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b yet but the unemployment checks are helping posted in random thoughts 5 comments trekking xxl pro natura socks august 11 2009 finally finished my father s size 12 socks they are pulled at the heel to show how the toe fits i knit the first sock then knit the second sock and ran out of yarn at the toe i frogged back the first and second sock to the toe and tried to divide the yarn but when i finished the first sock again it was my size not size men s 12 so i went through my stash and found some green knit picks yarn that worked perfect i incorporated 2 rows of kp yarn green colored and then 2 or 3 rows of the trekking until i thought i had enough yarn then finished with the trekking i like how it turned out and i don t think you can tell that i ran out of yarn either way i don t think my dad will care the trekking pro natura yarn is superwash wool and bamboo and i think the bamboo gives it a really soft feel as well as a nice drape a for this yarn i roughly used the mr pitt s sock patter n mostly the co and the 3x1 rib i did two different types of short row heels next time will not co as many as it really produced a very stretchy sock the first sock has the short row heel that i learned from a socks that rock pattern it incorporates yo s and then when you turn the heel you do a lot of k3tog and p3tog however when i went to do the second sock i couldn t get it from showing these holes some how i was doing it different than the first sock this is weird and i redid it 2 or 3 times and got the same effect finally i tried a different method and love the heal it produces and it is so easy i am going to be lousy about explaining it but you basically knit and purl one stitch less on each row and then after you turn the heel and go back you pull up a stitch from the row below and then knit them together it produces no holes i will try to find the link of the tutorial here is is it is a video pink argyl s short row sock tutorial next up socks for me looks awesome and feels awesome too alpaca yum posted in random thoughts 4 comments if the sock fits july 23 2009 wear it right well here is a tale of 3 socks sock 1 not a new sock but one i knit probably a year ago i didn t really like the yarn to begin with and sometimes when that happens i tend to be more attracted to it weird i know so i decided to knit a ribbed sock however i forgot to knit a few extra rows of straight stockinette stich before doing the short row heel it made for a short heel and the ribbing would fall down into the heel not something you really want then i knit the sock and finished it off too soon i had my mom in mind but sometimes i mis calculate when to start the toe i asked my mother to try it on and it was a stretched fit she like it though but my mom is sock a sock loving fool no just kidding my mom needs wool socks like kids need candy it is cold there and she never has enough plus the ones i made her are starting to wear out i started the second sock not shown and somehow can t get to the heel i have put it down and pulled the needles out and well you can guess what state it in however because of recent events i had an epiphony i wonder if the sock fits yep it does it is the sock on the right and it fits sierra sock 2 is the grey cabled sock on the left the pattern for this sock is from handknit holidays i am using patons wool merino it is discontinued but i have some balls left over from my dad s sweater in fact these were meant to be for my father i originally casted on 56 stitches with size 6 needles however after doing the ribbing the thing seemed huge so after the hours i spent on ribbing i ripped it out and did a new cast on of 48 stitches well after getting to the heel i have realized the cables have pulled the thing in so much that after i knit the heel i could barely put it on my foot my dad has size 11 feet i finished the cable pattern and worked on the toe and wouldn t you know the sock fits madeleine yep it didn t even fit sierra honestly i finished the sock early once i realized it wasn t going to fit my dad i just wanted to get it off the needles madeleine has room to grow in them sock 3 is knit with trekking with this pattern mr pitt s socks i figured i would use the 80 stitch cast on as the pattern suggested because koigu seems a bit thicker than trekking the thing is that i have knit with trekking many times and have always done a casto on of 72 i should have gone with 72 i really think for this pattern with all the ribbing it is a 3 1 rib that it is too stretchy my dad has long feet but he isn t a fat man in fact he has pretty slim yet muscular legs let me note there is nothing wrong with the pattern just with my knitting tension 80 is too big just say n it is too late though as i knit 9 inches of the ribbing to the heel and have already worked the short row heel because i don t like heel flaps and am know working the foot part of the sock i figured even superwash yarn shrinks a little bit and perhaps after a few washes it won t be as big regardless dad will like them either way he is the man that wears the sweater i knit him every single day yes it is that cold there but also i think he does it because i made it for him he just really likes it hopefully i get the length right and these truly will be for him now my worry is will i be able to get 1 pair of size 11 feet out of one ball of this sock yarn the yarn is the pro natura and has some bamboo in it it isn t scratchy at all i like the color okay but wish there was less gold and more brown in my personal life the dark cloud keeps following us but we are managing i have applied for 2 positions at a company i use to work for and am trying to stay hopeful the girls just finished swim lessons for the summer lazy days ahead posted in random thoughts 2 comments noro hermia july 10 2009 noro hermia originally uploaded by earthwhisper yep i went with my instinct and went with the silver tree buttons i think this cardigan is perfect i am so happy with it it fits perfect i am so thrilled with this posted in random thoughts 3 comments finished july 10 2009 quick note to let you all know i finished the cardigan i will have tony take a picture of me tomorrow wearing it it is awesome it fits me perfect which is surprising as i thought it might be a little bit too big i picked out the perfect buttons even tony agrees right choice i will leave you in suspense for the pic nothing like finishing a wool cardigan in the middle of summer ha ha i