OK, OK, I admit that in the last post on this subject, I didn't spell out every little detail about exactly how I was going to finish this bad boy off… but then there would be no suspense left for the big surprise ending. Good old "Feather & Fan" to the rescue! F & F…
Category: Designing
Designing, Project Management
Workin’ on the UFO’s: “Luna” Tee
A few posts back, I mentioned that I seem to have developed not so much a New Year's Resolution, as an End-Of-Year Resolution: to finish up the last few remaining UFO's in my knitting pile. And so, I've been battling with this one. This is a tee in 2 x 2 ribbing, worked top-down in…
Designing, Sox Therapy
Sock Design 101: Part 6
Hey, we made it! This is the final post in the toe-up sock design series. And since it is the final one, naturally we are going to talk about binding off. The biggest problem with binding off a toe-up sock is how to keep the bind-off from being too tight. The BO edge has to…
Designing, Sox Therapy
Sock Design 101: Part 5
Before we finish off the sock design series, we have to talk about ribbing. Ribbing is actually a fairly important design consideration. Ribbing at the top edge is what keeps a sock up if it is made of a less-stretchy stitch pattern, such as plain stockinette. And no one is going to wear a pair…
Designing, Sox Therapy
Sock Design 101: Part 4
OK, I admit I got a little off track, and sort of forgot I had this sock design series going. Apologies to both of you who have been sitting on the edge of your computer chairs, waiting breathlessly for the next post in the series. What do you mean, you weren’t? Oh, of course. You…