Started these months ago and picked them up again yesterday. I thought knitting baby socks would be quick and easy, but they are actually kind of a pain in the…
Jaywalker Progress Report
I love the Jaywalker socks I gave to my mom so much that I’m making a pair for myself! The pattern is knitting up so fast – I already have…
new sock yarn = new socks!
Knit Picks sent me a horrible email announcing that a ton of discontinued colors of sock yarn were on sale and blatantly reminded me that sock yarn does not count…
Classy Slip-Up Socks
These are my first pair of “real” socks – that is, socks made with actual sock yarn and tiny needles. They took me forever to knit because this is kind…
No, I’m not dead
My goodness it’s been a while since I’ve posted!! I’ve been on a semi-knitting hiatus I suppose, as often happens in the summer. Plus, I started a new job with…
Darn it!
Knitting Daily posted this helpful nugget of wisdom on Wednesday about how to darn a sock. It’s a really cool method – way better than the mess I made trying…
Awesome! Techknitting does it again!
I just ran across this post on TECHknitting about how to avoid that hole at the top of the heel on your sock. This also would have worked out really…
in-flight knitting
I worked on my second sassy stripes sock on the plane ride home to Utah and I got pretty far – I’m done with the gusset and now knitting the…
Can they be sassy?
So, last March I was working on my second pair of socks using self striping yarn, and I finished the first sock and was very disappointed. It just made my…
reflections on my sock
I think the problem with my fat sock is that the heel flap isn’t long enough. The sock gaps around my ankle, which I think is why it makes my…