Egg Thief
Jennifer started this knitalong. check errata from Brave New Knits. is there a tag for this KAL?
Jennifer started this knitalong. check errata from Brave New Knits. is there a tag for this KAL?
Began | October 28, 2012 |
Finished | December 5, 2012 |
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Edited | December 12, 2012 |
Pattern URL | Orchid Thief by 198560 |
Bright and happy!
When I realized I wouldn’t have enough yarn to make purple slippers, I went for an elasticy yarn I knew I could get locally. Also some legwarmers to go with this out of the same Cascade Fixation with other worsted weight yarns (Wool Ease in a Lilac, Light Rose Heather, pink, and yellow; KnitPicks Swish…
with leftover aangel yarn. Cast on to knit on the yarn crawl at the end of February. Increased to 68 st instead of my previous standard of 72 since my feet are smaller. Used the heel from the FLKH but not the cardboard template. Knit till the socks were at my ankle bone and started…
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)
prototype. between the evening of the book sale set up, and 2 shifts at the book sale, several inches of the socks are done.
bound off 1/6, needs blocking and ends woven still