I am in limbo ....
I feel like I am gloating between projects waiting for the next thing to happen.
I have finished my partner's socks for the HSS6 but am holding off until I hear she is ready to send her box to me - which is on hold as she is helping a friend complete obligations due to a serious illness.
I have finished my 'toes' for the ODD socks round robin socks - we have the list of our fellow knitters, but have received no address for the person we are supposed to send our projects to ... each of us working just a part of the sock pair but by the end we have completed the stitching for 1 pair of socks although in reality 5 pr were made.
I have swatched for the Mr. Greenjeans sweater from knitty.com for the Kat's Sweater KAL for the "Eastwich Stitchers" on Ravelry. It begins tomorrow ... but still I'm waiting very anxiously. Looking over the pattern today I see that by the time I get to the bottom of the sweater I will be knitting over 300 sts ... I have a feeling its going to drive me batty - although working it as a group it should add some motivation and keep me on track. Hopefully I will have the proper amount of yarn (I forgot to take into consideration the yarn needed for the swatches)
ah -- and then there are the socks for Becca's graduation which for some reason I can get back to -- I have lost my place in the pattern and misplaced the second hank of yarn for it ...
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Best Laid Plans
Well ... hubby called tonight to say that he wasn't going to come home on the day planned. Things aren't going the way they are supposed to.
The computers that he is trying to set up are having a hard time accepting all the changes that need to be made to integrate the system from one state to the other. They are older computers and replacing them was just out of the budget, so he has to work with what he's got -- they aren't bad computers, its just that there is so much that needs to be done.
Seems like everytime they fix one problem another few will pop up ... usually memory stuff. he said one which should have taken maybe 2 hours to get done took over 10 hours to update.
Well, he knew that it might be a tough time getting it all done -- so he wasn't surprised by the problems ... he was shocked at how long it is taking.
he has been putting in 18 hour days trying to get it done -- he and his assistant from up here ... so that's 36 hours a day total .... just too bad hubby doesn't get overtime (he's salaried) but oh well that's life.
It does throw a monkey wrench into my exchanges though.
I am in both the Hogwarts Sock Swap and the ACX:Samhain exchange ... ACX is due to go out, well it was supposed to be tomorrow ... and the HSS4 was supposed to be in the mail by Thursday. Now it looks like the soonest either one can go out would be Saturday .... unless things change again.
I'm so not happy about it ... but what can one do? I will live with it .... know its not anyones fault ... and move on. I just feel bad for my partners who will now have to wait a bit longer for their packages.
Well I will take the time to do more for my partners, I guess. Might as well make a good thing out of a bad situation.
The computers that he is trying to set up are having a hard time accepting all the changes that need to be made to integrate the system from one state to the other. They are older computers and replacing them was just out of the budget, so he has to work with what he's got -- they aren't bad computers, its just that there is so much that needs to be done.
Seems like everytime they fix one problem another few will pop up ... usually memory stuff. he said one which should have taken maybe 2 hours to get done took over 10 hours to update.
Well, he knew that it might be a tough time getting it all done -- so he wasn't surprised by the problems ... he was shocked at how long it is taking.
he has been putting in 18 hour days trying to get it done -- he and his assistant from up here ... so that's 36 hours a day total .... just too bad hubby doesn't get overtime (he's salaried) but oh well that's life.
It does throw a monkey wrench into my exchanges though.
I am in both the Hogwarts Sock Swap and the ACX:Samhain exchange ... ACX is due to go out, well it was supposed to be tomorrow ... and the HSS4 was supposed to be in the mail by Thursday. Now it looks like the soonest either one can go out would be Saturday .... unless things change again.
I'm so not happy about it ... but what can one do? I will live with it .... know its not anyones fault ... and move on. I just feel bad for my partners who will now have to wait a bit longer for their packages.
Well I will take the time to do more for my partners, I guess. Might as well make a good thing out of a bad situation.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Time is not on my side
Okay I got a week's extension on my project from my partner. An entire week ... so wouldn't you know it, its been the week from HELL.
Saturday was 'sick kid day' and for that fact so was Sunday.
Sunday was also "Got To Get The Rest Of The GirlScout Cookies Delivered" day. it also turned into "Oh Geez we forgot to finish homework" day which included an essay my son was supposed to have done on Mahalia Jackson (you would not believe how much info you can soak up looking for info for your kid)....of course it wasn't until he was at the end of the report working on his bibliography that he announced he needed one non-on-line reference which he had but couldn't remember the name of it ---- arrrrghhhh. But he said he got it done okay. We will see.
