Everyday Crafty Goodness » Knitting http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/kraftasmic Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:37:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Wednesday WIP – Jaywalker Socks Take 2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/kraftasmic/2007/10/17/wednesday-wip-jaywalker-socks-take-2/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/kraftasmic/2007/10/17/wednesday-wip-jaywalker-socks-take-2/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:41:07 +0000 ellen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/kraftasmic/2007/10/17/wednesday-wip-jaywalker-socks-take

I figured out why my first attempt at the Jaywalker socks failed miserably … I used the wrong size needles!  I thought my size zero needles were my size ones for some reason so no wonder I couldn’t get my foot through the sock.  I frogged the sock and started over with the right needles last night and it looks like it’s going to fit just fine.

Speaking of knitting, I think I squealed when I saw Emerson Cod (played by Chi McBride) knit on Pushing Daisies.  He made a couple of gun cozies (very crafty), a vest, and he keeps his stacks of cash in knitted socks (I think they were socks at least).  How cool is that?

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/kraftasmic/2007/10/17/wednesday-wip-jaywalker-socks-take-2/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Jaywalker socks gone wrong http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/kraftasmic/2007/10/16/jaywalker-socks-gone-wrong/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/kraftasmic/2007/10/16/jaywalker-socks-gone-wrong/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:01:05 +0000 ellen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/kraftasmic/2007/10/16/jaywalker-socks-gone-wrong/ I started knitting the jaywalker socks this weekend and when I had about 4 inches of the cuff/leg done, I thought I’d try it on to see how it fits.  It DOESN’T!!!  So now I have to rip the whole thing out and start over.  Boo.  I might try casting on 84 stitches instead of 76 stitches and use #2 needles instead of #1 like I did.  I swear my feet are not that big…

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Woohoo, I finished my socks late last night!  I had just enough yarn to finish the right sock (my socks are right/left specific like shoes). 

Just look at that sad puppy face…what’s Molly thinking?

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Autumn is here and the cool nights make me want to knit (and wear wool socks).  These are my fourth pair of hand knit socks.  I tried to make the stripes match each other and so far so good although it doesn’t look like I’ll have enough yarn to finish the second sock!  I should be done with this pair this week.  There’s nothing like knitting socks to Law and Order marathons in the fall…

Yarn: Lion Brand Magic Stripes in Denim

Needles: sizes 1 (for cuff and toes) and 2 double pointed

Cast on 64 stitches, K3 P1 ribbed pattern

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Look what I found under my bed…a lone sock!  I started knitting this sock last winter and sort of left it unfinished.  For some reason I had this huge mental block about knitting socks.  I thought it would be too hard for me to learn but I figured it out as I went along.  This would be my 4th pair of knitted socks.  The yarn is Lion’s Brand Magic Stripes.  Do I have a high arch or what?

* UFO – UnFinished Object

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Holy crap, is it really May already?!  I can’t believe how fast time goes by and it just gets faster and faster the older you get (I’m only 32 and I can feel it already, whaaah!)…it’s totally stressing me out…MAYDAY MAYDAY!!

So I guess I should retire my winter bag soon (made it a couple of winters ago) because soon it’ll be too hot to wear wool.  I need to make a spring/summer bag then and I think I might do some quilting since I’m getting my super industrial singer quilting machine serviced today!  Yippee!!!  If all goes well, I’ll post a picture of that baby tomorrow.  It’s a monster of a machine that I got from Craigslist and it’s sweatshop quality so you know it’s good!

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