Now to kitchener these socks

Today we had our final sock class at Yes Yarn and encountered kitchener stitch. After much angst and discussion the class members have managed to make some lovely socks. Including B.’s lovely sock of self striping yarn that “by luck”, or so she claims *g* matches it’s mate perfectly. Last week E. [...]

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Picking up stitches

Still tinkering with the socks. It’s the picking up along the heel flap that’s had me mystified. I’ve picked up before, but all my previous experience with picking up involved EZ’s Baby Surprise Jackets–this means I picked up along the side of a bit of garter stitch. Now I’m wrestling with picking [...]

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NaBloPoMo

And we’re off! NaBloPoMo starts today. Thousands of bloggers have vowed to post every day for the entire month of November. Can we do it? Will we be driven to the desperation of blogging posts that are mere statements of “Here’s my daily post.”? We shall see. Hopefully [...]

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LTK ‘ghan square 7 & sock class

As you can see from the delay between LTK square postings I’ve been engaging in multiple projects lately. My LYS offered a sock class and I jumped in joyfully. I’ve wanted to learn socks for a long time and just haven’t had the support to keep me going past the cuff. As [...]

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LTK square 6–Twisted & Crossed Ribs

Man was this one fun to knit up. I now have _no_ fear of knitting or purling in the back of a stitch. This ‘ghan is definitely improving my knitting skills.
Speaking of knitting skills, my first sock class was this past Friday. Our instructor is patience itself–and she has an impressive collection of socks to [...]

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