I could double check for him but there is a time when I have got to let him do this on his own.
Anyhow back to my week. So that was Sunday. Sunday night hubby wanted attention so no time to work there either.
Monday, day ... I tried to work on the project and wound up not being able to do anything because I suddenly remembered it was SCOUT NIGHT. Aw man....had to find and make sure his uniform was clean....tried to find my Badge magic and gave up on it....It was also my daughters first Varsity Chior Concert. What to do -- both were at the same time but we didn't know how long hers would last so we could very well leave him at scouts alone, nor could we have me go to the concert just in case she got done early then we would have been stuck there until when hubby & son got done. So we worked it out...mom to scouts--dad to concert--mom with phone to call other son for ride.
So we got home late and hubby wanted to go straight to sleep. No crafting (even though I took my work with me to scouts, the other mom's kept me too busy to do anything --- ugggg)
Then there was today. i thought everything would be great. Sunny day, almost 50*F outside, it was wonderful. So I sat down to get ready. My problem was I dared to check email. My son is being kept at school for detension since he is missing homework.....uggggg.....thought we got all this straightened out! But no he had to put his head in the sand for the last couple of weeks and not write all the work he needed in his planner. So it was a morning of writing notes back to his teachers.
then hubby decided to skype me for a chat....well that took an hour...can't craft and chat at the same time. So when he finally got back to work (must have been his lunch break) I thought finally so I got out all my stuff I would need. Had everything laid out. Then the dog wanted to go out.
Okay seems easy, put the dog on her collar and throw her out the door -- except she was just as demanding as a kid ... "I want water"...."play with me"..."watch me romp thru these muddy puddles and then jump on you".
okay so I noticed I was late for lunch ... if I don't eat on time I get the shakes so there was another half hour wasted. Then it was kids home from school time.
"oh by the way mom I have to give a speech and we are having a dress rehearsal tomorrow so I need a costume for my character" .... geez thanks. Well that was going to have to wait. we had more important things -- like the work he forgot at school again. So big bro took him back to get it - again - and I dug out some gas money for him to defer the cost for all the runs he's done for us. And it was nose to the grind stone time.
But I think we did it, all late work done...but after dinner I had to go get the stuff for his costume -- at least its easy....suspenders and a good shirt (couldn't find hubby's suspenders nor could we find them in the store). Thank goodness we live so close to Hancock Fabrics.
So then we got back and kid hadn't even started his speech yet! Oh he needs to remake his research cards ... because he FORGOT where he put them. Oh man. good thing it was easier since he finished his report.
Even the speech went easy.
Now mom needs to de-stress. But man...I have to take off the entire last row I swear! ARGGHHHHH!!
I'm going to scream I swear.
So now I'm done to the wire....I've got one day -- that's it. I've got tomorrow to finish this.
I had this all worked out. Why me??? Why did I have to be sick for a week? Oh well time to stop whining about it, time to shut down the computer for the night, and time to start ripping I guess.
Bummer.
Saturday was 'sick kid day' and for that fact so was Sunday.
Sunday was also "Got To Get The Rest Of The GirlScout Cookies Delivered" day. it also turned into "Oh Geez we forgot to finish homework" day which included an essay my son was supposed to have done on Mahalia Jackson (you would not believe how much info you can soak up looking for info for your kid)....of course it wasn't until he was at the end of the report working on his bibliography that he announced he needed one non-on-line reference which he had but couldn't remember the name of it ---- arrrrghhhh. But he said he got it done okay. We will see.
I could double check for him but there is a time when I have got to let him do this on his own.
Anyhow back to my week. So that was Sunday. Sunday night hubby wanted attention so no time to work there either.
Monday, day ... I tried to work on the project and wound up not being able to do anything because I suddenly remembered it was SCOUT NIGHT. Aw man....had to find and make sure his uniform was clean....tried to find my Badge magic and gave up on it....It was also my daughters first Varsity Chior Concert. What to do -- both were at the same time but we didn't know how long hers would last so we could very well leave him at scouts alone, nor could we have me go to the concert just in case she got done early then we would have been stuck there until when hubby & son got done. So we worked it out...mom to scouts--dad to concert--mom with phone to call other son for ride.
