Sock central
Posted by Krys in Retro Rib Socks, Sharks socks on 22 May 2008

Sorry for the delayed updates… I’ve been busier than expected, and May gray has made photography difficult. But! I’ve got not one, but two pictures to make up for it.

First, the new project. When Stanley Cup playoffs started last month, I figured it was a good time to start knitting these:

I’d only been working on this during Sharks games that I watched or listened to, and this is how far I got before they lost to the Stars on May 4. The socks are on hold for now, because I’m not entirely sure what to do with them. I might keep working on this throughout the next few weeks, so that I can wear the pair during games next season. Or I might just let them hibernate until next season. We’ll see.

The socks themselves are in stockinette stitch, and they’re toe-up with a reverse Dutch heel - which is starting to be kind of a default for me, I think. I probably could’ve made the leg a little longer, but oh well.

So this means that I have three pairs of socks in progress. Which bothers me less than I thought it would.

I actually made pretty decent progress on the second Retro Ribs sock:

The only reason I haven’t gone further is that I managed to lose my spare needle in transit somewhere, and all of my other US0 DPN sets are in use right now. (Yes, I could just knit these using four needles instead of five, but I’d much rather not - just personal preference.) So I’ll have to either order a new set, or just wait until I finish another sock. Decisions, decisions.

Speaking of another sock, believe it or not, I’ve done some work on my third pair. Though the work isn’t of the actual knitting kind. As I’ve mentioned before, I managed to lose all of my charts for the Fairways socks. Until I redid those, I couldn’t finish knitting. So, I now have new charts! (I also have digital versions now.)

Updates will probably remain few and far between for at least the next couple of weeks, but hopefully I’ll have more projects to show by then.

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May 2008 goals
Posted by Krys in General on 03 May 2008

Ugh, I’ve been a horrible knitblogger. I don’t have much to blog about lately, though! I have a few inches on Tubey done, but it still looks pretty much the same in photos. I have some edging done for Mountain Peaks, but it’s difficult to photograph at the moment. I did start something both new and interesting, but I can’t blog about it yet!

I did make some progress on socks and will be taking photos later this weekend. So, hopefully you’ll see those tomorrow or Monday.

In the meantime, here’s last month’s goal roundup:

1. Work on Mountain Peaks Shawl - Not done. Lace makes for very bad hockey knitting.
2. Work on Retro Ribs - Done!
3. Work on Tubey v2 - Done!
4. Redo all Fairways charts - Not done, though I did do a couple of them in April. I plan on finishing them today.

This is what happens when real life gets in the way of my knitting.

Anyway, since life is going to keep demanding my attention, you probably won’t see anything extremely interesting here for at least a month. My goals will be equally boring:

1. Work on Retro Ribs
2. Work on Tubey v2
3. Finish the not-entirely-secret WIP

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April 2008 goals
Posted by Krys in General on 04 April 2008

Apparently I fail at blogging. I also fail at meeting my March goals:

1. Finish Mountain Peaks Shawl - Not done
2. Finish Retro Ribs - Not done
3. Work on Tubey v2 - Done
4. Redo all Fairways charts - Not done
5. Finish the first Fairways sock - Not done

I’ve taken on some extra commitments lately, though, hence the relative lack of knitting. So April’s goals will be a little easier to account for this:

1. Work on Mountain Peaks Shawl
2. Work on Retro Ribs
3. Work on Tubey v2
4. Redo all Fairways charts

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Blue tubes
Posted by Krys in Tubey v2 on 07 March 2008

I’ve mentioned this project a couple of times over the past couple of months. But it’s taken me awhile to post about it because honestly, stockinette rectangles are boring.

But by now I’ve done some of the ribbing, and I finally have this to show for it:

This is Tubey, take two. My first one doesn’t fit me anymore, so I’m making another.

It’s been kind of slow going; this Tubey seems like it’s taking forever. Even though I’m knitting a smaller size this time, I’m using a finer yarn at an appropriate gauge. So, there’s a hell of a lot of stitches in this. I’m sure it’ll be worth it, though!

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March 2008 goals
Posted by Krys in General on 03 March 2008

I met all of last week’s goals, but to be fair, they were ridiculously easy:

1. Work on the edging for Mountain Peaks Shawl - Done!
2. Work on Tubey v2 - Done!
3. Work on socks (Fairways, Retro Ribs, or both) - Done!

This month’s goals are a bit more ambitious:

1. Finish Mountain Peaks Shawl
2. Finish Retro Ribs
3. Work on Tubey v2
4. Redo all Fairways charts
5. Finish the first Fairways sock

Yes, you read that right - I need to redo the Fairways charts. Not just the toe, which I’d already reworked once, but all of them, because I somehow managed to lose them. (My originals were hand-drawn, and stupidly enough, I never got around to copying them.) The main leg chart will be easy, but the heel and sole will be a bit more complicated.

Oh well. On the plus side, at least I want to work on that project now!

In other project news, I don’t think I’ve really posted anything about Tubey v2 yet. I really should get on that! Hopefully I can take photos later this week…

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