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I finished my first pair of socks!
Giant rat photos
Ruki lazes about in the wheel.
Ren! Ren is the sweetest rattie. He begs for scritches and will just lie down and sit with you as long as you scratch his cheeks or behind his ears.
It's a little hard to believe that when I first got him, he was mean and bitey.
Ren investigating something or the other.
Giant knitting photos
I finished my first Jaywalkers!
Pattern: Jaywalkers from Grumperina
Needles: Addi Lace 2s (love. love love love.)
Yarn: Blue Moon Fibers Socks That Rock in mediumweight, Monsoon colorway, from the Rockin' Sock Club
Modifications: I used the toe-up version with a few modifications because my row gauge was much larger, and I also knit them both at the same time. Yay for 47" circs!
The back of the Jaywalkers. The sock is a little too long, despite all my futzing with the gusset length, so I think I will give them to someone who likes the colorway better and has larger feet. Also, yay slip-stitch heel!
Side view. I think it's a little odd how it changes from striping to ... complete randomness, but oh well. I sort of like the stripiness, though I'm sure it would drive other knitters insane.
The modest beginnings of a giant shawl! I actually ended up ripping this out three times and going from 4s to 3s to 1s. The original size is 88" across, which is huge! Also, I wanted a less loose fabric so that there was more contrast for the yarn overs.
And the beginnings of Cookie A's Baudelaire socks from Knitty! I love the pattern so far, especially as it's one of the few toe-up patterns she's written. The yarn is subtly variegated, so the lace pattern does get a little lost, but oh well.
Also, my row gauge is larger than the original, which means the gusset is too big again, but my stitch gauge is smaller than the original! Argh!
Oh well. I will simply futz it, like I do with everything else.
Ruki lazes about in the wheel.
Ren! Ren is the sweetest rattie. He begs for scritches and will just lie down and sit with you as long as you scratch his cheeks or behind his ears.
It's a little hard to believe that when I first got him, he was mean and bitey.
Ren investigating something or the other.
Giant knitting photos
I finished my first Jaywalkers!
Pattern: Jaywalkers from Grumperina
Needles: Addi Lace 2s (love. love love love.)
Yarn: Blue Moon Fibers Socks That Rock in mediumweight, Monsoon colorway, from the Rockin' Sock Club
Modifications: I used the toe-up version with a few modifications because my row gauge was much larger, and I also knit them both at the same time. Yay for 47" circs!
The back of the Jaywalkers. The sock is a little too long, despite all my futzing with the gusset length, so I think I will give them to someone who likes the colorway better and has larger feet. Also, yay slip-stitch heel!
Side view. I think it's a little odd how it changes from striping to ... complete randomness, but oh well. I sort of like the stripiness, though I'm sure it would drive other knitters insane.
The modest beginnings of a giant shawl! I actually ended up ripping this out three times and going from 4s to 3s to 1s. The original size is 88" across, which is huge! Also, I wanted a less loose fabric so that there was more contrast for the yarn overs.
And the beginnings of Cookie A's Baudelaire socks from Knitty! I love the pattern so far, especially as it's one of the few toe-up patterns she's written. The yarn is subtly variegated, so the lace pattern does get a little lost, but oh well.
Also, my row gauge is larger than the original, which means the gusset is too big again, but my stitch gauge is smaller than the original! Argh!
Oh well. I will simply futz it, like I do with everything else.
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The socks look so cool. I wish I could progress enough in my knitting to do something like that. I want to play with the circular needles because they look so cool. But I really like how the striping came out on them.
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Circular needles are actually pretty fun! And socks aren't too difficult -- I just had to take the time to sit down and read the pattern.
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