I was going to make myself a pair of striped kneehighs with Noro Kureyon sock yarn. I cast on a bunch of stitches (60, if I remember correctly), knit the ribbing, added four stitches and started knitting. And I knit and knit and and knit some more. After a while I tried my soon-to-be-kneehighs on and realized.. That I have thick calves. :( So, once again I was faced with the decision
to frog or not to frog. And, well, ok, you all know how I feel about frogging, right? So once again I decided
not to frog, and just start the heel instead. The cuff is quite long on these socks, but not quite up to my knee, maybe I'll just call them boot socks instead. :) Oh, and I may jus have ordered more Noro sock yarn that I'm going to knit into kneehighs later on. ;) I'm almost done with the first sock, just the toe decreases to go.
I love these colorways, I think I need to get one more skein of each. :)
My second WIP, that I started just yesterday, is a pair of Diamondback Mitts, by Stephen West from
Watch Stephen Knit. I started knitting these with 4,5mm dpn's, but then I switched to 4mm's because I thought the beginning seemed a bit too sloppy. However, I should just have stuck with the 4,5mm's, because now these are just a wee bit too tight. But I think that if I just wet them and stretch them out a bit when they're done, they'll fit me just fine.
I love these colorways, I think I need to get one more skein of each. :)
Kauniita raidallisia! Ja todellakin turha niitä on purkaa, jos sen sijaan voi tehdä kahdet!
ReplyDeleteKaunis keväinen vihreä diamondbackeissa!
Those mittens are COOL! (I like the socks too!)
ReplyDeletevillapeikko - No niinpä! Ja villasukkia tarvii aina! Mä nyt jotenkin oletin että toi silmukkamäärä riittäis pohkeiden yli, mutta ei se riittänytkään. Pöh.
ReplyDeleteMä tykkään kans tuosta kämmekkäiden vihreestä, mutta niin mun pitääkin, olenhan sen itse itselleni värjännyt. :)
Dorothy - yup, the mittens are cool, very cool! Even if I do say so myself. :)
ReplyDeleteI saw your pictures go up on Ravelry and I thought the same thing about the mitts. Very cool design.
ReplyDeleteAmybel - I highly recommend making the mitts, they're fun! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm absolutely in love with those knee-highs! You've got to finish them and gift them to one of your kids someday, if need be. That yarn was born for knee-highs and it's destiny must be fulfilled!
ReplyDeleteTheresa - You're right about the destiny of the yarn, but, sadly it will become regular socks instead. :( I was thinking about maybe making the 5yo knee-highs with the leftovers, I just have to see if there is enough left over.
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