I finished them last night, sitting in Macka's listening to "The Boy From Oz" on my ipod, and doing the "Jeny's super stretchy bindoff". I got so distracted by Jarrod Emick's polished voice, I actually almost left them on the table!! lol!
I just love the way the pattern flows into the heel flap, toes and ribbing. The pattern itself is a bunch of twists that's supposed to look like dragon scales. Red "Smooshy" was a good yarn for it, but I've seen so many beautiful versions from the sock club group.
I did the large size (72st around) with 2.5mm needles, and modified it for toe-up, which worked out fine. I ended up with 25g left, too. Hmmm... red Elijah?...
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Here's another little finished object... yet another phone sock. I did this one on 2.5mm, so it's a bit of a tighter fabric, and I ended (at the top) with an icord edge that turned into a crochet chain. Then I threaded the crochet chain through the icord. Looks neat, but doesn't pull open as smoothly as I thought it would. Anyway, nice to use a bit more of the Casbah up.
And look what arrived about 10 days ago! Yarn from Webs, which only took two-and-a-half months to get here! lol. The green is destined to be one of Jacki's patterns...
An unpublished one. Mysterious...
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At the moment, though, I'm in the mood to work on Vivian. After all, I started it in 2008... it should be a bit closer to completion than it is!
6 comments:
Woohoo! Nice socks. I do like that pattern. I got the heel done on my holiday.
Nice to hear the Vivian's getting some attention again. Mustn't be too much to go. Maybe you can wear it this winter.
I've got about 30 rows of the body left, I think, and then a hood. It's just time consuming! I knit watching tv for hours, and did 5 rows... sigh.
The next S62011 socks are nutkins, which are a hundred times easier, by the look of the pattern, so hopefully I can whip them up quickly ;)
ooh those socks are delish! I adore the colour of the yarn, and the stitches show up really well. Mmm. 2 1/2 months to get a WEBS order? oh my. I'd have exploded with impatience waiting for the postman!
Lovely socks! I agree, the Smooshy was a good fit for that design. Well done!
The Shur'tugals are a lovely pattern; I saw some finished at the Guild meeting on Saturday - very nice indeed. I believe the pattern was a bit tricky but it seems you enjoyed it and that's what counts - to enjoy the process and the product.
Love this pattern and it is on my to do list to knit. I like the color yarn you used.
Karin
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