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The initial pattern for the King of the Mountains socks is now available. You can download it for free until July 26th, after which time it will be $5.00.
Stats: sized from XS-XL (8-9 inches around the foot, unstretched), 1-2 balls Cascade Fixation and a very small amount of contrasting color (I used some Koigu), 7.5 stitches/12 rows per inch on US 1/2.25 mm needles.
I hope you'll cast on a pair, and let me know if you have any questions.
I had a horrible accident last week when I was browsing the Amazon website and I fell down and managed to type in my credit card number by mistake. So far I've received two of four items that were subsequently ordered.
This
I bought because I hear raves about her classes online, and the chance that I'll ever be able to take one is practically nonexistent. So I figured this book was the next best thing.
And this one
I had been thinking about for a while. And then I looked at the patterns and realized that both of my children's names are immortalized therein. Even if one of them is spelled wrong. So I had to buy it, right? I'm not sure I would have bought it if I had known beforehand that all the patterns were top down, but after extensive perusal, I suspect that I will have to set myself the goal of knitting every single pair in the book. I've already got recipients picked out for two of them, and maybe I'll even make some for myself!
Offspring the first has been raking in the handknits around here recently. First a sweater, now a blanket, and coming up, a skirt? Sheesh! Boo is going to feel left out*.
A handspun, handknit shawl blanket from her Mama for Devil. A totally made up pattern, US 6 needles (4.0 mm), 4.5 sts/inch, one ball of the two we had after our dyeing/spinning experiment, and one happy little girl. What fun.
I cast on ten stitches, worked three rows in garter stitch, and then started the increases. First increases were k3, yo, k4, yo, k3, then on the wrong side, k3, p1, k4, p1, k3. After that I increased 4 stitches every right side row by yo after the first 3 stitches, before the middle 4 stitches, after the middle 4 stitches and before the last 3 stitches. Those stiches were worked in garter stitch throughout, and the new stitches were worked in stockinette.
The final dimensions were approximately 37 inches wide and 15 inches deep. Just the right size to wrap around her shoulders, although mostly she's been doing this:
Be still my heart.
* Thankfully Boo is, per usual, busy with her own thing and completely unaware that she is missing out. I'll make it up to you baby.