So we got home late and hubby wanted to go straight to sleep. No crafting (even though I took my work with me to scouts, the other mom's kept me too busy to do anything --- ugggg)
Then there was today. i thought everything would be great. Sunny day, almost 50*F outside, it was wonderful. So I sat down to get ready. My problem was I dared to check email. My son is being kept at school for detension since he is missing homework.....uggggg.....thought we got all this straightened out! But no he had to put his head in the sand for the last couple of weeks and not write all the work he needed in his planner. So it was a morning of writing notes back to his teachers.
then hubby decided to skype me for a chat....well that took an hour...can't craft and chat at the same time. So when he finally got back to work (must have been his lunch break) I thought finally so I got out all my stuff I would need. Had everything laid out. Then the dog wanted to go out.
Okay seems easy, put the dog on her collar and throw her out the door -- except she was just as demanding as a kid ... "I want water"...."play with me"..."watch me romp thru these muddy puddles and then jump on you".
okay so I noticed I was late for lunch ... if I don't eat on time I get the shakes so there was another half hour wasted. Then it was kids home from school time.
"oh by the way mom I have to give a speech and we are having a dress rehearsal tomorrow so I need a costume for my character" .... geez thanks. Well that was going to have to wait. we had more important things -- like the work he forgot at school again. So big bro took him back to get it - again - and I dug out some gas money for him to defer the cost for all the runs he's done for us. And it was nose to the grind stone time.
But I think we did it, all late work done...but after dinner I had to go get the stuff for his costume -- at least its easy....suspenders and a good shirt (couldn't find hubby's suspenders nor could we find them in the store). Thank goodness we live so close to Hancock Fabrics.
So then we got back and kid hadn't even started his speech yet! Oh he needs to remake his research cards ... because he FORGOT where he put them. Oh man. good thing it was easier since he finished his report.
Even the speech went easy.
Now mom needs to de-stress. But man...I have to take off the entire last row I swear! ARGGHHHHH!!
I'm going to scream I swear.
So now I'm done to the wire....I've got one day -- that's it. I've got tomorrow to finish this.
I had this all worked out. Why me??? Why did I have to be sick for a week? Oh well time to stop whining about it, time to shut down the computer for the night, and time to start ripping I guess.
Bummer.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
NEW PROJECT
Okay---enough newscommentary, time for crafting.
On the All Craft Exchange group (http://groups.yahoo.com/AllCraftExchange) we are doing a themed exchange this time---well a loose theme that is. We will be exchanging ANYTHING that is home/handmade and deals with Divination.
So I came up with about 4-5 ideas of things to do based on what type of divination my partner might like to do, or is already doing.
I was so excited to hear she does Tarot cards--I have to admit it is probably the easiest one to make something for---and crystal balls.
I had the perfect idea for each of them. Then the gods thru a loop to me....she is blind. The tarot deck she uses has been adapted to her needs and I'm not quite sure how she uses the crystal ball but then being that you see things in it with the third eye--I could see how it might work for her.
But it took what was supposed to be a very easy project and made me have to rethink it.....I haven't thought about adapting items for the blind since college days, when we had to come up with a unique idea for a single room within a museum and I thought of one made especially for the blind.
One where art peices would be meant to be touched, rubbed, felt--where normal art peices are hands-off. Art work out have texture, density, sound, taste....things to stimulate the other 4 senses. I got an A+ on the paper thank you very much....but anyways. After college I stopped thinking of things in those terms...it became even farther from my mind after my eye operation and I didn't feel the need for such things in my own life---kind of ironic when you learn my son is nearly blind in one eye.
So now I have had the oppotunity to rethink this way again---and I am so grateful for it!!!
It has taken a lot of thought on my end but I think I have finally figured out what to do....the beauty of dimensional paint and online braille translators! So now I'm off to make her a couple of nice feeling objects for her tarot and her crystal.
This is sooooo fun.
On the All Craft Exchange group (http://groups.yahoo.com/AllCraftExchange) we are doing a themed exchange this time---well a loose theme that is. We will be exchanging ANYTHING that is home/handmade and deals with Divination.
So I came up with about 4-5 ideas of things to do based on what type of divination my partner might like to do, or is already doing.
I was so excited to hear she does Tarot cards--I have to admit it is probably the easiest one to make something for---and crystal balls.
