a pair of socks in three days! that's pretty phenomenal!
a fun knit that was so addicting that i just had to keep knitting and knitting and knitting until, voila, the pair was complete!
i used the toe and heel structure from a pattern that appeared in the spring/summer 2012 issue of knitty entitled 'crystal' by lynn dt hershberger.
these socks were knit from the toe up and were started by knitting a square of ten stitches and twelve rows and then picking up stitches around the edges and increasing in subsequent rounds until there are sixty-four stitches for the foot. the heel was an afterthought heel that was completed by unraveling and picking up stitches after the sock was finished. a tad frightening to think about but once around the block, it was a piece of cake! i used leftover 'luscious' yarn by kollage, a delightful blend of cotton and nylon elastic in the colorways of orchid, magenta and limerick. i had a number of ends to weave in after the fact but that was a small price to pay for a colorful pair of summer anklets!
earlier in the month, i cranked out another pair of anklets using tofutsies yarn which is made of superwash wool, soysilk fibers, cotton and chitin. what is chitin, you ask? chitin is fiber made from shrimp and crab shells so if i'm a little crabby when i wear them, you'll know why!! tee,hee! apparently this fiber is naturally antibacterial so i guess at least my feet will be sanitary when i wear them!
i winged it on these using a chevron stitch on the ankle and foot portions and employing a standard heel and gusset.
i guess the weather we experienced earlier in the month turned my thoughts toward summer hence anklets! however, had we had the steady rain that we are currently experiencing, i would have been knitting a sweater out of wool, heavy wool!!
i also managed to knit a sweater this month but upon completion i found it to be lacking big time! so... i am now in the process of frogging it and re-knitting it in another pattern but that's a tale for another day! sigh!
enjoy your holiday - i'll be in my lounger, happily knitting the day away - the perfect way to spend the holiday!
