Square One, Simple Stripes in Garter Stitch
It is done! Well, almost. I haven’t woven in the ends or blocked it. I think I am going to wait and block all the squares around the same time. I procrastinate when it comes to weaving in the ends. I can never decide which is the best way to do it. I don’t want to increase bulk. I don’t want them visible. I want them secure. You know all that stuff.
Here are a few pictures of our living room:
Can you see the colors of my Learn-to-Knit Afghan?
Oh my gosh! I cam across this book, Norsk Strikkedesign. I want it! I maybe crazy. But just look at what’s inside! This link opens a page of kits for the garments inside the book. Don’t they look like amazing projects? Has anyone seen this book?
I’ve started the first square of the afghan. I’m actually further along on the process, but Blogger has been up and down that I wasn’t able to post this picture earlier.
The first two squares are simple stripes. First one with garter stitch and the second with stockinette stitch. Quite boring… eh, meditative. It will start getting interesting from third square on, beginning with basketweave. I will post a picture with each completed square.
I am a little worried about the assembly of the squares. I don’t know how! There are a lot of suggestions in the book but without details. Sew? Crochet borders? Knitted borders? I hope I have a book around somewhere on this subject.
As I mentioned last night, Toe Jazz socks are done! The right sock was a little stressful to knit at the end. I tried a different technique for picking up stitches along the heel, which resulted in a little hole on one side. There was also a hole at the big toe that didn’t happen to the left sock. I did go in and close it up a little, but the Virgo in me was not happy. LOL
You can see the stripes didn’t match on the socks, even though I tried starting at about the same spot on the self striping yarn. I guess this is the nature of these yarn? Anything can cause the variation. Maybe the tension? Maybe how the yarn was dyed? At least the pattern is busy enough that they look matching. But the toes give them away.
The above two pictures were taken after I walked around with the socks on for a while.
This picture was taken after the socks went through washing and drying. They are a lot softer now. Thumbs up for KnitPicks. They also fit better than before. I am not so sure about doing cables on socks though. If you don’t do the heel flaps right, they can be real baggy and ugly. I may give this pattern another try with modified measurements.
March 22, 11:30 AM Correction: I should say that I don’t know about cables on socks for sandals. It’s the cables on the heel flaps that I had problems with.