I had the perfect idea for each of them. Then the gods thru a loop to me....she is blind. The tarot deck she uses has been adapted to her needs and I'm not quite sure how she uses the crystal ball but then being that you see things in it with the third eye--I could see how it might work for her.
But it took what was supposed to be a very easy project and made me have to rethink it.....I haven't thought about adapting items for the blind since college days, when we had to come up with a unique idea for a single room within a museum and I thought of one made especially for the blind.
One where art peices would be meant to be touched, rubbed, felt--where normal art peices are hands-off. Art work out have texture, density, sound, taste....things to stimulate the other 4 senses. I got an A+ on the paper thank you very much....but anyways. After college I stopped thinking of things in those terms...it became even farther from my mind after my eye operation and I didn't feel the need for such things in my own life---kind of ironic when you learn my son is nearly blind in one eye.
So now I have had the oppotunity to rethink this way again---and I am so grateful for it!!!
It has taken a lot of thought on my end but I think I have finally figured out what to do....the beauty of dimensional paint and online braille translators! So now I'm off to make her a couple of nice feeling objects for her tarot and her crystal.
This is sooooo fun.
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Sock Swap update
Yippee!!! I just heard from my partner and she has her package!!
I am jumping for joy....well not literally this time since I slipped in the snow yesterday and pulled the reflexor tendon in my left hip and while trying not to lay on my back during the night (which is actually bad for your hips) I pulled the muscles on the other hip--so I am in considerable pain today...turning and walking brings tears to the eyes---but I'll live.
AND MY PARTNER HAS HER PACKAGE!!!!
Boy I hope she likes them. Its hard to read emotion in letters, and she kept hers kind of brief--I think it was just to let me know everything was find and quell my fears that the package was misdelivered.
She had a totally legitimate reason for not letting me know sooner--her modem fried and she couldn't get the internet people to believe her. I can so beleive that--we have Comcast and whenever I have a problem with the signal they send out a signal and say well they are getting a ping back so the line is clear they need to send a tech out (when I know they don't, they just want to charge for the service....but that is another post).
Oh I hope she liked those socks....I know they aren't everyone's taste---and I'm sure she will never get another pair like them from anyone else.
LOL....I can almost guarrentee she won't get another pair like them from anyone else...LOL wait until you see them!
Once she posts her photos on the HSS2 webpage I will update the post for the outgoing package with photos of the socks. Maybe I will even put a link to them off in the sidebar.
Got to go...time for more Tylenol.
I am jumping for joy....well not literally this time since I slipped in the snow yesterday and pulled the reflexor tendon in my left hip and while trying not to lay on my back during the night (which is actually bad for your hips) I pulled the muscles on the other hip--so I am in considerable pain today...turning and walking brings tears to the eyes---but I'll live.
AND MY PARTNER HAS HER PACKAGE!!!!
Boy I hope she likes them. Its hard to read emotion in letters, and she kept hers kind of brief--I think it was just to let me know everything was find and quell my fears that the package was misdelivered.
She had a totally legitimate reason for not letting me know sooner--her modem fried and she couldn't get the internet people to believe her. I can so beleive that--we have Comcast and whenever I have a problem with the signal they send out a signal and say well they are getting a ping back so the line is clear they need to send a tech out (when I know they don't, they just want to charge for the service....but that is another post).
Oh I hope she liked those socks....I know they aren't everyone's taste---and I'm sure she will never get another pair like them from anyone else.
LOL....I can almost guarrentee she won't get another pair like them from anyone else...LOL wait until you see them!
Once she posts her photos on the HSS2 webpage I will update the post for the outgoing package with photos of the socks. Maybe I will even put a link to them off in the sidebar.
Got to go...time for more Tylenol.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Yippee!! I finally got to open it up!
Okay so I finally got to open the package sent by my partner Cliodna Kettleburn....all I can say is...WOW.
Minimum req for the package was a pair of socks, a set of sock needles, and stitch markers--boy did she go above and beyond!
