As this pattern has been out for a few years, it seemed time to make it freely available. Unfortunately the original yarn has been discontinued, but other bulky yarns should provide a similar effect. Many thanks to those who supported the pattern previously. Enjoy :)
After a long hiatus I've been working on a new design. It's been rewarding to return to the creative community after too long spent on lonely distance-study this year.
The Testing Pool is a Ravelry group devoted to connecting designers with testers, proofreaders, and translators. Ten minutes after posting up a request for testers for my new design, I had four volunteers. I'm always amazed at the generous spirit of knitters and crocheters!
This handspun started from two complementary braids from jumbukjulie.
The braids were separated into piles of corresponding colours, then spun into blue
singles and brown singles. Most of the singles were plied together as straight colours, but a middle section combined the two to create a gradient.
This project gave me some hope that bright coloured hand dyed fibre can be toned down a little for easier use in projects.
Last night we baked some Christmas gingerbread for the family. The little packages turned out quite cute so I thought I would post a photo up to remember them.
I was going to just do zig-zag designs, but they turned nicely into Christmas trees ^_^
A special creation for a very special friend - this baby jacket was perfect for my imagined gift.
To compensate for less thick yarn I knitted size 38, and started with 4 rows of garter stitch to prevent a rolling hem.
It was a little tricky to keep track of rows while knitting the two fronts.
There was also quite a lot of grafting and seaming, but I actually enjoyed the process now that I am more comfortable with invisible seams and grafting.
If I made this pattern again (and I think I will), I would make a couple of changes:
I chose to graft the sleeves as other projects had suggested - this worked fairly well but resulted in a ‘stepped’ look because of the gradual cast-off. I would probably avoid any sleeve shaping in future.
I would also cast off a little more loosely next time.
While I don't buy many non-digital patterns, I bought Cookie A's book after seeing some of westozcaat's (Ravelry login required) socks and wanting to try something a bit more complex. The book has 15 patterns, and I jumped to one of the last patterns because they looked most exciting.
These are definitely the best fitting socks I've made yet, and the most entertaining, but you wouldn't want to take these on if trying to use a cable needle, however, as they would take forever. I made them a little smaller by reducing the vertical lines on each side as recommended in the pattern.
The yarn is The Uncommon Thread Tough Sock in the Nimbostratus colourway, and I picked it up at Loop in London when I was there last year. With luck, I'll have enough left over for some fingerless gloves.
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