yay, got a yarn winder and swift for my birthday. no more ball winding by hand! 🙂
i think you can guess what the first thing was i did this morning?! 😉
yay, got a yarn winder and swift for my birthday. no more ball winding by hand! 🙂
i think you can guess what the first thing was i did this morning?! 😉
got the new copy of interweave knits and already cast on the lovely „knotty or knice socks“, my first toe up socks ever. 🙂
growing… i worked almost 5 repeats of pattern b now. so just one more and the end to go… can’t wait to see this stole when it’s blocked!
this is a tutorial for a very basic iphone sock. it’s a great project to use up sock yarn leftovers. it will fit quite snugly, which is great because your precious iphone won’t slip out.
here we go:
yarn: fingering weight, any 4ply sock yarn or similar will work fine.
needle: 2.5mm
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setup:
CO 38 st.
distribute them on 3 needles and close the loop, being careful not to twist: 10 st on 1st needle, 19 st on 2nd needle, 9 st on 3rd needle.
ribbing:
k1, p1-ribbing for 6 rows
main part:
k needles 1 and 3, work pattern over needle 2.
repeat the pattern until the desired length (about 5 inch). i worked 6 pattern repeats.
– = purl
empty box = knit
finishing:
when you have finished the last pattern repeat, work needles 3 and 1 once more. put the stitches of needle 1 and 3 on one needle. you’ll have 19 st on each needle.
now you are ready for grafting, which is described here.
weave in the ends and enjoy your iphone sock!
i made some soap today.
lime soap:
with lime fragrance oil, green and yellow food colouring and real lime zests.
oatmeal caramel soap:
with caramel and cream fragrance oil, almond oil and oatmeal.
i’m improvising sneaker socks. just plain stockinette stich and cotton yarn (lana grossa, meilenweit cotton: 45% cotton, 42% wool, 13% polyamide)
just finished my froot loop socks:
in ravelry reinsche and me are knitting on our seascape stoles side by side: