I had a lovely trip to Ann Arbor this weekend. I love car trips -- plenty of time to knit. I used this one to finish up the Koigu socks I was making for my Mom. Here's a pic of the finished footies:
Yes, this is another pair of fraternal socks. This time, however. it's not my fault. I asked mom to pick out the Koigu, and she got two skeins, the same dyelot, but different dye intensity.
Of course, I immediately cast on another pair of Koigu socks -- and I'll be working on that one on the way home. I'm working on a slighly modified version of the Crusoe sock from the last Knitty. When I say "slightly modified" I mean I changed the gauge and the number of stitches. I think I'd have to knit the socks on size 5's to get the 6 stitches/inch that is the gauge in the pattern. I also think, given my previous sock making experiences, that that would make the sock fabric way too loose for my tastes.
I started them out with a twisted German cast on (I love this cast on) and 64 stitches. Actually, this is my second start, I started the first one with 56 stitches (I knit about 8 st/inch on size 2 Addis) and could hardly get my feet through them once I got the stranding going. So I decided that the first attempt was my "swatch" and ripped it out.
I came to Ann Arbor this weekend to take a knitted doll making class at the Knit A Round with my Mom as her Mother's Day present. That could be a whole post in and of itself, so I will save it until I can get home and take more pictures.
I can't wait to see pictures from the doll making class -- was it fun?
Your mother's socks are lovely .Really :-]
Who's symmetrical around here ,anyway ?!
So ,how do you do that to your images ? I've got Adobe photoshop [5,I think].I've worked out the lasoo[sp?] thingy ,but not how to save that image .
Lovely socks! (I've got to try sock knitting. Really, I do.)