sample knit – march
| Began | March 25, 2014 |
| Finished | April 9, 2014 |
85% | |
| Edited | April 15, 2014 |
716+silver huckleberry. for a seahawks-ish combo.
used the rest of my sock yarn to make a wrap bracket. mostly 5-stitch I-cord with a cool crochet chain (thicker by sc in each previous stitch) at the end and a loop for easier wearing. couldn’t let my fav colorway go to waste even though the socks were done!
Came up with this pattern on my own, and then got coordinating fabric for a lining. The knitting is done, I’m just sewing lines into the lining where the needles will go now.
swatched on several diff sized needles, and the larger swatch was so much more helpful to see this new technique. short rows are rockin’.
improving to be toe-up. toe is upside down, using kfb as the increases. Added a few extra stitches to the bottom of the foot to account for the slightly lighter yarn. heel will be garter short row (see http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garter-toes)
Finished, April 21. These were toe-up. I did a short row toe, and a heel with a gusset to better accentuate the cable on the side. Not-so-noticeable flaw: I started the first sock with the first cables being twisted every 4 row. Somewhere around the third repeat, I got off on my counting and did…