So what all did she send? 1 pair of fantastic socks! They are thick enough so they will keep my tootsies warm even in this brick refridgerator I live in....2 sets of Brittany sock needles, size 1, so I can do both socks at the same time--what a concept! Some heart shaped stitch markers that will be perfect for using on the smaller needles (they didn't photo well...they are on the needle that is stretched between the S & G pads)....oh, some post-it type notes shaped like a G (for Ginger) and an S (for Slytherin)....A bar of handmade soap in Ylang-ylang scent...a chinese bookmark....a chocolate frog--nope haven't eaten it yet.....and a box of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans (okay I looked at the flavors--these I will be sure to share with the kids, after everyone gets over the crud). Did I forget anything?
Despite the problems this was really really fun! Her stitching is wonderful--I can't believe she has only been knitting since Feb! WOW....I really hunkered down and started getting serius about this last summer and her stitches are so much better than mine--I'm almost embarrassed now.
Hope they have a third exchange....this time I will have to start with things ahead of time--use the toe up pattern where I can handle the cuffs better, especially now that I know how to bind them off!
Monday, November 12, 2007
"Worse partner in the world"
That's what is going to be written on my tombstone!
So I finished my partners socks....discovered that they weren't the same size hieght-wise so I fixed that error...okay figured out a way to hide it. Any how--so I got everything together to mail it...and then couldn't find the wrapping supplies I know I have some where...but I did find that a mouse was saving seeds in my crafting closet!!!
So I spent the day going thru that making sure that I didn't have any nests...luckily (if you want to call it luck) I only found food stashed there. good thing the majority of my yarn is in large plastic bins! Oh well, closet needed a good cleaning anyways--it just meant another delay!
Hubby was out of town for the weekend and I spiked a fever Saturday so I was not going to go and oldest son won't go without me (he's afraid he'd do something wrong and get in trouble), but I figured well I can get it out monday. Didn't dawn on me today was a holiday and there is NO MAIL and the offices were closed!
Could I be a worse partner?? I mean yeah I've had my share of problems, from not getting the meansurement I needed to dropping stitches to cast off problems. So I have been packing and unpacking this box for the last 5 days just to make sure I have everything in there that I wanted to send---and its a good thing I decided to go thru it once more because I had forgotten to take photos of my socks....
I am finally satisfied with the package --- hubby will be mailing it tomorrow. It should get to her within the week if things follow norm.
I am so off from my original aim date of the week before Halloween!
Gee, its a good thing I have a break before my next exchange---oh wait, I have to have another gift off in about a MONTH!!!
I can do this, I can do this, I can do this. Breathe, breathe. Sip some tea....awwwwwwwwwwww.
So I finished my partners socks....discovered that they weren't the same size hieght-wise so I fixed that error...okay figured out a way to hide it. Any how--so I got everything together to mail it...and then couldn't find the wrapping supplies I know I have some where...but I did find that a mouse was saving seeds in my crafting closet!!!
So I spent the day going thru that making sure that I didn't have any nests...luckily (if you want to call it luck) I only found food stashed there. good thing the majority of my yarn is in large plastic bins! Oh well, closet needed a good cleaning anyways--it just meant another delay!
Hubby was out of town for the weekend and I spiked a fever Saturday so I was not going to go and oldest son won't go without me (he's afraid he'd do something wrong and get in trouble), but I figured well I can get it out monday. Didn't dawn on me today was a holiday and there is NO MAIL and the offices were closed!
Could I be a worse partner?? I mean yeah I've had my share of problems, from not getting the meansurement I needed to dropping stitches to cast off problems. So I have been packing and unpacking this box for the last 5 days just to make sure I have everything in there that I wanted to send---and its a good thing I decided to go thru it once more because I had forgotten to take photos of my socks....
I am finally satisfied with the package --- hubby will be mailing it tomorrow. It should get to her within the week if things follow norm.
I am so off from my original aim date of the week before Halloween!
Gee, its a good thing I have a break before my next exchange---oh wait, I have to have another gift off in about a MONTH!!!
I can do this, I can do this, I can do this. Breathe, breathe. Sip some tea....awwwwwwwwwwww.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Squeeeeeeee!!!!
I am so happy! I was in tears yesterday--literally! Hubby couldn't believe that I was bawling like a baby over a sock.
The first sock I did from the top down so the only thing I had to do was a three needle bind off at the end....love the 3 needle bind off....but I have the small tag of yarn at the top of the sock to take care of yet.
The second sock I decided to do it from toe up....I hadn't done a toe-up before so I wanted a challenge--WHY???? Actually I like the toe up sock a lot---since the biggest down fall for me are cuffs (to much messing with keeping the cast on straight and then trying to work those spider-legs without much to keep them stable)....so the toe up sock gives the needles enough stability to make doing the cuffs much more statisfying--love them, the toe ups!
