September 27, 2005

Socks for Grandma

I knitted these socks for my grandmother. We have a holiday for the elderly people some day around September 15th (it is a floating holiday) in Japan and usually grandchildren do something for their grandparents on that day, so these are a present from me.

The sock pattern was great. It is Jackie's Errant Ankles Lace Socks from the Sock Knitter's web site. Beautifully constructed socks! It was a little hard to read all those texts on the computer, but it was worth it. There is a lot of useful information for making your own lace pattern socks.

The yarn is RYC Cashcotton. I really liked its color and feeling, but it turned out the yarn was a totally wrong choice for socks. It doesn't stretch well. Also, I made some mistake with the pattern... Sorry Grandma. I suggested that she use them for bed socks....

Now I'm knitting a jacket for my husband. I thought I could make it before Fall, last Spring... I hope to finish it before the Winter.

Posted by noriko at 11:39 AM

September 23, 2005

My first socks knitted with two circular needles



I've been interested in knitting socks with two circulars, but really never tried to do it because I kind of like to knit with dpns. But... it also is a little annoying to carry around a sock with dpns, they just keep poking and making holes in the Ziploc (I keep knitting projects in it) and sometimes I fergot to bring the 4th dpn and can't knit.

Then one day my English teacher lent me her Cat Bordi's "Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles." I didn't have circular needles and I've been actually trying not to buy knitting things lately, but since my teacher lend me the book, I thought I should knit a sock from this book.

So I bought Addi Turbos (I was going to buy less expensive Clover needles, but no store carried #0) and knitted a pair of "Simple Sock." It was fun... knitting was faster than with dpns as many people say. I will definitely knit socks with them again, but maybe with smaller sizes (I got a loose gauge again.).

I also liked the book a lot. At first sight the book looks plain, but the sock designs are great. Each sock uses a different kind of knitting techniques (like two-color knitting or lace), so you can experiment with this and that a little.

Posted by noriko at 11:31 AM | Comments (2)