Comments | knittingordeath: Quick WIP & FO

knittingordeath

Quick WIP & FO

Jul 23, 2008 17:48

I've had my eye on this pattern for a while. Probably because I'm a slave for cabled things. It's easy...just a K2P2 rib around the cuff and down the instep, with a 2x2 cable down both the inside and the outside of the leg. I've done a whopping 1 cable repetition, so the picture doesn't really do the pattern justice.

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mizdandylynn July 24 2008, 01:27:08 UTC

ooooo... I love the ipod sock.... it would fit my blackberry as well... and probably do better.... hanging on a lanyard than in my pocket. Where is the pattern??? You know I am NOWHERE as good as you.... but I think I could do this.

knittingordeath July 24 2008, 02:17:25 UTC

It's from the book, Knitting With Balls, which is geared towards projects knit for or by men. It's knit in the round, but you could knit it flat, easily.

mizdandylynn July 24 2008, 02:18:32 UTC

I re-read your post and figured out the name of the book... and already ordered it... :) I really want to make one for hubs as well... he has a lot of electronic gizmos that need a kind of cover that can be washed.

Thanks!!!

knittingordeath July 24 2008, 03:12:36 UTC

Are you on Ravelry? I'm typing my notes on the alterations I did for the project there. Also, if you're not on Ravelry, you should be. It's way fun.

Isn't this just my way, though? "Talk politics? Nah, let's just knit."

so. jealous. of. your. mad skills. mousecatfish July 24 2008, 06:45:37 UTC

It's easy...just a K2P2 rib around the cuff and down the instep, with a 2x2 cable down both the inside and the outside of the leg.

welll pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt to you too. i'm still working on my first sock ever. EVER. and let me tell you, a sock with cables? sounds terrifying. yes, yes, i know, cables aren't really that hard. yeah, but this is me we're talking about. and i've spent most of this year knitting lace.

meh.

don't mind me, i'm just jealous of your mad skills. and will be running over to take in your notes on the ipod socky. i need to rebuild the one i made for Grover because it's starting to get a little worn (didn't take long).

Re: so. jealous. of. your. mad skills. knittingordeath July 25 2008, 19:16:46 UTC

*CHOMP!* Heehee!

Aw...yeah, you might want to try cabling on something larger than US 2 for your first time. So you can, you know, actually see what you're doing.

But I seem to recall that someone somewhere* mentioned that socks weren't as hard as she thought they were. Cabling will come to you when it's time, she said sagely. Be the cable. Or something. ;)

*You. ...At least I'm pretty sure it was you. Heh.

Re: so. jealous. of. your. mad skills. mousecatfish July 27 2008, 14:38:17 UTC

see what i'm doing? what a thought. :) these needles i'm using for for these socks are, as far as i'm concerned, TINY.

well, yeah, they are easier than i thought. i'm hoping it stays that way. i'd hate for that to have been a temporary thing. right now, i'm working on the front part of the foot, heading toward the toe.

be the sock. beeeeee the sock.

Re: so. jealous. of. your. mad skills. knittingordeath July 27 2008, 20:44:29 UTC

What size are you using? I was about to ask, "US 2 or smaller?" when I began to wonder how sizes are measured where you are. Do they have US sizes and mm marked on the needle packages? I am full of questionmarks.

If you've successfully turned the heel, then you're in the home stretch. Kitchner at the toe is a bitch (which is one of the reasons why I prefer knitting socks toe-up), but as long as you have good instructions and don't get interrupted in the middle of doing it, you'll be just fine. :)

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