But when I got all the way to the end---my cast off was way too tight! I couldn't even get it over my heel (my partner and I have simular sized feet) so I know there was no way it would fit her...the other sock went on fine.
Boy did the tears of fustration fly! Funny part (?) is that while I was doing the bindoff I thought "watch it won't be stretchy enough"...pshhh....should have kept the negativity out of it....it is actually a good thing I tried it on--I was going to just wash them up and send them out since I was so excited about getting them done and I am so far behind schedule.
Oh my poor partner! I hope she likes the things I have put together for her package....I still haven't opened the one she sent me--won't do it until after I get her's into the mail---it only seems fair.
Yes they are done! Now I just have to do one more thing to the top---but its a surprise and I know it will have the elasticity to make it work...heeeheeeheee.
I must remember to send extra yarn with the socks in case she needs to do any darning months from now.
I love these socks though--it will be hard to give them up!
The first sock I did from the top down so the only thing I had to do was a three needle bind off at the end....love the 3 needle bind off....but I have the small tag of yarn at the top of the sock to take care of yet.
The second sock I decided to do it from toe up....I hadn't done a toe-up before so I wanted a challenge--WHY???? Actually I like the toe up sock a lot---since the biggest down fall for me are cuffs (to much messing with keeping the cast on straight and then trying to work those spider-legs without much to keep them stable)....so the toe up sock gives the needles enough stability to make doing the cuffs much more statisfying--love them, the toe ups!
But when I got all the way to the end---my cast off was way too tight! I couldn't even get it over my heel (my partner and I have simular sized feet) so I know there was no way it would fit her...the other sock went on fine.
Boy did the tears of fustration fly! Funny part (?) is that while I was doing the bindoff I thought "watch it won't be stretchy enough"...pshhh....should have kept the negativity out of it....it is actually a good thing I tried it on--I was going to just wash them up and send them out since I was so excited about getting them done and I am so far behind schedule.
Oh my poor partner! I hope she likes the things I have put together for her package....I still haven't opened the one she sent me--won't do it until after I get her's into the mail---it only seems fair.
Yes they are done! Now I just have to do one more thing to the top---but its a surprise and I know it will have the elasticity to make it work...heeeheeeheee.
I must remember to send extra yarn with the socks in case she needs to do any darning months from now.
I love these socks though--it will be hard to give them up!
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Twinkle Toes update 2
OMGs! I can not believe how quickly this toe-up pattern is going....I've been working on this sock for less than a day and I'm almost done with the foot!
If it goes this fast then I think what I will do is start on the second sock for my daughter and use it to practice the heel turn before I try it on my partners sock--that way any little mistakes will be forgiven.
Then too I will have a sock ready to practice the cast off with as well.
I am so used to doing a three needle bind-off at the toe that I am sure I will have some troubles with the cast-offs I've seen connected with toe-up socks.
Well off to do the last two rnds of my foot section and then get ready to make the heel....if I can figure it out that is.
If it goes this fast then I think what I will do is start on the second sock for my daughter and use it to practice the heel turn before I try it on my partners sock--that way any little mistakes will be forgiven.
Then too I will have a sock ready to practice the cast off with as well.
I am so used to doing a three needle bind-off at the toe that I am sure I will have some troubles with the cast-offs I've seen connected with toe-up socks.
Well off to do the last two rnds of my foot section and then get ready to make the heel....if I can figure it out that is.
Twinkle Toes update
well I have inc the number of sts needed for my partners foot....actually I'm not doing the Twinkle Toes pattern, just using it as a guideline....but I should have probably inc the number of cast ons to 12 (total) and worked 2 inc rows before moving onto the inc row/k row combination.
Also I waited until I had 32 sts on the two needles before splitting the stitches onto the 4 needles....I found this gave a better base to the sock and helped to prevent the needles from twisting backward--I actually got stitching and found that one of the needles had twisted around making a very ugly pucker...had I been working a cable st it would have been different, but it would have been very uncomfortable on the bottom of the foot....or on the top of the foot for that matter.
These are going to be some very interesting socks--not only am I using different tachniques for each of them....I did decide to use different needle sizes. This means that one sock will be just that much bulkier than the other...but hopefully not so much as to cause a real problem...I really like the concept.
