Table of contents for Short Rows & Sock Heels

1. Short Rows, Deconstructed
2. The Double-Stitch Short Row Heel – aka the “yo-yo” or “jo-jo” heel
3. Roomier Short Row Heels
4. Sasquatch Report

OK, even I can admit that this short row heel obsession thing may be getting a bit out of hand.

But there’s another little gem of genius here worth sharing, in my efforts to eliminate the inelegant flap-and-gusset-style heel from the face of the earth.

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Table of contents for Short Rows & Sock Heels

1. Short Rows, Deconstructed
2. The Double-Stitch Short Row Heel – aka the “yo-yo” or “jo-jo” heel
3. Roomier Short Row Heels
4. Sasquatch Report

So — a few weeks ago, I wrote about sock heels.  How I don't really like flap-and-gusset style heels, and how the EZ afterthought heel usually seems too small for me, and how I'd been checking out all kinds of short row heels, in my search for the Best Short Row Heel of All Time.

Continue reading "The Double-Stitch Short Row Heel – aka the “yo-yo” or “jo-jo” heel"

Continue reading "Twisted 3-st Cables, the Japanese Way"

Table of contents for Short Rows & Sock Heels

1. Short Rows, Deconstructed
2. The Double-Stitch Short Row Heel – aka the “yo-yo” or “jo-jo” heel
3. Roomier Short Row Heels
4. Sasquatch Report

So, while I haven't been blogging much in the past week or so, I really have been busy.

One of the things I've been working on is a sock pattern for my friend Deb, whose blog lives over at www.fearlessfibers.blogspot.com.  She dyes bee-you-tee-full yarn and sells it on Etsy – which if you haven't visited is a very fun place — her shop is at http://fearlessfibers.etsy.com.

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Pshaw!  Of course not!

While I don’t think quite as many techniques exist for binding off as casting on, there are quite a few.  And the CO and BO edges can make or break an otherwise lovely project:  the main issue being edges that are too tight, and that affect the shape of the finished piece.

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Table of contents for Nutcracker Sweet

1. Nutcracker Sweet, Part 1 – yarn subs
2. Nutcracker Sweet, Part 2 – more yarn subs & gauge
3. Nutcracker Sweet, Part 3 – the technicalities
4. Nutcracker Sweet, Part 4 – the sleeves
5. Nutcracker Sweet, Part 5 – the fit of the bodice
6. Nutcracker Sweet, Part 6 – the new bodice
7. Nutcracker Sweet, Part 7 – the Fair Isle panel
8. Nutcracker Sweet, Part 8 – finishing up
9. Nutcracker Sweet, Part 9 – the happy ending

Anyone remember this?

Ahem.  OK, I admit I’ve been stalling a bit.  Last time, I said I was going to address the fitting issues, which leads me straight to a couple of my personal bugaboos.

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Continue reading "Final FO’s of 2007"

More specifically, it’s about "Sock Wars", where the idea is that everyone playing the game is an "assassin" and has an assigned  "target".  You are supposed to "assassinate" that person by knitting them a pair of socks, and then you send them to your target before your assassin sends a pair of finished socks to you.

Continue reading "Sock What?"

Continue reading "FO’s from Knitter’s Stash"

Continue reading "Sassy!"