The flashbulb pixies also enjoy a good pair of handknit socks
I suppose you’d like to actually be able to see the socks, though, yes? Here you go:
These are done in Lorna’s Laces Vera, using Cassie’s old standby feather and fan pattern. I like ’em. They’re going to be damn cute with my red clogs come springtime.
In other news, the stash sale preparations continue. Please bear with me, as I use plain ole Movable Type, not Typepad, so I have to code the pages myself. I have decent html and css skills, but they are slow and unimpressive. Oh–and add to that the fact that I still have to research retail prices and then photograph all the stuff. So bear with me, please.
And in other other news, my friend Michael Deibert’s book has been reviewed here. Please do go check out the review, and if it interests you, please check out the book itself.
Even yet still more other news: Halfway through the second sock in a pair of stockinette Trekking socks, though I forgot to snap a photo for you. They’re my subway and I’d-rather-look-at-the-Olympics-than-at-my-knitting knitting, so they’ll probably be done soon. Photo then. I know how you all love to look at my feet in handknit socks. What can I say. Let’s all chart the progress of my steadily falling arches thanks to Kiddo-in-Progress, shall we? Fun.
But wait! More news! (My, aren’t I a bundle of excitement and information today?!) I’ve been all about the gift and baby and sock knitting for ages now, and I started craving a sweater for me. It has to be a cardi, because it’s going to be quite a while before I’m back to my pullover size, and I refuse to commit to a larger pregnancy and postpartum size to the extent that I’ll knit a bigger sweater to accomodate it…so… Cardi. And thanks to Juno, that tempty tempty beast of a temptress, I’ve been lured back to Rogue. I abandoned Rogue…could it have been two years ago already? When did that pattern come out? Anyway, I abandoned my first Rogue attempt due to a poor yarn choice. (Cascade 220. Love the stuff, but not nearly enough body for the way I envision this sweater.) So yesterday I swatched some Peace Fleece, and after three needle-size attempts, got gauge. On #5’s. (When I say I’m a loose knitter, baby, I mean it.) I cast on for a sleeve this morning, using Claudia’s fantastic non-bulky hem modification. I’ve long coveted both of Claudia’s Rogues, so I’ll be following all of her modifications, including cardiganizing it and adding a two-way zip (um…yes, Cari. You said cardi at the beginning, so we already figured that.) I have to work on a freelance job this afternoon, and then I’m working on novel numbah two in the evening, but tonight is set aside for me and that sleeve chart. I love Peace Fleece… Sigh…
Ohhhh, just beware of Peace Fleece growth after blocking. Better wash a largeish swatch. (although after many warnings by people, I did some afghan squares that grew a LOT after washing, but then shrunk back to proper size when fully dry, so that whole growth thing might be deceiving.)
Posted by: Norma
Hmmm… Trekking…. Rogue…. pregnancy…
Happy memories for me.
Except the feet stuff. I swear I went up a shoe size.
Posted by: LaurieM
leigh used claudia’s non bulky hem on mine. but i have to worn ya, sometimes it chooses to flip up a bit in weird places. or if you sit against a chair wrong and one tiny part of it is flipped up, it stays that way. re blocking after washing helps a bit, but does not always permanently solve the issue.
Posted by: carolyn
“worn” ya “warn” ya what’s the difference eh. 🙂 i am thinking about different things while i am typing than what i am typing. so there ya go. i am typing that i need to “warn” ya but i am thinking when “worn” it does this flip up thing sometimes….
Posted by: carolyn
p.s. no kids here i blame my fallen arches (how tired am i, i typed “flame” as i tried to type ‘blame’ but my mind thought ‘fallen’) on 3 years of no arch support doc martens. i loved those shoes more than i’ve ever loved anything in life (hyperbole yes) but it was during that time that i started all my foot problems…
Posted by: carolyn
You caved really fast on Rogue. I’d say it was impressive to watch but I blinked and it was over.
Posted by: Cassie
Your socks are so pretty! I have coveted lots of claudia’s knitting (ok, i confess: and yours, and michelle’s, and jackie’s, and cassie’s, etc. etc.). I love Rogue as a cardigan, but i’m just a cardigan-loving fool. I’m planning to make the Peace Fleece Everyday Cardigan, but I’ve never actually used Peace Fleece. That’s quite an endorsement, so I suppose I’ll have to buy some.
