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.) Last time we went through the exercise of setting up the basketweave pattern st so that it was centered on the…
Category: Patterns
Patterns, Sox Therapy
“Rite of Spring” lace sock pattern
The “Rite of Spring” lace sock pattern, which was the April exclusive to the Fearless Fibers lace club, is now available for everyone to purchase as a Ravelry download! let’s see if this works… I said you wouldn’t get bored halfway through, now didn’t I? This is the pattern for the April ’09 shipment…
Patterns, Vintage Knitting
For Breakfast In Bed – Vintage Bed Jacket Pattern
Canadian Home Journals from the 1940’s — with knitting patterns.
Patterns, Sox Therapy
Vine Leaf Socks
Ahhhhhh — finally, I can sit back, relax and blog a little bit. And it’s great that I can now write about something that’s recently been taking a lot of my time. If I were to tell anyone else how things have been just "crazy busy" lately in the world of knitting, well, they’d probably…
Patterns, Technique Speak
Twisted 3-st Cables, the Japanese Way
So, flipping through a Japanese knitting book of pattern stitches one day, I came across a twisted rib and cable pattern that I thought would make a VERY handsome sock for DH…which it did. If you’ve never seen a Japanese knitting book, let me tell you — very sensible system they have, those Japanese. Everything is…