Cabled Headband
Something to keep your ears a little warmer on a cold day.
Finished width: 3 inches
Materials:
- Approx 40gms DK yarn (2 strands used throughout)
- 5mm straight needles
Shorty Socks
To create a very short sock – possibly to wear with training shoes, create your pattern using the Online Sock Pattern Generators.
However, just work a cuff of around 1 inch and then go straight to working the heel flap. Instant footie-type socks. Great for using up small bits of sock yarn – especially if you work the cuff, heel and toe in a contrasting colour.
Great for kids too! K loves these short socks and won’t wear any others if he can avoid it.
Online Sock Pattern Generator
The Online Sock Pattern Generators have had all of the kinks ironed out of them and a couple of extra bits added.
So far, I’ve completed about 10 pairs of adult’s socks (short and long) and about 8 pairs of short children’s socks using the generated patterns and they’ve all worked out just fine. I’ll try and post a few photo when I get a chance.
The generated patterns are for socks knitted on 4 or 5 double-pointed needles with reinforced Dutch heels.
All I Can Do Is Knit
It’s not been a good day joint-wise, Started off with a bad left ankle and a rotten right knee. By afternoon, both ankles and both knees were extremely painful and I was reduced to limping around with a walking stick. But only when I absolutely had to move. You know it’s going to be a bad day when you start watching the clock and working out when you can take the next lot of painkillers.
And Up Next…
And here’s the yarn for the next pair of socks.
This one looks so wonderful that I can’t finish the current pair off fast enough!
Plus I’ve got some beautifully soft pale purple 100% pure wool that I’m going to use to knot a really thick pair of winter socks.
And I’ve got my eye on some burgundy 4 ply wool on eBay.
There’s just aren’t enough knitting hours in the day.
Pattern Testing
I’ve now completed one pair of double knit kids’ socks and I’m halfway through knitting a 4 ply version for myself using a self-patterning sock yarn. The pattern needed a couple of minor tweaks but…
So far so good! 🙂
Online Sock Pattern Generator – beta
The self-patterning sock yarn still hasn’t arrived, so I’ve occupied myself by creating an online sock pattern generator. However, I’ve not followed a generated pattern myself yet (I’m just about to try it out), so it could contain mistakes. Consider it a “beta” version. 🙂
The generated pattern is for socks knitted on 5 needles with a reinforced Dutch heel.
I’ve discovered socks!
After promising myself that I’d learn to knit on double-pointed needles for years, I finally plucked up the courage to have a go. A trawl through ebay landed me a fairly comprehensive collection of needles in various sizes and lengths at less than £1 per set – which was pretty good going – so all I needed now was a decent project.
One down, one to go…
The sweater is finished and it’s not half bad at all considering I simply used yarn that was already in my stash. Since I didn’t have enough chunky yarn, I used a pink DK yarn and a wine red DK yarn simultaneously, so I suppose it’s more “double-double” than true chunk.
Still, it looks good plus it’s lovely and warm and cuddly. Not bad for about 2 weeks of knitting as and when.
Knit 1, Purl 1…
I was bought a copy of Stitch ‘n’ Bitch for Christmas and I’ve been knee-deep in knitting projects ever since. I’ve been knitting for years but there’s nothing like a good reference book (complete with a stack of new patterns) to really get you going again.
So far I’ve started a new poncho and a new chunky sweater to replace an old one that really needs to be relegated to the nearest bin.
So much so that I’ve had to start a new Knitting category as I think that’s going to be my main posting topic for the next few months.
