On the Needles (Loom)

It's that day again...   and it looks like I may have missed a week or two!  Last Friday we were camping...  no internet and barely any cell service if you stood on one foot in the middle of the field facing northeast.

Remember this sock?  I did get some done on my second sock while camping...  :-)

I probably could of gotten it done last night while watching TV, but it was thundering and lightening...  and that makes me really nervous!

 

With it being a gray and rainy day I was having a hard time getting the colors to photograph...  but I did get one good one of the colors :-)

 

I always get questions about turning the heel, so here's the youtube that shows how it's done.

As always, don't forget to go see what everyone is doing over at Judy's.

On the Needles.... LOOM

First I want to thank everyone who commented last week!!!  WOW!  I was a little surprised that my socks got so many comments...  that was really nice.  Thank you!  I will respond to everyone when I'm not short on time...

So what's on my loom?   Nothing!  hahaha   I finished my sock from last week and am anxiously waiting to start it's mate...

Take a peek over at Judy's to see what others got going on their needles....  some beautiful knitting going on!

On the Needles (LOOM)

I missed last Friday's loom report....  I worked at Quilt Harbor that day and just didn't get the chance to report in.

I've started a new pair of socks....

 

I'm really loving this yarn! The colors are so fresh, clear and bright!  I was looking at the label to see the name of the color and you never guess what I found...   This yarn was designed by Kaffe Fassett!!!  No wonder I love it :-)

 

I did finish the other pair of socks...

 

My experiment to see if I could get one pair of socks from one ball of striped yarn by adding a contrasting heel and toe worked!  I even have some yarn left over.  Quite a bit actually.

The only problem I had is where I joined the solid yarn for the toe.  I got a horribly big knot when I finish the toe off....   for me it's not really a problem (except I don't like the way it looks) cause my feet are so skinny I don't feel it in the toe of my shoes. 

 I'm trying to figure out a better way to attach the second color so I don't get that knot.  The toe second sock came out better... but the seam is not straight. 

 

You can head on over to Judy's to see what other have On the Needles.....

KB Sock Loom

I've had quite a few inquiries about how I make socks on a loom so I thought I would post about it here...

I use a KB Sock Loom....  You can use a coupon and get them from Joanns.  That's where mine came from.

It comes with directions and a DVD...  but you can also find all kinds of videos on YouTube.  It take a bit of practice to get the hand of it.  My first sock got ripped out and started over at least 5 times before it became a sock!  The one thing you want to remember is to keep you stitch lose.  If they are too tight it makes it harder to flip them over the peg.

Mostly I get asked about turning the heel and toe...



Hope this answered some of the questions.

On the Needles (or loom...)

Over at Judy L's you will find a link up on Fridays to share your current knitting project...  I don't really knit with needles. (I can make a dishcloth...) I knit my socks with a loom!

 

I usually try to match my stripes from one to the other, but I always end up with a lot of left over yarn.  So the last pair of socks I decided to see if I could make one pair of socks from ball of yarn by not worry about matching the stripes.  The answer was no....  I had to add the second ball of yarn just to finish the toe of the second sock!!!  

With this pair I'm experimenting with a contrasting yarn for the heal and toe in the hopes that I will get both socks from one ball of yarn....   so far so good.

Sunday Sock Report

One sock done...

And the second started...

 

Sunday Sock Report

I've started a new pair of socks...

This a pattern that's available on Ravelry called Hermione's Everyday Sock.  I of coarse am doing mine on a loom and not with sticks.... 

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter!

No Socks on Saturday or Sunday....

No sock news to report...  Well, kinda sorta.  Saturday when I started to turn the toe of the sock I was working on I dropped a loop off the loom.  While trying to fix that one the next loop came off, then the next and so on and so forth!  So I ended up unraveling the whole thing!!!  Now to start over :-(

But, I finished my dishcloth that I was knitting with sticks....

 

I didn't follow a pattern...  just went for it.  Lot's of mistakes and who knows what happeneds but it done and cleans dirty dishes just fine!

Knitting with stick part 2 has been started....

 

This time I'm using a pattern....  so far so good!

Socks on Saturday...

I finished my 4th pair of socks....  love the color, but my toes still don't match!  Neither do the stripes...

 

Everyone keeps telling me that knitting with sticks (um needles) is easy...  hahahahaha  This is my first attemped.  

 

That first attempt is about 3" x 4"....  and some how it got bigger at the end.  

I decided if I was going to learn I should make something useful, so I started a dishcloth.  There are a ton of mistakes and I lost the pattern for a row or two, but I'm not ripping it out!  It's a dishcloth for cyring out loud!!

 

At least the colors are pretty....  and my sticks are purple!