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The yarn I won Shillelagh 10-24-2006
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Posted by Shillelagh on October 27, 2006, 5:24 pm

> Wow, that is a beautiful colorway Shelagh! I have about 6
> different shades of Trekking XXL but I haven't seen that color in the
> yarn shops here. It's a very nice yarn to do socks with. Have you
> decided on a pattern?
> Marie and the cats
> > Shelagh

As mentioned in a previous post [which I think you didn't see :>)], rather
than
make a plain pair of socks (which would be fine)..... I'm leaning towards
trying the Pomatomus socks from Knitty, and something tells me they aren't
easy. One of the women in one of my knitting groups has a pair started in a
variegated yarn and they look awesome. Go here to have a look, but be sure
to scroll down to the pic near the bottom. The top pic is a little
"twisted" (snicker):
http://tinyurl.com/m5hr6



Posted by bienchat@hotmail.com on October 27, 2006, 7:42 pm
Yes, I've seen and heard about those infamous socks before, I admire
your ability to make those. They'll be beautiful. Let us know how it
goes.
Marie and the cats


Shillelagh wrote:
> > Wow, that is a beautiful colorway Shelagh! I have about 6
> > different shades of Trekking XXL but I haven't seen that color in the
> > yarn shops here. It's a very nice yarn to do socks with. Have you
> > decided on a pattern?
> > Marie and the cats
> > > Shelagh
>
> As mentioned in a previous post [which I think you didn't see :>)], rather
> than
> make a plain pair of socks (which would be fine)..... I'm leaning towards
> trying the Pomatomus socks from Knitty, and something tells me they aren't
> easy. One of the women in one of my knitting groups has a pair started in a
> variegated yarn and they look awesome. Go here to have a look, but be sure
> to scroll down to the pic near the bottom. The top pic is a little
> "twisted" (snicker):
> http://tinyurl.com/m5hr6


Posted by Shillelagh on October 28, 2006, 1:31 pm

> Yes, I've seen and heard about those infamous socks before, I admire
> your ability to make those. They'll be beautiful. Let us know how it
> goes.
> Marie and the cats

Well, let's not be too sure about my ability to make them yet. I'll give it
a try and see how it goes. (grin).

Shelagh



Posted by Richard Eney on October 27, 2006, 11:54 pm
>> Wow, that is a beautiful colorway Shelagh! I have about 6
>> different shades of Trekking XXL but I haven't seen that color in the
>> yarn shops here. It's a very nice yarn to do socks with. Have you
>> decided on a pattern?
>> Marie and the cats
>> > Shelagh
>
>As mentioned in a previous post [which I think you didn't see :>)], rather
>than make a plain pair of socks (which would be fine)..... I'm leaning towards
>trying the Pomatomus socks from Knitty, and something tells me they aren't
>easy. One of the women in one of my knitting groups has a pair started in a
>variegated yarn and they look awesome. Go here to have a look, but be sure
>to scroll down to the pic near the bottom. The top pic is a little
>"twisted" (snicker):
> http://tinyurl.com/m5hr6

The word is that the pattern makes them not as stretchy as normal socks,
so you don't want to make them with the usual 10% negative ease.
Either do an extra pattern repeat (more stitches) or use bigger
needles (to get a looser gauge).

I haven't made them myself.

=Tamar

Posted by Shillelagh on October 28, 2006, 1:30 pm

>
> The word is that the pattern makes them not as stretchy as normal socks,
> so you don't want to make them with the usual 10% negative ease.
> Either do an extra pattern repeat (more stitches) or use bigger
> needles (to get a looser gauge).
>
> I haven't made them myself.
>
> =Tamar

For me, this would be a good thing. I have small feet (size 6), and usually
have to make the pattern smaller. That's why I usually use the same plain
pattern and a variegated yarn, casting on only 68 stitches or less, using
2.25 mm needles. If I don't use less stitches, the socks can tend to bag on
me. I also find that throwing them in the dryer helps too.

Thanks for the info, I'll keep an eye out for how they will fit, and report
back. I thought it would be fun to try something different. ;>)

Shelagh



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