december

December brought a number of things.

things got knit

Things I've knit since the Paris trip. At least, the things that I both knit and photographed... Actually, some were knit prior to Paris, but got photographed after. And some things have been knit without being photographed.

Links under each photo to more pictures and description of each project.

socks

coin lace stole

small towel

sweet pea socks

revontuli

big tease socks

mad color weave socks

julissa sweater

cadence socks

catkin shawl

elementary watson socks

artichoke socks

soleil tank top

leventry shawl

bricks

I have joined a Ravelry sock knitting group.  Every two months, they have a "knit-along" - where people choose a pattern based on a theme, and attempt to complete a pair of socks in that pattern within the specified time frame.

one of those knitters

It appears that I have become one of those knitters.

As best as I can tell, there are more or less three kinds of knitters.  I started out as the first, was comfortably one of the second, but seem to have become one of the third.

points

A while ago, I made a beautiful purple shawl (a couple photos in this post). I've been wearing it a lot as a scarf, just kind of bunched up (which doesn't show off the lace well, but it's warm, if a touch scratchy). I've been thinking, pretty much from when I first blocked the shawl, that I should have blocked it so there were double the number of points - but when I looked at the photos provided with the pattern, only the points below the hearts (though they look like tulips to me) were pointy. So that's how I blocked it. However, it really looked to me like there was enough fabric to bring down intermediate points as well.

monkeying around

A few days ago, I finished my Monkey Socks.  They were quite fun to make, and I rather like the way the colors worked out.  These happen to be the socks I wore while sailing - and while my feet and legs got damp, my feet were never cold, so I consider them to be a triumph.  These are the same socks I was working on in the post about heels.

Perry helped.

blocks and turns

Tube pre-turn (i.e., the leg of the sock)

The heel turn is one of the niftiest parts of a sock.

The outside of the heel turn

A sock is essentially two tubes that go around a corner with one end closed off.  The tricky part, when knitting a sock, is how to get around that corner.

the new purple sock

Well. I have been encouraged to start a blog about my newest hobby, knitting. I am currently working on a pair of purple socks, and since I like purple, and I like making socks (except for the fact that one has to make TWO matching socks...), I figured that was a good place to start.