Knitting toe-up socks two at once

Posted by on Aug 3, 2010 in Craft | No Comments

Tern, originally uploaded by Goldtop. Got up crazy early last Saturday to take a class at KnitNation. It was with Chrissy Gardiner and it was my last go at learning to knit socks; if this didn’t get me on the road, nothing would! Fortunately Chrissy is a great teacher – and gets extra points for ...

redwagon sock – just before the heel turn

Posted by on Mar 15, 2007 in Craft | No Comments

This is where I’m at with the socks… Have only snapped one needle so far ("Why are you knitting with cocktail sticks?" – they might have something there… ) and am about to turn the heel. Think I was a bit too generous with the sizing and so the question is; will there be enough ...

Claudia Red Wagon you temptress…

Posted by on Feb 9, 2007 in Craft | No Comments

So.. You might have seen I picked up a few balls of beautiful, colourful yarns when we were over in NY… oh how they got me with their seductive stripes, their collusion of colours… Now to knit with them… I had been determined to knit socks and had dutifully done a class sock from the ...

Sarah Dallas’ Stripy Socks

Posted by on Sep 18, 2005 in Craft | No Comments

Hmm these were started before I resolved to swatch! Which is really bad as I misguidedly replaced 4ply soft with GGH Samoa (fab yarn, but far too thick for these!) Also first go at dpn’s and had bad experiences with ladders* in the first sock, so switched to a small circular… see how that goes… ...