Lookee! My GAMs are finally off the needles. They were knit with Opal Flamingo on size 0 needles.
The Aragorn socks are finally off the needles! I realize the caston looks loose, I think it really needs to be in order to fit the recipient. I”ll be holding my breath until I find out how they fit. They’ll be off to her very soon indeed.
Now that round three of Sock Madness is off to a good start, I can reveal another test knit sock. This is the GAMs test sock in Opal Rainforest Flamingo. I learned the twisted German cast on for this sock and it’s the first time I’ve done a “strong heel”. Once my swap socks are finished I’ll make a mate for this lonely fella.
These handspun beauties arrived in my mailbox last week. Even though I set up the swap matches I’d forgotten that Rose had me. I had been admiring these from day one and I think they will be the warmest socks I own- perfect for my “snow boots” which are plain rain boots with a fleece liner at the bottom, not at all warm. The cable down the front is really lovely and the seed stitch on the back of the sock sets it off nicely. They were spun from corriedale/mohair and I suspect they will last me for ages so I’ll have many winters with warm feet to remind me of dear friends. Thanks Rose for such a wonderful gift that I’ll treasure for a long time to come.
I’ve been working away on my swap socks and finished up the gusset yesterday. I immediately panicked when I saw the heel is a short row heel. I can do them but they never look as nice as flap and turn heels in my hands. This one has some tutorial links so I’ll give it another go.
In the process of helping the designer answer questions about this pattern I ended up finishing my Cool Beans socks. It’s a cute pattern but the socks are really too warm for this time of year so I’ll tuck them away til the fall.
Last fall was really busy with test knitting for Sock Madness. It’s such a relief to finally be able to post some of these pictures that I’ve been sitting on for so long. When I saw these cute little socks I thought they’d be a breeze but they are deceptive. Getting those stripes to behave nicely when you decrease for the heel and then pick up for the gusset was rather tricky. Kudos to the designer, Yarnyenta, for creating this inventive pattern and then slogging through the heel a second time to correct some pattern errors and add more detail for those of us less talented. She did a great job and once we had a baby steps approach to the heel hammered out I got through it and the rest of the pattern went fairly smoothly. I knit a second cuff last month but finishing these will have to wait until I get through my swap socks (I’m ready for cables today, yay!)
I did manage to knit the Mirror Sock far enough for my mother-in-law to try it on. I think the large size has not been test knit and I’ve found a few errors but it’s turned out very nicely. Thank goodness I had her try it on because it was a good bit too long and I had to rip back 10 rows. I hope it’s okay now because I didn’t get to the toe until after they’d left for the airport but I”m fairly confident it will be okay.
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