Improvise

I used to think sock blockers were totally unnecessary, not much more than props really, something to make it look like you know what you're doing.  They don't make your socks any warmer or softer or sturdier.  Some people swear they help socks dry a bit faster.  However, I try to wash at least a dozen pairs at once, and I'm not likely to buy a dozen pairs of blockers, so they're not much help in that regard either. It wasn't until I started taking pictures of socks that I realized what they're for.  They're for persuading your stitches to [...]

February 26, 2010|

Testing

If anyone wants to help me out by testing the blue mitts, now's the time.  There is a thread over on Ravelry where you can volunteer.  I'm deciding on testers Saturday night, and sending the pattern out on Sunday.  You'd need less than 150 yards of sportweight yarn, and you'd need to be able to finish one mitt in a week (one mitt takes me about 3 hours).

February 25, 2010|

Remember These?

The cute sweet simple little mitts that took all of a few hours to knit up?   From way back in December?  Yeah, well, neither did I.  Until yesterday that is, when I realized my hands were cold, recalled I was a knitter and that knitters have ways of dealing with this condition that do not involve turning up the heat, went looking for some of my old fingerless mitts, and stumbled across them. What I found was most of a ball of yarn skewered by a small handful of needles, one completed and blocked mitt, and one folded scrap [...]

February 22, 2010|
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