I finished the Zig Zag Diamonds Socks while watching the Illini lose to Northwestern on Saturday. Well, at least one of us was successful.
Details:
Pattern: Zig Zag Diamonds, by Jeannie Cartmel
Yarn: Wollmeise Sockenwolle 100% Superwash, in “Guide to Galaxy”
Needles: Addi Turbos, size US 1, 2 circs
Started: October 15, 2009
Completed: November 14, 2009
Comments: This would have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wollmeise’
Victory is Mine!
Posted in Finished, Socks, tagged FO, Knitting, Loopy Ewe, Sock Clubs, Sockdown, Socks, Wollmeise on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sad Sock
Posted in Finished, In Progress, Lace, Socks, tagged Loopy Ewe, Mishaps, Sock Clubs, Wollmeise on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One day, I will learn to look carefully at a sock before weaving in the ends. Yesterday, it seems, was not that day.
I had just finished watching Glee while doing the toe decreases and grafting the final seam. I neatly wove in the ends, turned the sock right side out, and put on my snazzy [...]
A Package From Pfaffenhofen
Posted in Stash Enhancement, tagged Sock Yarn, Stash Enhancement, Wollmeise, Yarn on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A while back, the Loopy Ewe started selling this lovely sock yarn from Germany. It had intense colors and fantastic yardage, and everybody wanted it. “Sneak-ups” disappeared in minutes, people stayed up all night refreshing their browser screens in hopes of catching a few skeins, and there was much drama. Updates to the dyer’s personal [...]
Ready, Set, Wait
Posted in Afghans and Blankets, Baby, In Progress, tagged Beaded Knitting, Blankets, Chicago Illusion, Entomology, Illusion Knitting, Knitting, Knitty, Mishaps, Miss Honeychurch, Shawls, WIP, Wollmeise on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m all set to get started on Miss Honeychurch (which I keep calling Miss Honeydew - perhaps I need more fruit in my diet), except for one thing.
My yarn is somewhere between Ohio and California. My copy of A Room with a View is also somewhere between a shipping center and my house, but I expect [...]
One Sock and a New Skein
Posted in In Progress, Socks, Stash Enhancement, tagged BMFA, Knitting, Knitty, Socks, Vog On, WIP, Wollmeise, Yarn on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I finished up the first ‘Vog On sock the other night during Palin’s speech. Yes, in this house, we watch both party conventions, although our politics are firmly left of center.
That picot bind-off gave me something else to focus on, at least. I’m not in love with the way it folds down at the top, [...]
