That was yesterday. Didn’t see any knitters in town, but I was at the Zoo with my daughter and knitted while she was eating a huge ice cream. Really a huge one, so I managed a few rounds at my socks…
But then I am not so into knitting, it is getting too warm, but the main reason is that I am totally hooked with my wheel. And the fiber…
These socks really are a pleasant surprise in our oh so perfect world.
I finished another pair of socks for my boy. He absolutely wanted orange socks. Fine by me, hopefully his younger sister can wear them too.
BTW socks are the ideal project to be knitted on the playground 
Finished some weeks ago, but they dropped into a drawer and I couldn’t take a photo earlier. I thought I should Cat Bordhi’s formuly give a second try, since I was not very pleased with my coriolis (it is too wide!). Boyzeler chose the yarns from my left-over-sock-yarn stash. And it seems that the formula works better for kids, they fit well. Since I designed as I knit, I had to redo something. Because I was just knitting on and on and forgot to change the color at the heel and to lazy to redo the heel, I just switched the color after the heel. But while knitting on the second sock, I decided that I didn’t like it. I was just about to frog the leg as I had the idea that I just can separate the leg and the foot at the color change. That’s what I did and it worked quite fine.
And since Boyzeler really enjoyes me knitting socks for him, I started another pair. Containing his favorite color: orange…
Even though I must admit that seaming is much easier in plain stockinette or plain gartner…
But I am quite pleased with the result:
I started to knit an adult Tomten. I think it is Jared’s fault that I got infected by the Elizabeth Zimmermann fever. I also have to make some adjustments – first of all because of the yarn. I didn’t like the look of my variegated yarn over the whole body. I first tried to knit the body in one pieces with four balls of yarn. But I soon decided that it wasn’t worth the pain. After all, I don’t mind seeming. So I knit the body in four pieces. I also decided to shape the body with some waist decreases. Having actually read Jared’s post on his Tomten, I think I will copy some of his modifications like the smaller neck size (for children, it can’t be wide enough). I have to admit I didn’t get everything of his armhole modifications.
And I finished some socks for my son. He was thrilled to have socks in the same color as me (see the Cheshire Cat Socks).
Finished! As usual the second took longer than the first one. I think this illusion knitting technique has some potential. I already have some ideas. But would choose something that is more visible, like a hat or mittens.I must admit that even if I like the look of short row heels, I find the good old flap one much easier to work. Probably because I am so used to it. But I don’t like to frog – and at least the first heel I had to work twice because I got all tangled in these wraps…
Just enough yarn to make some shoes as well. We were in the snow today and I really think, my kids need some new hats.
My newest project. Started some days ago. Since the kids are crying all night, there is not much knitting at the moment.
This is also my first project on ravelry.
After discussing sock knitting with some friends, I find out that
Here some sock knitting links: (a lot from knitty.com, my preferred knitting source)
Enjoy !
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