Gentleman's sock highly modified from Vintage Socks.
The changes were: a) decrease # rows in the repeats to scale to a smaller sock b) continue pattern on heel flap c) cast on 60 stitches d) no shaping.
Yarn: Sundara Sock Evergreen over Lime
Needles: Size 0 addie Turbos
This colorway of Sundara sock yarn pooled terribly in many of the socks I started. This stitch pattern and no of stitches gave the best result.
TaDa! My Drops cardigan is all seamed up and blocked. Blocking made it about 2 inches bigger. It fit better before blocking! The picture shows the cardigan fronts overlapped by about an inch on each side. I didn't wash and block my swatch so now I will have to come up with something creative for the front fastenings: toggles? snaps? shrink in hot water? I not really done but here are the specs:
Yarn: Rowan cotton glace 10 balls 50 grms each
Patttern: Drops Cardigan http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=68&d_id=8&lang=us
Needles: Addie Turbo size 3
Followed patter except at shoulders where I did a three needle bind off.
these socks are perfect for easter. I made most of these socks on vacation. Easy and very comfy. Here is my procedure:
3x1 Ribbed Socks: used toe up cast on using this tutorial: Turkish cast on from Yarnivorous
kfb at the sides of each round for 6 rounds then increases at the sides of each round every other row until i had 64 stitches.
Knit until two inches before heel then do hourglass heel (I use better than baby booties for the instructions from interweave knits).
Legs are knit in K3P1 until almost no more yarn was left.
Cast off using grumperina method.
We went away for a week to Sedona, AZ. Never been, never thought about going there, but a great time-share came up to trade (my mom's time share) with two bed rooms at a nice place. Then it turned out Sedona has a lot of mtn bike riding and hiking and of course the weather at the end of feb is nice. So we went. The four of us. me, husband, son (2.5 yrs) and and my mom. The van was packed with bikes, clothes, food and toys..plus a large bag of knitting.
Here is what I brought to knit:
Drops Cardigan to finish seaming: Magic Stripes Chevron Scarf: Magic Stripes Socks: Louet Gems Sport Sock Project: RowanSpun 4ply for Tangled Yoke Sweater and just in case I ran out a left over bit of Treking XXL for some small socks. three knitting books and one magazine. All Options needles + addie Turbos for socks.
Here is what I was able to work on:
Magic Stripes Chevron Scarf and Magic Stripes Socks.
There was, not surprisingly, very little time to sit around and knit. We were able to bike and hike a little and while I was unaffected my husband, mom and son all had allergies the whole week.
This bit of construction in front of one of the resturants was one of the many opportunities to see big machines in action. the little guy was very happy to watch this while we ate.
Feb Sock Club Yarn from Hazel Knits in Grape Harvest and Deep Peacock shown with assorted gifties, yarn soap, dpns, laminated Kirchner instructions and tea plus sock pattern suggestions and info about the inspiration for the colors and dying process. I have a few ideas for what to make with the yarn: a narrow Stained Glass Scarf from HandKnit Holidays and spiraly striped socks a la Grumperina. I'll add em to the queue. I'll make the scarf first and then see how much I have leftover to make socks.
I finished the Crazy Chevron Scarf on a drive to Sedona. It pooled in a couple places, but not too bad. Decreasing the number of stitches may have been the way to go in retrospect. I steam-iron blocked it to take away the curl. It is a little itchy.. I have more of this yarn (different colorway) that I'm using to make socks.
Specs:
Pattern: Chevron Scarf from Last-minute knitted gifts
Yarn: Schachenmayr nomotta Regia Crazy Color 6-ply / 6-fädig 3 skeins color 5404
Needles: KnitPicks Options Size 5
These are not the usual colors for me but it is hard for me to resist self striping yarn. There are a few places where it pooled so perhaps I could have made a narrower scarf to prevent that. I am finished with this already but don't have a pic yet. Here are the specs for my records:
Pattern: Chevron Scarf from Last minute hand-knitted gifts by joelle haverson
Yarn: 3 skeins Regia Crazy color #5402 75% wool 25% polyamide
Needles: Options size 5 US
I may have been inspired by the new issue of Vogue knitting to try to knit a sweater out of this yarn because I have worked in earnest with this big yarn (Rowan Biggy Print) with even bigger (us 19) than the pictured (us 17) knitting needles. I combined two patterns: the body from Murmur in the Rowan leaflet 'The Next Big Thing' and the sleeves from a zipped fitted jacket pattern from Rowan that I downloaded when I had a subscription Rowan. The sleeves from Murmur were straight up and down and seemed a little too shapeless. I am done with the knitting and have started the seaming. I used eight ginourmous skeins of this yarn. It goes fast because there are so few rows compared to say the Drops cardigan that I have stuffed into a bag awaiting seaming. If the sweater doesn't work out I have plans for Monster slippers complete with fun fur.
