The rest of my photos from last weekend are here: http://pics.livejournal.com/dragonzuela/gallery/0002ddzd The moccasins worked out okay on Saturday when I wore thick socks with them and didn't do a lot of walking. Otherwise my heel slips out of the right one. Next time around I'm taking
Also last weekend during down time I did the whole toe on the second sock. On Wednesday I finished darning in all the ends, so here they are:
I immediately cast on my next project. The dreary weather is getting me into a Christmas mood! I guess I'm getting old if three months makes it seem close. Well then, I hope that this quarter, in which I have more than a full load of classes, will be over quickly. I'll have to figure out somewhere further and more interesting than the Arden Fair Mall to do some shopping. But that is for later.
So, my intent was to make miniature stocking ornaments for a couple little ones in the family. I used the book I have for inspiration, but made my own design using more stitches and smaller needles so that they could be personalized. I got going with the Fair Isle knitting last night and am having a lot of fun with it. (Fair Isle is using more than one color in a given row of stitches, where one color is used to knit a stitch while the rest are jogged on the back side of the fabric. This is yet another technique that is supposed to be difficult, but I have a structural mind so it makes sense to me.) My plan is "2007" with candy canes and the recipient's initial underneath, then a bunch of stripes that I haven't really planned yet. The problem is that it is turning out to be the size of a woman's sock.
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