Diagonal Lace Socks

Hooray for my first pair of toe-up socks!  This was a super-simple knit and I think they turned out really cute.  I enjoyed knitting toe-up because it was really easy…

Weekend Knitting Report

I spent basically the whole day yesterday obsessively working on a new knitting project: the riverrun scarf. I purchased some chroma fingering weight yarn a while back from knitpicks, intending…

Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off

Gotta try this out on my toe-up socks to fix the serious BO problem! http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall09/FEATjssbo.php

I’ve got a BO problem….

I finished up my first diagonal lace sock and I’ve got to say, I’m really unhappy with the bind off – it is way too tight! I guess that’s the…

Chugging Along on My Toe-Up Socks

I am making quick progress on my toe-up diagonal lace socks. This weekend I did the gusset and heel, so now I am just knitting the leg of the sock…

pics of my latest socks

As promised, here is a pic of the toe-up diagonal lace socks that I’m working on:

Frogging is Knotty

After much internal debate, I decided to frog the knotty or knice socks. I just couldn’t imagine myself doing that cable pattern over and over for an entire pair of…