[Translate] Hi again! How are your socks coming along? I hope you’re making both at the same time – although not on the same needles. This is an excellent opportunity to make two similar socks using different methods as well. So today’s step is a very easy one. You should have two caps that just barely cover the toes by now. Here’s a picture of mine … although, these socks aren’t for me. The reason [more]
[Translate] Okay, thanks for joining me on this KAL. If you’ve never made a pair of socks before, don’t worry, it’s a snap. I do recommend that you look at the links in the last post though and just have a quick read through. We’ll have a bit of a refresher with some parts of it during this KAL. You’ll quickly realize that they’re not as difficult as they first appear. Once you understand the [more]
[Translate] So welcome to my little sock knit-a-long, Version 2.0. If you weren’t around for the first one, here are the links to the posts involved. This one was done without a pattern and from the cuff down. Don’t be afraif though, you’re taken through all the steps necessary to make yourself a pair of socks that are guaranteed to fit you like a glove, he he, even if you’ve never made a pair before [more]
[Translate] Grab a needle … and off you go! Well in this case, it’s grab 4 needles – or 5 if you’re a purist. Yes, today we tackle knitting with double pointed needles. If you remember the last post, we talked about knitting in the round using one circular needle. Now knitting with just one circular needle is great, as long as you have enough stitches to go around the length of needle you’re using. [more]
[Translate] Yesterday we looked at Double Knitting as a way of introducing color into your work. We found out that it also creates a double thick fabric as you are knitting two pieces of fabric at the same time. You have the option to ‘interlock” the two pieces of fabric and create two pieces of fabric that are the reverse images of each other. There are a few different was of doing this and we [more]
