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.) First of all, though, I must explain…
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Designing
Possibly the
Designing, Project Management
Luna Tee finished!
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…
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…