Saturday, April 07, 2007

Model Railways


Hope everyone enjoyed the previous April Fool's Day post. Rest assured I didn't knit any more of these, although with a light freeze expected tonight, maybe I should have. It's too wet and miserable to be out harvesting the loquat "crop" today, so they might be a loss. On the upside, I still have lots of jam left over from last year.

I finished the Gentleman's Sock(s) in Railway Stitch this morning. I had to redo the toe on the second sock. I was fiddling with the stitches after completing the Kitchener grafting, when the yarn got snagged. I couldn't do anything with it -- there was this random 2" loop of yarn right on the toe of the sock! Desperate times call for desperate measures, and I took a pair of scissors to one corner of the toe, unraveled a few rounds, spliced the yarn, and tried it again. Much better the second time around.


It's such a gray and miserable day today that I couldn't get a good picture of these. They fit well, and they're definitely outside the box labeled "Dark Colors that Steven Likes and Wears All the Time." There are a lot of socks in that box.

If I can get motivated about it, I may tack down the collar on the ZimmerZipper Cardigan and get that blocked this weekend. I hadn't bothered finishing it, thinking that I wouldn't have a chance to wear it for at least another 7 months. It sure would have come in handy today.

3 comments:

  1. I love these pumpkin-y socks!

    I started my Kool-Aid yarn this week...

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  2. Those socks are fabulous! Where was the pattern from?

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  3. The pattern is the Gentleman's Fancy Sock, on p. 37 of Nancy Bush's Knitting Vintage Socks.

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