i hope you like the pictures because i lost about 10 pounds sweating my ass off while getting them. that and the peanut kept attacking the camera on the tripod. i nearly knocked her over trying to get the camera from her when she grabbed it. she wasn't happy about that but i saved the moment with some goldfish as any good mommy would.
anyway, sorry for the long silence! i've been all-popknits-all-the-time with a little knitting and TV. i've been updating regularly on flickr and twitter though if you're wondering what i'm up to in between posts!
all done!
so here they are! (on ravelry) to recap, one sock was made for me by nancy for the spiders one-sock swap we had back in february. she did an excellent job with picking this pattern for me. it's my first toe-up sock and i loved it and the construction of it. it had a tubular BO which i had never done, and just enough lace to keep things interesting.
everything was going great until the end. i tried the tubular BO that techknitter recommends, and through no fault of techknitter's, it sucked. my grafting is crap and way too tight which is why i never use it. i suppose i should practice and make it better but who has time for that?
so i picked out the tubular BO and tried a new one that also didn't work. i ended up using this BO that grumperina explains on her blog. it took me more than 4 hours to bind off!!! cripes!
anyway, they are done and that's all that matters. on to new knits!
i hope to come back with something new to show you next week. we'll see.
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