First FO of 2010!
Posted by Elizabeth on 01-17-2010 at 2:31 pm
They're done! My Vinnland socks are finished!
The yarn is Oak Grove Studio Gems Pearl Sock, in Tumbleweed.
These have been on the needles since August, and I am quite pleased to have them done. The last sock was done this week at work, pretty much entirely, excepting three rows I knit at the hair salon waiting for my turn in the chair, and the toe, which I finished after work today. I am very happy with these socks. The yarn was lovely to work with. The sheen on it is just lovely, and the colors are gorgeous, too. The chart for the pattern was easy to read and easier to memorize, and the socks stay up very well.
I'll keep you posted on how well the yarn wears.
The other thing I finished today (yes, it's that kind of day, I guess) was a project bag for, of all things, socks. And whatever other projects are small enough to fit in there, I suppose, but socks are what I had in mind.
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Over Thanksgiving, my Mother-in-Law and her mother took me around to a few of the specialty quilting stores around the area of Pennsylvania that we were in. I came back with eight flat-quarters and a yard of vintage fabric, without much of a plan for any of it. One of the quarters got turned into a new wallet, and five more are going to become an apron. I was at a loss as to what to do with these other two, though, aside from that they went well together.
Then I had problems getting the small tote bag containing my sock project into my book bag to take to work, and a plan was born.
The pattern is something I drew up on my own, though it is definitely not anything new design-wise. Just a regular drawstring bag, with a ribbon handle in the back. It is entirely hand-sewn, mostly in the evenings, both because I wanted to get some practice hand-piecing for quilting (that's another whole story, that I won't get into today) and because getting to my sewing machine is a bit difficult right now. This was done pretty much this week, too, in the evenings after dinner and then finished up today so I could take my sock to work in it one time before the project was done.
I need to refine the pattern a bit, and then I might be putting it online. I have not decided if it will be free, or a couple of dollars to download or not. Again, I'll keep you posted.
...and that pretty much sums up my week, actually.
The yarn is Oak Grove Studio Gems Pearl Sock, in Tumbleweed.
These have been on the needles since August, and I am quite pleased to have them done. The last sock was done this week at work, pretty much entirely, excepting three rows I knit at the hair salon waiting for my turn in the chair, and the toe, which I finished after work today. I am very happy with these socks. The yarn was lovely to work with. The sheen on it is just lovely, and the colors are gorgeous, too. The chart for the pattern was easy to read and easier to memorize, and the socks stay up very well.
I'll keep you posted on how well the yarn wears.
The other thing I finished today (yes, it's that kind of day, I guess) was a project bag for, of all things, socks. And whatever other projects are small enough to fit in there, I suppose, but socks are what I had in mind.
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Over Thanksgiving, my Mother-in-Law and her mother took me around to a few of the specialty quilting stores around the area of Pennsylvania that we were in. I came back with eight flat-quarters and a yard of vintage fabric, without much of a plan for any of it. One of the quarters got turned into a new wallet, and five more are going to become an apron. I was at a loss as to what to do with these other two, though, aside from that they went well together.
Then I had problems getting the small tote bag containing my sock project into my book bag to take to work, and a plan was born.
The pattern is something I drew up on my own, though it is definitely not anything new design-wise. Just a regular drawstring bag, with a ribbon handle in the back. It is entirely hand-sewn, mostly in the evenings, both because I wanted to get some practice hand-piecing for quilting (that's another whole story, that I won't get into today) and because getting to my sewing machine is a bit difficult right now. This was done pretty much this week, too, in the evenings after dinner and then finished up today so I could take my sock to work in it one time before the project was done.
I need to refine the pattern a bit, and then I might be putting it online. I have not decided if it will be free, or a couple of dollars to download or not. Again, I'll keep you posted.
...and that pretty much sums up my week, actually.
Knitting, Sewing