am so happy i have completed a major project i think my next projects will be finishing some socks that are missing their matches not sure i have noticed that most of my wool socks that i have knit are starting to get holes in them those things don t last forever sigh this summer is going to be all about finishing things then my next big project will be another sweater for my dad i have been considering the fog sweater though i think i am going to do a different neck as i am not sure my dad will like turtle neck i really like the neckline of the last sweater i made him i have had other family members beg me to make them things however my dad is first on my list again because of his dedictation and devotion to the last sweater i knit him he has worn it every day since i made it 2 years ago he has the cold weather for it he just loves it that much that means a lot there is nothing like the satisfaction of a knitter to find out something you have made gets daily usage that is what we want nothing is worse than to find out something you slaved over for months was pushed to the back of a drawer he genuinely loves it so he deserves another to love those are my rules posted in random thoughts leave a comment noro hermia july 8 2009 noro hermia originally uploaded by earthwhisper i finally finished the second sleeve i need to sew the hems on the sleeves i still need to pickup the stitches around the front and neck to do the button band and collar the pattern calls for hook and eye closure and i don t like that idea at all so i am going to do buttons on the top half of the sweater i am deciding between the quarter sized brown sun buttons and the dime sized silver tree buttons i like the tree buttons tony likes the sun buttons either way they are both cool what do you like posted in random thoughts 3 comments one sleeve done june 27 2009 i haven t forgotten about my little bloggy here but was waiting to blog when i had some progress to talk about i have finally completed one sleeve the pattern states to knit it to 13 inches from underarm but that is only a 3 4 sleeve when i look at the pattern the pictures clearly show the sleeve knit down to her wrist tell me how long are your arms perhaps my arms are long as i had to knit almost 18 inches to get the sweater to go down to my wrist granted she did say on there or less than 0 75 from desired sleeve length i just felt like i had ape like arms compared to who the pattern was written for today i am going to start the second sleeve my goal is to get this completed by thursday as i will be going away to my ocean getaway and might actually have a chance to wear it otherwise in this california heat i will have to wait about 5 months posted in random thoughts 2 comments knitty hermia in progress june 19 2009 knitty hermia originally uploaded by earthwhisper i finally bound off the cardigan i need to sew under the picot hem i still have the arms and the button band to knit the pattern calls for hook and eye closure but i don t like that so i think i am going to go for a regular button band i guess i will have to work out some math to see where i want to space the buttons out or do i just want to put buttons on the top of it and not the bottom i don t know i noticed by this picture that one side has darker stripes than the other side but i think in the end it will look okay also with my size i know horizontal stripes are a no no but i like this yarn i tried to get a picture of me wearing it but the pictures weren t very good it does fit though so i am very happy with that i do have plans to visit my parents soon in mendo and am hoping to have this finished before then so i can wear it as they have year round cool weather posted in random thoughts 1 comment domain name june 15 2009 ummm that was fast so it has been confirmed that my old domain name was bought by someone from china my domain name expired in the beginning of may and man they are not forgiving on that who would want a domain name with crochet knit blog traffic ridiculous the past few months have been crazy though and a domain name was the last thing on my mind i am going to be making some changes soon change the name of my blog and possibly get a domain name i don t want to be affiliated with the dot com version of my blog name who knows what will be there now posted in random thoughts leave a comment in progress knit hermia from knitty june 15 2009 knit hermia from knitty originally uploaded by earthwhisper here is another project that i started awhile back end of december that i put down it is hermia from knitty i have 4 more lace repeats and then go work the hem sleeves and finishing touches i put on ravelry that i was 60 along but that probably is wishful thinking a good knitting goal for the night would be to tear through the 4 more lace repeats but that is 32 rows and i am not sure i have that in me will see i wish i could show you it in a more flattering way or even on me but i don t have a manequin and the cable needle isn t long enough for me to put it on and take a good picture so you get this floor shot today i submitted a crochet pattern to crochet today it is a pretty simple concept so if i get reject i won t feel bad i just have a feeling it is publish worthy so thought i would put myself out there if i hear any news in the next 6 months i will post i created a really nice garden this year i planted 4 types of tomatoes beefstake early girl better boy and sweet 100 i also planted zucchini crook neck squash sunflowers walla walla onions bell peppers king pepper and watermelon i did have cucumber but they didn t survive so far i have picked 3 ripe zucchini and eaten 2 my cherry tomatoes are almost ripe it is going to be a good year for my garden i can already tell finally blog name i once owned the domain name earthwhisperfiberarts com however i have accidentally let that domain expire and godaddy has told me it is 80 for them to retrieve it from the redemption period i don t want to pay that when it goes out of the redemption period i might be able to get it back again however there is a good chance someone wanting the traffic will take it before i do that is my luck so i can choose to keep the wordpress name or i can pay for a new domain name and recreate myself i am sort of leaning towards the latter idea i have a few names i have been tossing around for awhile and they aren t as long as my original this would be a good time to change it too posted in random 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