Posted by: regina
I’ve been looking ahead and put my Rogue (with the same cardi modifications) back on my list. (the same list that keeps growing, sometimes out of control…) I finally got the right gauge in the cascade 220, but am not sure that’s what I really want it made out of. (I feel awful ending that sentence with a preposition but can’t think of the alternative.)
Posted by: Kristen
What color?? Inquiring minds and all that. The socks looks great as always 🙂
Posted by: Vicki
Ohhhh, just beware of Peace Fleece growth after blocking. Better wash a largeish swatch. (although after many warnings by people, I did some afghan squares that grew a LOT after washing, but then shrunk back to proper size when fully dry, so that whole growth thing might be deceiving.)
Posted by: Norma
Hmmm… Trekking…. Rogue…. pregnancy…
Happy memories for me.
Except the feet stuff. I swear I went up a shoe size.
Posted by: LaurieM
leigh used claudia’s non bulky hem on mine. but i have to worn ya, sometimes it chooses to flip up a bit in weird places. or if you sit against a chair wrong and one tiny part of it is flipped up, it stays that way. re blocking after washing helps a bit, but does not always permanently solve the issue.
Posted by: carolyn
“worn” ya “warn” ya what’s the difference eh. 🙂 i am thinking about different things while i am typing than what i am typing. so there ya go. i am typing that i need to “warn” ya but i am thinking when “worn” it does this flip up thing sometimes….
Posted by: carolyn
p.s. no kids here i blame my fallen arches (how tired am i, i typed “flame” as i tried to type ‘blame’ but my mind thought ‘fallen’) on 3 years of no arch support doc martens. i loved those shoes more than i’ve ever loved anything in life (hyperbole yes) but it was during that time that i started all my foot problems…
Posted by: carolyn
You caved really fast on Rogue. I’d say it was impressive to watch but I blinked and it was over.
Posted by: Cassie
Your socks are so pretty! I have coveted lots of claudia’s knitting (ok, i confess: and yours, and michelle’s, and jackie’s, and cassie’s, etc. etc.). I love Rogue as a cardigan, but i’m just a cardigan-loving fool. I’m planning to make the Peace Fleece Everyday Cardigan, but I’ve never actually used Peace Fleece. That’s quite an endorsement, so I suppose I’ll have to buy some.
Posted by: regina
I’ve been looking ahead and put my Rogue (with the same cardi modifications) back on my list. (the same list that keeps growing, sometimes out of control…) I finally got the right gauge in the cascade 220, but am not sure that’s what I really want it made out of. (I feel awful ending that sentence with a preposition but can’t think of the alternative.)
Posted by: Kristen
What color?? Inquiring minds and all that. The socks looks great as always 🙂
Posted by: Vicki
Man, you’re easy.
I wasn’t even trying…..
Posted by: Juno
carolyn is right: the hem can flip up. A good steaming with the iron (damp cloth between fabric and iron, then STEAM BABY) takes care of it for me.
Posted by: claudia
I’ll keep up on your Rogue progress, and maybe I’ll figure out just why I abandoned mine.
Posted by: Iris
I think I am the only person in blogland who hasn’t made a Rogue. Yet.
Spiffy socks!
Posted by: Karen
I took a class or two from Char Miller at Trinity as an undergrad (the reviewer of Mr. Deibert’s book); he is a brilliant teacher and gifted writer himself, and if he gives the work a positive review, it must be truly great! The subject material seems a bit out of my comfort zone, but I may have to stretch myself a bit and read it!
Beautiful, fun socks! Have fun with the cardigan– I bet Rogue is amazing as a cardi!
Posted by: Jenni
Man, you’re easy.
I wasn’t even trying…..
Posted by: Juno
carolyn is right: the hem can flip up. A good steaming with the iron (damp cloth between fabric and iron, then STEAM BABY) takes care of it for me.
Posted by: claudia
I’ll keep up on your Rogue progress, and maybe I’ll figure out just why I abandoned mine.
Posted by: Iris
I think I am the only person in blogland who hasn’t made a Rogue. Yet.
Spiffy socks!
Posted by: Karen
I took a class or two from Char Miller at Trinity as an undergrad (the reviewer of Mr. Deibert’s book); he is a brilliant teacher and gifted writer himself, and if he gives the work a positive review, it must be truly great! The subject material seems a bit out of my comfort zone, but I may have to stretch myself a bit and read it!
Beautiful, fun socks! Have fun with the cardigan– I bet Rogue is amazing as a cardi!
Posted by: Jenni