Jofrog is Knitfrog!

An almost daily blog of my knitting adventures and conquests!

July 19 2005

Put Your Best Foot Forward

There apparently has been a lot of sock knitting around here! Who knows when I fit it in, but I find myself with progress to report on many pairs.

First off, since Tuesdays are for Knitalongs, I present my sock pal's first sock in progress. I just turned the heel on this short bobble sock out of Koigu. The pattern is from one of the Koigu sock books and is fun to do. Ahh bobbles do have their place, on socks of course!

I also found the time to finish the leg of the second Safari sock and give it a heel as well. After doing a heel flap and a short row heel in such close succession, I can definitely say that I enjoy knitting a short row heel more. That heel flap can go on forever sometimes, though this one wasn't so bad!

Inspired by Cari, I had to start a pair of the little flip flop socks for a co-worker of mine who is about to turn 21! Yes, really, she'll be turning 21 this week! These are just perfect for her and knit up in no time. I started this one just before Knitsmiths and finshed it while I was there. One more to come of course!

Lastly for today, I was adding some things to my WIP and Future WIP sidebar and noticed that the Clown Socks were listed there as a WIP. For shame! They were so close to being done ages ago! I was almost done with the second ruffle and then punked out on them so today I worked on them for long enough to finish that HUGE ruffle, and do the amazingly long and yarn demanding picot bind off and I present to you Clown Socks that may never see the light of day, but gosh were they fun to knit. Another side note for this project... I don't think I have huge calves, but gosh, add a big ruffle there and then check out how they look. Um, maybe not as cute and flattering as I'd first expected. Check out the second pic for a way that they may actually get worn in public.

Well, that's it for today's sock tour. Phew, I'm tired are you? Back to the sweaters, and maybe I'll clue you in on that other WIP that appeared on the list sometime soon!

posted by jofrog16 at July 19, 2005 06:00 | link | comments (4)