It has been crazy here todayā¦well not really here but in WV and Iāve been on the phone most of the day :teehee:ā¦my brother wrecked my dadās truck soo he called in a panic and then mom calledā¦then ray calledā¦then mom called saying she canāt come up this Wed cause her truck needs a new radiator so it will be next weekā¦then my brother came up missingā¦dad came home and more phone calls :teehee:
Sig~My brother has the wrist bands and they worked for him tooā¦Iām not one to get car sickā¦but going home we have to go up Gauley Mountain we live at the topā¦I canāt knit going up it nothing but curves this way and thatā¦ I tried once and then had to ride the rest of the way with my head out the window :teehee:
jamadian~Great job!! I love that pattern :happydance:
jeanius~Very Pretty!!! I ordered the yarn today for snowflake socks and noticed that KP raised the Merino sock yarn? or did I just dream it was cheaper? I bought enough yarn for the socks, another pair of socks, and mittens so I skipped the blanks for nowā¦ :teehee:
Cinnamon_girl~ Iām surprised it didnāt come out the same I really would have thought cutting it to match would have workedā¦ Iād say if it bothers you then frog itā¦ Iām a lot like you and people will say leave it only you see itā¦but itās me who has to like it so I always frog itā¦ my first baby afghan was so full of holes (I was just learning) that I was going to frog it all and dh was like no you canāt itās your first afghanā¦ leave it so you can see how far you have come later onā¦ I had to knit flowers and butterflies to cover those crazy holesā¦they drove me crazy :teehee:
ladyviolet~ I think I remeber reading you were wanting to try the Cookie Potamous socksā¦ they are really fun to knit and the pattern is easy to memorizeā¦ I basically had to do the pattern backwards cause I messed up on my first sockā¦ I did the opposite on the cuff I think a K1, P1ā¦ I couldnāt figure out for the life of me why when I got to the patter it wouldnāt match up and why I was the only one having to re-write itā¦ then on my 2nd sock I realized what I had done but had to do it the same as the firstā¦still easy!!
dotty~ I canāt wait to see your quiltā¦they are all so beautiful!!
jberry~ Iām sorry I confused youā¦ I need to take time to slow down and proof readā¦ I just type it and hit send and hope it sounds ok :teehee: unless dh is reading over my shoulder and then itās ādo you know what a period is?ā " do you know blah blah" (he is just teasing) I tell himā¦ yes but I have a lot to say and not sure when the next mommy, I need you will comeā¦ so I have to hurry up and post!!
Okey dokey Iām going to go and see if I can knit for a bitā¦I really wanted to start the lovemeknot socks todayā¦ ohh and then I found these(pdf file)which I ordered the yarn for today from KPā¦they are illusion socks with cats :woot:
thanks for the compliments!
jberry- i did dye it myself, i used the Bare fingering superwash/nylon from Knit Picks, and jacquard acid dyes
dustina- i think the merino did go up a little bit, maybe it used to be $3.99? itās been a while since i bought the bare, and i always get the stuff with nylon (except my lace order ā¦ stinky silk ) so i am not sure. I am planning on doing some research and maybe starting an etsy shop.
jberry~ :teehee: I stay confusedā¦always having DUH! momentsā¦ I thought I had confused you about the scarf and the blog I had postedā¦ after I read your post I went back and edited my post cause it did read wrongā¦
I keep thinking Iāll start a blog but havenāt yetā¦
sig~ Good Morning :waving:
jeanius~ I think you shouldā¦ I would buy the 2nd color :teehee:ā¦ I had thought about it but then wasnāt sure what I could do different to set myself apart from the others on etsyā¦ I basically dye for family and friendsā¦ Iāve only kept about 3 colors for myself
cinnamon_girl~thank youā¦ my brother is ok we just canāt find him :wall:ā¦he is married and out on his own but was borrowing dadās truckā¦ he was in a panic which Iām not sure why cause all dad would have been worried about was everyone okā¦ but last I talked to him he was out to find money to pay for everything and wouldnāt understand the insurance fact when I tried to explain thatā¦ wouldnāt calm down long enoughā¦ so I donāt know what he is into or has been intoā¦ Iām starting to wonder if a little covering up isnāt what he is up to but I donāt know why or what he would be doing that forā¦ but oh who knowsā¦:hair:
Hopefully today I can knit my socks :woot:ā¦ I really liked those cat ones lol I ordered some black and white yarn to make them inā¦:happydance:
A nice lacy cuff with a plain stockinette bottom.
Iām putting this in my queueā¦enjoy!
