Just Knitting Around

Zach’s Stocking

Originally uploaded by Dtkpmom.

Here was my Christmas gift to my nephew. He has a better stocking than my own kids do. I didn’t knit when they were small. Now I have to start making more stockings. The pattern is Evergreen from Annie’s Woolens . I knit it in about […]

STR hole

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I blew out the heels in my Socks That Rock.
I finished them in April of 2006. I still had some of the original yarn (look how it has faded though) and bought some brown wooly nylon to reinforce it, and I am going to snip a stitch, unravel the heel, […]

I am knitting a sock from the new Cat Bhordi book New Pathways for Sock Knitters. Its interesting, although I have the same complaints about it that I have heard from others. You have to jump around the book from place to place in a seemingly disorganized fashion. It’s almost too much […]

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Originally uploaded by Dtkpmom.

Here are two pairs of SIPs. The black pair is now nearing completion. They were intended for my son for marching band, but when he was home from college last week and tried them on, they were too long in the foot, so now they will be for DH since […]

Peter Socks

Originally uploaded by Dtkpmom.

Here are Peter’s socks. He is 5, so I thought it would be better to make my first real attempt at knitting the traditional method of top down on dps’n with a heel flap on smaller socks. I flirted with what I call juggling swords, once before, but didn’t […]

David’s Socks

Originally uploaded by Dtkpmom.

These socks are for my son who went off to college this year. I started them a long time ago on a size US 000 addi turbo circ, (magic loop, toe up, 2 at a time.) The feet took forever, mostly because I procrastinated due to the teeny, tiny […]

Koigu eyelet rib footies

Originally uploaded by Dtkpmom.

The traditional back to school essay works for me too. I am a terrible blogger, maybe I’ll get better soon. Here are the footies I made our of the leftover Koigu from my Diamond Fantasy Shawl. They have an eyelet rib pattern on the instep and […]

or a poet in sheep’s clothing.
Endless loops of wool,
I knit socks for frozen feet,
Now the sheep are cold.
~N
I think the Yarn Harlot has inspired others again.

Knit to fit method. No dpns, gauge swatch, no sss, no running out of yarn.
1. Toe-up with a Turkish cast on of 8-10 wraps for sock yarn, 68 wraps for DK or worsted weight (more for bigger feet, less for children’s feet, the general rule of thumb is about one inch worth of […]

I decided to try wrestling with a porcupine knitting a sock on DPNs again. When I first tried to teach myself to knit socks, I pulled out mom’s old dpns and gave it a go following the traditional method I stumbled across. After the first unsuccessful attempt, I turned to the internet again […]

Give thanks to the Lord,
for He is good!
~Psalm 136:1
Top Ten Things I am Thankful for This Year

10. Warm, wooly handknit socks. (Mountain Colors Bearfoot- Bitterroot Rainbow, Slip Stitch Rib)
9. The ability to make them myself.
8. Catholic education — for the one I […]

I finished the votive sleeve pretty quickly, I just didn’t have time to get a pic up till now. I have finished my Noro scarf and hat and have worn them, but just washed and blocked them today, so pics will have to wait until they are dry. I also knit my little […]

I finally completed my Trekking socks. The Trek Along With Me KAL is so far over, I think I may be the last to finish. If I had spent all this time actually Trekking who knows how many socks I could have completed. I only took one hike, waaaay back in June. […]

Well, these socks belong in the jungle but since I am not a season ticket holder they probably won’t get to a Bengals game. Since they are playing so well, tickets are hard to come by. I really like how they turned out. I think the Jaywalker pattern looks really good […]

This is my first entry for the Trek Along With Me KAL. (I know, I still don’t have the button in the sidebar.) I took my daughter and 3 of her friends and my DS#3 to Eden Park, an urban park in Cincinnati.
The trek began after parking; evidently waiting until the butterfly show […]

J is for Just Nancy.

One of the first hurdles you face when you start dating someone is meeting their family. In my case the hurdles were many. My beau (now DH) was one of 8 children and 3 of his sisters were married. He had one nephew at the time. […]

…at least the knitting seems to take forever. Don’t get me wrong, I an enjoying it, but it is definately an at home, do not disturb me right now I’m trying to fix a big honnkin mistake counting type of project. So most of the knitting time is done after everyone but […]

It was so nice to meet you today in Lexington. You are a delightful person and my daughter and I both loved you. I talked her into coming with me at the last minute, and I encouraged her to bring her knitting. I taught her to knit shortly after I taught myself […]

I is for Indulgence.

O.K. I admit it, I now indulge myself with yarn as souvenirs. I don’t need any more refrigerator magnets, or Hard Rock Cafe t-shirts, or mini Eiffel towers. I now scope out the closest yarn stores to my hotel in any city I plan to visit.
Here […]

My STR Moss Agate socks have arisen from the ashes frog pond. The ugly pooling on the foot is gone and replaced by beautimous variegation. Except that when I did increases before the short row heel to make it deep enough, the pooling began anew. I broke it up a little by […]