed yarn in a mauve-taupe-chestnut like color. The yarn inspired my to design this pattern with twisted stitches, working toe-up. The yarn hasn’t much twist set in it, so the twisted stitches appear a bit diffuse.
These socks have a striking twisted [...]
Read the blog: Pattern: Maeve
Finished about three days ago. Maeve makes me so happy!
Ze is al weer drie dagen klaar; Maeve! Ik ben er heel blij mee!
Currently I am working to translate the pattern, my own design, in English, making a chart, taking some nice pic’s. Lot’s of work before the pattern can ben published. Although… I think I [...]
Read the blog: FO: Maeve
The insideout-sock was a quick and easy knit, due knitting every 6 rounds an even row it was not boring. Fun to turn the socks inside out while knitting to see the pattern grow.
De binnenstebuitensok van de Yahoogroup Sokken_breien was een leuke doorbreier. Het is een ontwerp van Annemiek Bosma. Eenvoudig, echterniet saai door [...]
Read the blog: FO: Binnenstebuiten
Monkey socks made from Blue Faced Leicester sockyarn, handdyed myself in the colors of blackberry in cream.
Ik heb wederom een heerlijk paar sokken aan mijn collectie toegevoegd. Het zijn de welbekende Monkey van Cookie A. Het sokkengaren is de Bluefaced Leicester van Storm op Zolder, wat ik zelf geverfd heb. Het doet met denken aan [...]
Read the blog: FO: Blackberry Monkey
Fearless knitting two socks on one circular; the first time.
I have to try it once more to decide if I like this method or not!
+ two socks are ready at the same time
+ no problem of measuring of counting row to find out they are even
+ this method is a bit slower to work; [...]
Read the blog: FO: January Mystery Sock
Fearless knitting, introduced in the Knitting Daily newsletter.
My first project of fearless knitting this year is knitting two socks on one circular. The biggest fear; two balls of yarn getting all tangled up, magic looping with to socks, and how to divide the stitches the right way. On the Internet I found several instruction for [...]
Read the blog: Fearless 2-on-1, part 1