The only thing the socks will have in common is the yarn, but even it will be slightly different due to pooling effects. I loved the way it ringed around the toe area! I wish it would do the same all the way up, but it has already gone to the single row of a single color...although it does change a little sooner than before so I'm hoping it will start to swirl around.
Now to prevent having to over frog I have inserted a peice of emb floss thru the stitches/loops of the last reg row for the toe---just incase I go on and find that I do not have enough stitches I will be able to stop the unraveling and easily find the stitches to simply pick them up and replace them onto the needles.
If I do not need to frog then I can simply pull the floss out later without having to pick it out--just so long as I did not split the floss at any point without realizing it.
I will more than likely do this every few rounds just to save myself some work--by doing a little more work now---should a problem arise like a dropped needle, a dropped stitch, a picked up stitch, etc.
This technique will come especially handy when I get to the heel flap/gusset.
Because I have never done a toe-up sock before I am anticipating a lot of issues with the "wrap, turns" on the short rows. I will check out knittinghelp.com as well for a video of the procedure but I want a stand by just in case as well.
If I run into too many troubles I can always contact one of these sock groups on Yahoo groups that I belong to:
Also I waited until I had 32 sts on the two needles before splitting the stitches onto the 4 needles....I found this gave a better base to the sock and helped to prevent the needles from twisting backward--I actually got stitching and found that one of the needles had twisted around making a very ugly pucker...had I been working a cable st it would have been different, but it would have been very uncomfortable on the bottom of the foot....or on the top of the foot for that matter.
These are going to be some very interesting socks--not only am I using different tachniques for each of them....I did decide to use different needle sizes. This means that one sock will be just that much bulkier than the other...but hopefully not so much as to cause a real problem...I really like the concept.
The only thing the socks will have in common is the yarn, but even it will be slightly different due to pooling effects. I loved the way it ringed around the toe area! I wish it would do the same all the way up, but it has already gone to the single row of a single color...although it does change a little sooner than before so I'm hoping it will start to swirl around.
Now to prevent having to over frog I have inserted a peice of emb floss thru the stitches/loops of the last reg row for the toe---just incase I go on and find that I do not have enough stitches I will be able to stop the unraveling and easily find the stitches to simply pick them up and replace them onto the needles.
If I do not need to frog then I can simply pull the floss out later without having to pick it out--just so long as I did not split the floss at any point without realizing it.
I will more than likely do this every few rounds just to save myself some work--by doing a little more work now---should a problem arise like a dropped needle, a dropped stitch, a picked up stitch, etc.
This technique will come especially handy when I get to the heel flap/gusset.
Because I have never done a toe-up sock before I am anticipating a lot of issues with the "wrap, turns" on the short rows. I will check out knittinghelp.com as well for a video of the procedure but I want a stand by just in case as well.
If I run into too many troubles I can always contact one of these sock groups on Yahoo groups that I belong to:
T_Socks_KAL:Townsend Current Knit A Long
TownsendSocksKnitAlong:T-Knit A Long (I love the current group photo!!)
If you aren't familiar with Jeannie Townsend, that's okay...I didn't know about her until I started looking for sock groups either...if you decide to join check out the groups files---she offers tons of free patterns there, all of her own design! Some of the members have posted their own patterns up there as well. She is very talented, I don't know why she hasn't sold any of her patterns...although she did say once that the purposes of the group was to build internet buddies not make money....so its probably because she just has a really big heart!!
If you are interested she also has a blog:
Just Jeannie
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Nerves acting up now
Okay so I got an email from the HSS (Hogwarts Sock Swap) yesterday.
Good news is my partner is still interested in doing the swap with me...yea!
Bad news is she asked for my snail mail address--I'm afraid this means that my partner is ready to send...but since I was waiting for the single measurement for my partner and couldn't go any farther without it I'm way way way behind.
I've only reached the heel flap...time to dig in and knit!!
I like the simple pattern I've chosen....its real simple. Its kind of tough to see with the varigated yarn BUT you can see that there is a change.
I'm thinking about doing the second sock in a larger or smaller needle....same yarn, same pattern just a different size so they can be mismatched but still matched.
Does that make sense? It will change how the color works up too so the pattern will be the real tie into each other.
Good news is my partner is still interested in doing the swap with me...yea!
