More sock pictures. Because this is Sock Summit week, and this is better than posting “OMG, I CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY!!!” I finished Sock #1 of the Smoking Hot Socks last night. I even seamed up the cuff and wove in my ends! [Please ignore the cat toys in the background. These are not the cat […]
Daily Knitting Content
Thanks to The Tudors, I got some knitting done on my Smoking Hot Socks last night. I knitted the foot and heel on sock #1: This heel is called a “Jojo heel,” and is apparently very popular in Germany. It’s a type of short row heel, but without the wrap-and-turn. I am not a fan, […]
Knitted Heat Wave!
I realized yesterday that I own more pairs of socks than any other type of garment, including underwear. One half of my delicates drawer is dedicated to socks– half that space is handknit socks, the other half are commercially-made socks. This is, of course, just 2 weeks after I’ve gone through my clothes and tossed/donated […]
Completed Knitting
These are for my stepmother: And then I went on to design these: They are the “Get Well Soon” fingerless gloves. Name to change when I actually finish writing up the pattern and releasing it. The pattern will be free to Handknit Heroes subscribers, as a “we’re sorry we’re running late” bonus. What’s happened with […]
The zombies have bitten me again
Remember the NaNoWriMo novel I was working on…. um…. last year, I think it was? With the couple who elope to Las Vegas just as zombies rise up, and it’s a mash of “Honeymoon in Vegas” and “Night of the Living Dead?” Like all of my novels, I knew I could write it when the […]