Hedera
June 16th, 2007
It feels like I’ve been knitting these forever! but I finally finished them the other day.
Pattern: Hedera by Cookie. Found at Knitty.com
Yarn: Rowan 4ply cotton in the discontinued black colorway. I used 2 balls.
Needles: Size 1. One one sock I used 4 dpns and on the other I used two circs.
Started: June 1st 2007
Finished: June 14th 2007
I’ve been told by two seperate people that these look purple. And they do on my monitor at work! how strange. They are black in person. Could it be the green background doing that? Or maybe it was the evening ligt when I took the picture. It’s weird how that happens. Anyway, I love the way these look. I love black lace. Love it, love it, love it. And I love cotton, too. The marriage of a perfect summmer sock. I am wearing these right now and they are very comfortable. The cotton feels very soft. However, the drawback is that they are not staying up. They are a bit scrunchy and loose. The cotton stretches out a bit. But I do like a cotton sock for summer so I may consider using it again. Maybe a cotton and nylon mix would be ideal.
Here is some off the yarn I’ve made with the Yarn Pirate roving that I bought a few weeks ago:
I’m actually kind of proud of the hank on the far right! Not extremelly happy with the two on the left. The two on the left I soak using the method I was taught: soak in hot water for a good hour and then hang to dry. I also had major plying issues with those. I tried to ply from both ends of a center-pull ball and things got really tangled. It was not pretty. So may have lost some twist then. But I’m wondering if the hot-water bath untwists the yarn a but, too. I’m not sure. The yarn on the right I soaked in cold water for 15 minutes and then whacked it against my shower wall a few times, as per the instructions in the book, “Spin to knit”. that one turned out way better. But I was also very careful with the plying of that one, too.
That’s it from this corner of the web. I have started a new project which I will post in a couple of days or so. Take care!
6 Comments
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Christie | June 16th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
They do look purple. Great job…two weeks felt like forever?
The roving looks great…whatcha gonna make?
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Karma | June 16th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Sexy socks, woo hoo! I wonder if weaving in a little elastic thread at the top of the socks would help them stay up? They seem so comfy for summer.
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Felicia | June 17th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Yes, they look purple as the day is long. Love all that texture!
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Cathi | June 17th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
I love how you say that it feels like it took you forever, and it took you 2 weeks. That’s really good, considering it looks like the lace is fairly complex. They look great!
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Kathleen | June 20th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Beautiful socks. If they are not staying up, use memory thread (available at sewing stores - its also call wooly nylon) of the same color (and they do look purple to me also) and thread it in and out of the stitches on the top row of each sock. This has worked well for me when commercial knew high socks I buy insist on hanging around on my ankles. If I know I have a pattern that is not particularly elastic as I knit, I knit the wooly nylon into the first two inches of the cuff.
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Nancy | June 21st, 2007 at 7:11 am
So, I look away and you’ve completed beautiful scarves (sadly I can’t get into Ravely since I’m not a beta tester), a tres sexy Audrey!!!, great socks (that do indeed look truly purple in that last photo) and a quilt top. You go!
I’ve thought about Audrey myself and my interest is always renewed when I see one on a blogger. What a well-fit pattern. That’s a great color on you too.
I think your quilt top is very cheerful. The Kaffish riot of color is very popular, so my guess is you got it just right. For quilting, just be sure to secure the layers before you start. You can use spray if it’s all cotton, but quilter’s safety pins work fine too. Just pin in the center of each block. Then, starting with a middle row, just sew from side to side following the seam lines (stitch in the ditch). If you don’t already have one check out a beginners quilting book - you’ll find step-by-step guides for quilting and binding. Not hard, but not necessarily intuitive either, so I still review my books if I haven’t done it in a while. Sorry if you know all this and I’m just babbling
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