Bad news is she asked for my snail mail address--I'm afraid this means that my partner is ready to send...but since I was waiting for the single measurement for my partner and couldn't go any farther without it I'm way way way behind.
I've only reached the heel flap...time to dig in and knit!!
I like the simple pattern I've chosen....its real simple. Its kind of tough to see with the varigated yarn BUT you can see that there is a change.
I'm thinking about doing the second sock in a larger or smaller needle....same yarn, same pattern just a different size so they can be mismatched but still matched.
Does that make sense? It will change how the color works up too so the pattern will be the real tie into each other.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Wondering if I should begin to worry
Okay so I wrote my partner over a week ago asking about a particular measurement and haven't heard "jack" back from her...my understanding is that I'm her partner and she's mine (they changed it from the first swap). I have tried posting to her blog site too thinking maybe she checks in there but there wasn't and reply there either.
I'm a tad worried that I won't be able to make her socks the right size if I don't get the measurement...it sounds like she has rather thick ankles with the measurement she gave me, but I need to know for sure...otherwise the ankles could end up as much as 2" too small around her ankles and no one would want to wear those.
And considering that this is the most expensive yarn I've ever bought I want them so totally wearable! I've decided to go with just a simple knit/purl pattern so that I don't lose the imagaes in the color change...the colorways of the yarn just will not work the way I'd like...I was hoping that they would have a few rounds of solid color before changing, but so far they are working up one row per color then it switches.
I'm still working on the cuff so I'm hoping that she writes back soon....I'm hoping she checks in on my blog the way I check on hers....maybe she'll see this post and write.
Wait, who am I kidding....I will blog on top of it and it will be buried.
I'm a tad worried that I won't be able to make her socks the right size if I don't get the measurement...it sounds like she has rather thick ankles with the measurement she gave me, but I need to know for sure...otherwise the ankles could end up as much as 2" too small around her ankles and no one would want to wear those.
And considering that this is the most expensive yarn I've ever bought I want them so totally wearable! I've decided to go with just a simple knit/purl pattern so that I don't lose the imagaes in the color change...the colorways of the yarn just will not work the way I'd like...I was hoping that they would have a few rounds of solid color before changing, but so far they are working up one row per color then it switches.
I'm still working on the cuff so I'm hoping that she writes back soon....I'm hoping she checks in on my blog the way I check on hers....maybe she'll see this post and write.
Wait, who am I kidding....I will blog on top of it and it will be buried.
Monday, September 10, 2007
One down, one to go
Well I finally found an envelope to mail my All-Craft Exchange buddies package off in...its not a padded envelope, which I do have...someplace...kid cleaned the den and moved my canvas sack of crochet books where I stored them.
I hope they will accept it...its a tad bulky with the makeshift packaging material...that's why I'm thinking they may have an issue.
I will have hubby mail it off tomorrow....if I'm lucky he will take pity on me and grab a properly padded envelope from work and transfer the info over for me :-)
Well one can hope, can't she.
I actually remembered to take photos of my creations this time before sending so I will put them up later---this gift inspired a gift for my HSS exchange partner so I can't put them up at this time.
Any one is allowed to join the exchange....I run it thru Yahoo, but I will warn you that we are a mostly pagan group so tolerance for those of differing faiths is needed.
We also have a JIC policy...new members who have never joined in the ACX exchanges before need to send a small package to be held in "escrow" so that if there should ever be a time when they can not finish their obligation then the JIC package will be sent to their partner...this way one member doesn't feel left out because their partner didn't send a gift.
I hope they will accept it...its a tad bulky with the makeshift packaging material...that's why I'm thinking they may have an issue.
I will have hubby mail it off tomorrow....if I'm lucky he will take pity on me and grab a properly padded envelope from work and transfer the info over for me :-)
Well one can hope, can't she.
I actually remembered to take photos of my creations this time before sending so I will put them up later---this gift inspired a gift for my HSS exchange partner so I can't put them up at this time.
Any one is allowed to join the exchange....I run it thru Yahoo, but I will warn you that we are a mostly pagan group so tolerance for those of differing faiths is needed.
We also have a JIC policy...new members who have never joined in the ACX exchanges before need to send a small package to be held in "escrow" so that if there should ever be a time when they can not finish their obligation then the JIC package will be sent to their partner...this way one member doesn't feel left out because their partner didn't send a gift.
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