05/21/2006
Promises, Promises
I promised more knitting content, and more greens for Project Spectrum. Can you see the green stripes in this lonely sock? Look closely...
This is obviously one-half of a finished object. It's Nancy Bush's "Friday Harbor Socks" (Knitting on the Road), knit with Fortissima Sockotta (75% cotton; 25% nylon), a yarn I really enjoyed using. However, because I picked up the yarn while in San Antonio for an academic conference (while my partner waited patiently in the car for at least one hour while I browsed a great yarn store there), I've renamed these socks my "Riverwalk Socks." Can you see the Riverwalk people??
A close-up of the toe with the lace pattern. I knit this sock on US 2 dpns.
The back of the sock where they go from a nifty lace-pattern front to a funky, check-out-my-stripes back.
The socks on the left are the first pair of socks I ever knit; I made them for my partner's 31st birthday, and used Nancy Bush's "Hiiumaa Mismatched Mates" pattern. I then made myself a pair of anklets with the leftover yarn (I had purchased 2 balls of yarn) and used Nancy Bush's "Spey Valley' pattern as a guide.
Et les voila! The additional "greens of summer" I had promised. These photos will be moved soon to the Off the Needles Gallery where I'll be sure to add all of the knitty-gritty details so that others can take note of what to make--or what not to make!. So stay tuned for that, and for some photo shoots of Orangina and for some great sewing fabric I recently found at a thrift store. Orangina is going so swell--I love working on this top!
And in the meantime, go rent The Station Agent. A cast of characters that you'll miss dearly the moment the curtain closes.
And lastly, Go Pistons!!
A mini-tribute to the Pistons' win tonight: Ah Big Ben--you're one of the reasons our late Wallace kitty was who he was...
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