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August 08, 2005
A pair and a half
With all the knitting that goes on at Raitte Hall you'd think there'd be more to show for it than a pair and a half of socks. Ho hum. (Excuse the dreary photography - I will try to do better.)
Elfine's socks are finished. Pattern will be available here soon. Such a difficult yarn to show the leaf pattern in, but no matter. Perhaps for the pattern I will knit a little swatch in a solid colour so that you can see the motif. Or I could just direct you to Kiri, Birch, and all the other designs that use the traditional fern leaf pattern.
And here is half a pair of Sockpaltwoza socks. These will be going to America and it's going to be very hard to let them go.
Giotto socks, started 31 July 05
Pattern: My own
Yarn: Koigu KPPM 701
Even though they make my hands ache after a while, I can't stop working on them - it's the colours.
Finally, many thanks to everyone who offered advice after the Rita bag debacle. The vinegar bath and then colour catcher sheets did the trick so I am now preparing to lively up myself for attempt two. As you can see, my second and concurrent felting experiment yielded unexpected results. I bought this delicious Frog Tree Alpaca from Loop when I visited with Kerrie. It was/is a possible yarn for a Magknits submission, but this felting action is a little more than what I was looking for. The effect I am after is 'lightly felted'. Here, the fibres are so tightly bound that I could not prize the swatch flat for love nor toffee. I'm tempted to put eyes on it and call it a snot-monster.
Posted by Anna at August 8, 2005 08:40 AM
Comments
Love both the sock designs. The Sockapal2za one looks intriguing; I especially like the cuff.
Posted by: Mary at August 8, 2005 12:28 PM
LOVE the socks!! I sure do hope I'm your sock pal. ;)
Posted by: Jackie at August 8, 2005 12:50 PM
Great socks, Anna!! I really like the lace hem on the Sockapal2za sock ;)
Posted by: yuvi at August 8, 2005 03:44 PM
Another lucky sock pal in the US! Both pairs are beautiful ... I especially like the colourway of the Koigu. Almost all the Koigu sock yarns I saw in blogsville are beautiful!
Posted by: Agnes at August 8, 2005 04:28 PM
these socks are absolutely beautiful. i love the variegated green with leaf motifs. the sockapal socks are awesome, too. i wonder if it's coming to me?!
Posted by: blossom at August 8, 2005 05:06 PM
I love both pairs of socks!!! I can't wait to see the pattern for the Elfine ones and I wonder if the socks will come to me??? looks like there are lots of us that would love to have those (especially because you are going to be very famous in the knitting world
Posted by: michele at August 8, 2005 05:36 PM
Hee hee, snot monster.
LOVE the socks!
Posted by: Purly Whites at August 8, 2005 06:51 PM
hmmmm, love the snot monster. Not quite what we were looking for though is it? Back to the drawing board?
Posted by: kerrie at August 8, 2005 08:32 PM
gorgeous
gorgeous
gorgeous
and slightly peculiar.. That is hellishly felted! Rather bedraggled snot monster.
Posted by: Di at August 9, 2005 09:41 AM
The socks are gorgeous! but I *love* the snot monster! LOL - funniest thing I've seen all day! Eyes and a tongue on it, or maybe some goofy teeth, and it could terrorise a neighbourhood. It does seem to full rather well.
Posted by: Lynne S of Oz at August 9, 2005 01:25 PM
Anxiously awaiting the leaf sock pattern... :)
Posted by: alison at August 9, 2005 05:08 PM
looks like the elfine socks will be my next socks to knit! I was just thinking last night that my next project needs to be another pair of socks!
Posted by: uglyagnes at August 11, 2005 12:37 PM
May I crow a bit over the Elfine socks? I knew they would be lovely long. Although now I see them I want them to go on and on and be knee socks. TheSockapal2za socks are going to be lovely. Hey! I live in America! Perhaps.... (I should be so lucky.)
Posted by: Ashley at August 12, 2005 11:06 PM