Mar 21
OK, so you know I don't like to use the "m" word when it comes to knitting, because KNITTING is not actually MAGIC.
But a few weeks ago, in my "what-I-want-to-knit-this-year" list, I mentioned a yarn-usage technique that is often known as the "magic ball". Because this isn't actually a knitting technique so much as it is a clever way to use yarn, I decided I can more-or-less live with the "m" word in this case.
Hey, the Olympics are over and I did get something finished on my 2010 Knitting Wish List — well, one sock, anyway.
But it's a doozy of a sock. This picture may not look like much, but trust me on this. (Plus, there are better pictures further down.)
Continue reading "Possibly the Laziest Smartest. Short-Row Heel. Ever."
Dec 1
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.
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.
Sep 8
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.
Aug 25
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 of socks that keeps falling down all the time.
Aug 18
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.
Jul 2
Here's some eye candy for ya: a few FO's!
Sari Silk bag: this was knit from some recycled-sari silk yarn, although at this point I'm not sure exactly which manufacturer. This major FO accomplishment started life as "Unbiased", a bag pattern from Knitty, Fall 2004.
May 26
Oh, hi. You got that basketweave sock done all the way to the heel then? Not quite? OK, good, we’ll "pick up" where we left off. (ha, ha, little knitting humor there. Very little.)
May 12
(This is the second in a series of posts discussing the process of designing DH’s basketweave socks.)
We left off Part 1 with a completed toe, and have discovered that in order to have a sock foot that is about 7" circumference, we have ended up with 64 sts total for the foot of the sock.
May 11
Oh, happy day! DH has another pair of handknit socks, and I have one less UFO. (Believe it or not, I’m down to just SIX UFO’s. My advice is to keep an eye out for plagues of locusts.)
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