Bright Shiny socks
yarn from the first ZK I attended!
Began | September 2, 2017 |
Finished | November 2, 2017 |
25% | |
Edited | December 6, 2017 |
Made for | me |
I made two dischlothes with this pattern for my sister Lisa – one with the Playtime colorway exclusively. I did most of the knitting on this one in the airport and airplane while flying to San Francisco. Then I made a second one by casting on Playtime and switching to Daily Ombre for the rest…
Plan: Toe-up socks, ankle length, toes and heels in grey. Started with the Risata using Judy’s magic cast-on. After about half of the increases, started striping the Felici to add more interest. Switched to all Felici after getting to the desired stitch count. Intend to do an afterthought heel with the same striping sequence. 4/10:…
swatched personal footprint concept on a single toe and didn’t like yarn. switched to yarn I liked, 2-at-a-time and one of the patterns further in the book that caught my eye as easy but not too hard to follow while setting up my footprint. yeah, yeah, I coulda done a plain version first, but you…
proof of concept!
swatched on several diff sized needles, and the larger swatch was so much more helpful to see this new technique. short rows are rockin’.