purple sock update

sock #1 is finished!
feel free to skip all my rambling - i'm discussing how i would change my methods next time...

i am mostly happy with it - it fits quite well and the worsted/fingering weight combo haven't spontaneously combusted (yet!). one weird issue is that the lace pattern takes up more space lengthwise than plain stockinette stitch, so the top part of the foot is longer than the bottom. this isn't a huge problem, but i could probably fix it with some occasional short rows on the bottom. i'm not sure if it's worth it.
also, the cast-on is messy and on the heel the transition from thinner to thicker is smoother than going from thicker to thinner (you can't see it very much in the picture but i'll take another one when i finish the second sock). i'm thinking that on the second sock i'll use an "afterthought" type heel, which is worked from pulling out scrap yarn and making a heel-shaped thing. if i do that then i'll only have to transition from thinner to thicker and i won't have holes and chunky spots from my shorts rows (which i need to learn how to do better at some point).

here's a closeup of the toe:

i'm also making process on the mohair shawl, but it's difficult to see anything until it's finished...

its been awhile...

ok, i just gave on on putting the pictures in the order that i want. how am i supposed to move stuff around when the pictures are as big as the window???

here is a WIP made from pink yarn i found at a thrift shop and dyed and some leftover lambs pride. the heel and toe will be worsted weight while the rest is sock weight - the idea is the my toes will stay warm and the heel will wear well - its an experiment. i'm not crazy about this short-row heel in worsted weight. i might try a different kind in the other sock.

my finished embossed leaves socks. the yarn is knitpicks which i dyed. i like them a lot, but next time i would make the cuff much shorter and perhaps a bit tighter.






this is a shawl i'm making from the mohair chloe gave me from paris. i dyed it in the ball because i thought skeining and dying might make it stick together too much and/or be really really annoying to ball afterwards. the third ball is somewhere at the bottom of my sack of yarn.ps: that's the view from my dorm window. the snow is gross and wet and melty

first, chloe and karen modeling the scarves i gave them:
right now i'm in florida, but before i left i dyed the lovely mohair yarn chloe gave me. its purple and blue and the three skeins don't match exactly because i dyed it by putting a skein halfway in a cup of dye and putting it in the microwave. i started to make a lace shawl out of it but i was only increasing 2 sts every other row so it was making a weird diamond shape and the pattern was too complicated for the colors. so i ripped it out and i'm going to make one like chloe's blue and white alpaca cloud shawl.
i also finished one embossed leaves sock but i left my camera cord at school so i have to wait until i get back to bklyn to upload using more clever/annoying methods. chloe i promise i'm not trying to copy all your projects, you just have such great knitting.