Pattern: My own devising, available here
Yarn: Crystal Palace Maizy in color 1001, Night Shades, 82% corn fiber, 18% elastic nylon
Needles: US size 1 double pointed, bamboo
Gauge: 7.5 stitches/inch
Elapsed time: September 15 through October 17
Finished size: Men’s size 11 M shoe
My David is one of those men who always wears what he calls “over the calf” […]
The other day I discovered a KAL I want to join, the Fall Cable KAL 2007. I haven’t actually joined the KAL yet—at least not to my way of thinking—though I did join the group on Ravelry. There are a number of sweater patterns with cables that I want to knit… And yarns to knit […]
It’s been ages since I’ve actually taken pictures of my Clapotis, but it still doesn’t really look any different than it did before. It’s just bigger is all. I took some pictures for you anyway. I especially like how the back looks. I’m unraveling—well partially—as I knit, and you can see the columns of dropped […]
With only a little prodding, and the help of the excellent suggestions you provided me, Dave decided on a name for his special socks: Diamonds in His Shoes. The name’s a somewhat obscure reference to Paul Simon’s Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes.
That’s my hubby.
Though I’m not quite done knitting his […]
It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve had time to post. This week has been one of those if-it’s-not-one-thing-it’s-another sort of weeks. I haven’t even had much time to read blogs, much less write a bit here. So, here I am, finally, with a little time to post, and I hardly have anything to […]
I have been knitting. Really. Working on the sock for Dave. The second one has been coming along well. I gave your list of names over to Dave (might have been a mistake) and he likes them, but so far hasn’t decided. Says he has a few other things in mind, too, but gave no […]
Dave’s sock
I’ve been making grand progress on the second sock, all those toe increases are done, as are the first few rounds of the pattern. Yippee!
I’ve been thinking that I should name these socks something other than “socks for Dave.” The stitch pattern is called Dainty Diamonds, but that doesn’t work very well for a […]
Swift
I got the package today from the swift people. It took some doing, but I finally managed to coerce it out of the box. And… They sent me a smaller, but brand new swift! You could have knocked me over with a feather when I opened the box to find a replacement swift instead of […]
In a continuing effort to clear out the WIPs so that I can start something new, and at the same time to bring a smile of joy to my husband’s face, I’ve been working a lot on the socks for him. The knitting’s going pretty quickly so far. We’re both pleased with the results. The […]