duchessofgravity

lots of sugar in my cappuccino please. or maybe iced. it has been a hot day... i guess as long as it is caffeinated it shouldn't really matter right? i think i deserve it! cause these babies are done! the venezia socks. or cappuccino as i call them. i used the pattern charts and just knit these up. for my second attempt at stranded color work i think they turned out great! if i had it to do over again i would probably have used a different pattern for the sole. the stripe is a little too bold for the swishiness of the instep and leg pattern. but hey. you learn. the specifics: pattern: chart from the venezia sweater by Eunny Jang yarn: sock it to me 4 ply in coffee bean and latte needles: knitpicks harmony circs size 1. socks knit as 2 magic loops simultaneously (these needles are actually growing on me) details: magic cast on 16 stitches in coffee bean, increase at edges on every row to 26 then every other row to 36 stitches. move one stitch from sole of sock(35) to inste...

so the plan is to knit 2 socks before the end of september. first you have to make sense of the chart. i know there are mistakes in that but don't worry i fixed 'em. then you knit the world's smallest swatch. i realized i was carrying the pattern color in the wrong hand because it just didn't pop. so i switched for the socks. then you wind up 4 balls of yarn and cast on. at like midnight. cause it is finally july and you can. i learned the last time that 4 balls of yarn. 2 socks. and 2 circs. is a recipe for disaster. so i am working these socks one at a time. magic loop style. so that is still 2 socks on 2 circs. just separate. so i knit the toes together. why not. then i separated my socks and started the first sock. and then the second sock. leapfrog fashion. when one sock gets to half a pattern repeat then i set it down and knit a whole pattern repeat on the second sock. then i knit a whole pattern repeat on the first. so far i am 3/4 and 1/2 of a repeat in....

a lotta bit fun a while back i joined the sock.knitters.anonymous. group over on ravelry. cause i gotta admit. i have a problem. they have these neat sockdown challenges that encourage you to stretch your knitting wings a bit. so far i haven't joined in, but the july challenge is to knit socks using fairisle, colorwork, or intarsia! now you may remember that once upon a time i did a little bit of this . and it was tough. but it was great. having conquered my fear of lace i think it's time to face a little more of my fear. i've wanted to knit the venezia sweater from interweave knits - well since it came out. but i just can't bring myself to do it. it's huge. but socks. now that's doable. my plan. knit a pair of socks using the charts from venezia i want to stick to two colors so i don't lose my mind. more than i already have that is. so here goes nothing! whadda ya think? good color choices? the color names are coffee bean and latte. hey, what can i s...