Knitting spam

[oyceter]

I forgot; I actually have been doing a few things aside from watching Honey and Clover. Or, more accurately, while watching Honey and Clover, as the tatami kimono pattern is relatively brainless and thereby good anime knitting.



Look! I was good and actually swatched for rachelmanija's tatami kimono!

The drop stitches make the swatch much wider than the pattern dictates, so I ended up going down a needle size. Also, I may add an additional YO to the bindoff to give the drop stitches more room.




Whoo! Candy-striped socks! These are sort of My First Socks; I started two other patterns but got so bored that I switched over to this one instead (I have already knit four toes -- two short row, two figure eight, thanks to attempts to get my gauge right -- and two heels, so I don't feel like these are My First Socks any more). The pattern is ok, but not horribly interesting; I was very excited when I finally got to the heel.




And here's my first short-row heel! Wait, second. I made one on another pair of socks in the same yarn, but I got so bored by the pattern that I switched over to this pattern instead.




And here's the sock sans foot. I am vastly amused by how much it looked like a penis before I stuck the heel on, because, not-so-secretly, I am twelve.




Huh. I could have sworn that I'd taken some pictures in between swatching and getting to the sleeves, but apparently not.

It currently looks ridiculously narrow, but that's just because the stitches haven't been dropped.

Comments

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Socks! Yay! So, given your aversion to boring patterns, do you think it would be better or worse to knit two at once?

[oyceter]

I am planning on trying two at once with the next toe-up sock I attempt! Given that I'm a little stuck on the first sock, I am already dreading second sock syndrome.

[ginny-t.livejournal.com]

Wait, you're secretly 12? Should I be hiding that fact, too?

Oooooh, tatami. *dreamy sigh* I'll be giving in to that temptation soon. Looks like a quick knit?

Yay, magic loop! ^_^

[oyceter]

Heeee! Thanks to LJ, I am definitely very out of the closet regarding my being twelve.

I'm not sure if it actually is a quick knit; I suppose it is for a big shirt-sized thing, since the drop stitches take up a lot of space. Mostly mine has been going fast because I have been mainlining incredible amounts of TV.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Woo-hoo! Tatami kimono!!!! Man, you're fast.

it does look like a penis. you should knit a snatchel to put it in.

[oyceter]

Hee hee hee. I am so amused by the sock.

Also, yay kimono! I am making such progress because it is excellent anime knitting.