Froggy Day
I started this sock last night and this is what I ended up with... Could it be a wristband??? Tempting, but no. After a brief frogging episode, I ended up with a lovely pile of yarn and the same Trekking Yarn I started with. I was obsessed with this yarn, when I saw a few other people using it, but am not as happy with how it knits up in terms of the colorway. Don't get me wrong, I love the colors, I just don't like the twist as much as I though I was going to.
The reason why I frogged this was that the cast on edge was way to loose. I used size 1US for this, but am going to try casting on with a 1 and moving to a 2 to keep it a bit more even overall. I highly recommend The Knitter for Trekking and other nice yarns. They have free shipping and have super nice customer service. I emailed back and forth with Judy about yarn, stock and, of course, Boulder since that is where they are based and that is where I am from!
I have an exciting day tomorrow... I am venturing out to the the Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair! Check out this for more information!
posted by Dani @ 5:08 PM
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I really like the colors in that sock yarn...
Wait a minute, you;re jealous of my days off, but you're going to Mass S & W? Uh, no way chicky, methinks we're even, or you're ahead!!! OK, maybe back to even since I am going to FF tomorrow ;-) Cant wait to compare notes on our days!!
LOVE the colors in the sock yarn, what aren't you happy with?
My WEBS order arrived today so I have been fighting with the vintage bubble bag. Im not sure why, nothing has really gone wrong, and the color combo's I picked dont seem as bad as Id feared, but something is just "off" - we'll see how it goes!
Back to folding laundry and knitting away - HAVE FUN TOMORROW!!!
Hope to see you tomorrow!
The sock yarn looks like a lovely colorway - which one is it? Enjoy the fiber fair! I hope to go to one of these someday.
Ooh, I rather like the colorway. Have fun at Cummington!!
--secret pal
Just FYI-- This is Trekking color 100. Its super nice to work with and is going to make great/fun socks! I'll definitely take lots of pictures tomorrow and will hopefully bump into some fellow bloggers :)!
i love that colourway and stashed some when I was in NY. I haven't knitted with it yet, but it just looks so pretty on the skein. I don't like those colours individually but they really do sing together. I hope that it does work out.
I used this same colorway for my socks and they turned out pretty cool, a little funky and not really matching but in a cool way ;-)
I bought two skeins of the 100, in the same dyelot, and you wouldn't believe the difference in colors. I should post them side by side at some point. Have you tried a cable cast on? It's tighter ... I actually use a needle one size larger to cast on and work the first inch before going down a size so that the sock can be slipped over the heel easily enough but still tight enough to stay up around the leg. Keep at it!
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