FO: Fishscales Socks

November 18, 2007August 6, 2023 ~ laura ~ 5 Comments

By now everyone has already knit this pattern or at least knows where to find it so..

I give you, Knitty’s Pomatomus, by Cookie A, knit in dyed-by-me, spun-by-me, merino-tencel. I am well pleased about how they came out, though I was worried about yardage towards the end. This is a full 4ozs of fiber, and as you can see from the photo below, it was a bit close. Oh, and I got some sock blockers a while back that I forgot to post about. I won’t be keeping them; I am a sock savior. As soon as they are dry, these babies will be winging their way to someone who was in sockapalooza4 whose pal did not knit them socks. I hope that she enjoys them and likes them as much as I do. I hope that the handspun makes them special enough, since I didn’t have time to design a pair of socks just for her.

I do plan to do this pattern with more handspun for me sometime later, but first I have a few Christmas hats to knit.

Skyscraper Socks.

July 31, 2007August 6, 2023 ~ laura ~ 16 Comments

My sock pal’s socks are complete. I have named them Skyscraper Socks, and am very pleased over all with how they came out. There are a few things I will be tweaking for the next pair and the pattern I am writing, but the over all look has made me really happy.

And this is what will be in the package for my sockpal when I mail them off on Thursday.

Most likely I will add a bar of soap from the last batch I made, and I will be adding the remaining yarn I used for these socks as well. That way, should they need a repair, she’ll have the yarn to do it.

Most of all I hope that my sock pal will love the socks as much as I do and that she is happy with her package.

What’s Lantern Moon got….

July 25, 2007August 6, 2023 ~ laura ~ 5 Comments

That I don’t got?

Well, better seams for one. But I have a liner!
This is my knockoff of their small project bag. Admittedly I didn’t use the silk they do, nor is my bag as refined, but it’s pretty, serves the same purpose, and I am proud of it.

It holds the same amount of stuff, and I think the liner works well with the outer fabric.

And what it’s currently holding? The prototype of my toe up on two circs Skyscraper Socks pattern.
Here’s the top and bottom of what I have so far.

I still need to finish my sockpal’s sock mind you. (It’s in the red LM bag.) And then I need to get a nice picture of my sewn LM copy bag, with the socks in it, and the trial sock cuff that became a beer cozy, because after that I won’t be seeing any of them anymore without a trip overseas. The pair of original colorwork socks, the matching drink cozy, and the small project bag are all going to my sock pal!

Hopefully this excitement about the project bag will give me the spur I need to finish the last 4th of her sock, as we are closing in on the deadline in just two weeks, and I’d like to be ready to mail out first thing the morning of Aug. 2nd.