P.S. My baby cable rib socks are coming along nicely, but with previous socks, the cuff tends to loosen over time, and the socks end up slouching. Iām knitting these cuffs shorter this time to see if that helps. What do you ladies do to keep your socks from slouching?? :think:
[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkorange]I have noticed that itās the socks that I make from Merino Wool that tend to stretch out and not stretch back, during a wearing ! I wore my Kaylees today, for only a little while, and now theyāre stretched out, flat looking. It makes me want to wash and block them, but theyāre not dirty ![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkorange]The socks start out stretchy and STAY that way !:notworthy:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
Hey socksters!!:waving: i finally took some pics of my BF socks. Yoy can see the holesā¦ i hope this time i can knit them better. But i think that for my first toe up socks trying ML they did turn out ok.
jamadian~ I really havenāt gotten to wear all my socks yet I started late last winterā¦ my first pair is stretchy tooā¦ they were a sock with no pattern but the K1, P1ā¦ I donāt really do a long cuff top before I start the patternā¦I usually stick with a inch of cuff cause I was hoping that might make a change :shrug: I have no idea though if this will workā¦ itās starting to cool down here now so I will be able to wear them finally :blooby:ā¦ now to find a shoe to show them off in lol
dotty~ does she (the Chinese yarn) usually ship fast? I bought from her last Thurs/Friday and it still hasnāt shippedā¦ I hope soon so I can get the yarn :teehee:
ok so after the baby purple socks Iāve torn out the patterns in my purple socks several times, and have put them away. But am thinking of tearing it out again (sigh) and try the pattern above Scallops Cuff Socks from jamadian75. my gague is 9 spi and that calls for 8spi, but after reading that merino stretches out, maybe that will be ok? whatās yāalls opinion? Iād really like to have matching socks with my second dd like I did with my first dd; thanks to the sockintine sock swap last year, that was so special.
[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=royalblue]dustinac, SHE ships fast, but her post office seems to have problems dragging their feet ! The first time I ordered, she sent it on April 13, by priority mail, and I didnāt get it until April 24ā¦she and I were in constant contact, and she was ready to go to the post office to see what she could do, when it finally came. That was right after a big snowstorm blanketed the east, so we blamed it on that. The second order I placed came in 2 daysā¦and the third order took a week. I am sure it is not HERā¦sheās very accomodating.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=darkorchid]Iām searching through the couch cushions myself, looking for enough spare change to try to buy that snack pack of hers !:roflhard:[/COLOR][/FONT]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dottycam/480837345/in/set-72157594397200980/ [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]The one called two-tone natural, actually reads very much like a light grey. It might look very interesting when dyed. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]Iāve been trying to figure out what colors I could overdye them with, too, since I have already knit myself socks out of the pink and the darker green. The orange one might be interesting with red added to it. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
jeanius80 - I love the dyed yarn you made. The blue is just beautiful. It looks like itās glowing in the pic you posted. I looked up the Snowflake Sock pattern you said you will use that yarn for and I love it! Iāve bookmarked that page to try it in the future. The Embers are beautiful and I would love to see that yarn wound into a ball if you could post a pic later. Iām really curious to see how dyed work like that looks wound up and then of course knit. All the little steps in the processā¦ That would be neat if you started an Etsy shop. Just make sure itās worth the time you spend for what you are selling it for. I can spend hours upon hours working on one project and then I think if I was to sell this, I would be making a $1.50 per hour or whateverā¦ I canāt imagine parting with some of my projects that I put so much hard work into.
cinnamon_girl - I know Iām probably posting too late. Youāre most likely already happily knitting along after deciding to frog it or leave it, but I liked the change in the pattern. I think jberry16 is right, āJust think of it as their personality.ā
Dustinac - The Aliceās Illusion Socks you posted look really cool. Have you ever done illusion knitting. Is it complicated? I would like to try it, Iām just scared of using 2 colors at once. I feel like I need to go take a knitting class to learn that. BTW, I hope everything with your family straightens itself out soon. Also, I saw your post that you need to find a great shoe to wear your socks with. I love the style right now with all the low cut flats, so I bought a pair of these in black a little while back: http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/25307258/c/108689.html and absolutely love them. When I wear them without socks they are low cut all the way down to where my toes begin, so I canāt wait to get all of my lovely socks knit up and wear these shoes with them to show off the instep.
sig - Your first pair of socks turned out fabulous!! I have a few holes in my āfirstā sock (not pair yet, lol). At least your BF will get some extra ventilation when needed. Did you knit your first pair 2 at a time as well? I heard thatās hard. Love the colors on the second pair.
I posted the other evening that I only had a few hours to get some knitting in, and I didnāt really work on any socks. I grafted the toe on my first sock that Iām giving to my DD and I decided to make a flower out of Nicky Epsteinās Knitted Flowers book for the short cuff. Then I got so entranced by all the beautiful flowers in the book that I started making some of the ones I liked. I now have 3 flowers made up and one of them went on the cuff of the sock and the other 2 I dunno what Iāll do with them yet. I have my Rainy Day sock at work with me that I am working on during breaktimes. I have 4 repeats of the pattern done so far, and 8 to go before I reach the heel. Iāll check back with you Socksters later. -Ve
[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]jberry, maybe you should just try a good stretchy design ! The Lacy Mock Cable Socks I made are basically the same stitch pattern as the Donyales (which is why Iām leaning toward the Eleanorsā¦donāt want to repeat myself yet), and they are very stretchyā¦without using stretchy yarn like the Chinese wool. And the gauge on the Donyales is just what youāre gettingā¦8 stitches to the inch ![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
thanks for the compliments! 
) so i am not sure. I am planning on doing some research and maybe starting an etsy shop. 
That would be neat if you started an Etsy shop. Just make sure itās worth the time you spend for what you are selling it for. I can spend hours upon hours working on one project and then I think if I was to sell this, I would be making a $1.50 per hour or whateverā¦ I canāt imagine parting with some of my projects that I put so much hard work into.