![Confession Time with Katie:
Playing Mario Kart has made me a worse driver. As I drove to lunch with a friend, I wished for a flashing star so I could be invincible and drive through everything.
Also, we're eating bagels for lunch because throwing rules out windows is my new favorite hobby.
Speaking of hobbies, I started a Constellate Hat in the colorway, African Violets by LolaBean Yarn. The first Constellate took me nineteen months so surely i can beat that!
LOL. @marz1pan thought I was knitting a sock for someone with HUGE calves!
In writing news, I plan to send a short story before mid-December so join my Inner Circle Email List if you need a dopamine hit right about now.
I hope you have the Monday you need, Crew! I love you!!!!
[ID: Veggie rosemary bagel and tuna salad sesame seed bagel with a purple hat in progress.]
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So, I’m not super fashiony. I’m pretty sure the reason I couldn’t get a date to save my life in high school is that I dressed like I might need to be ready to climb a tree at a moment’s notice (this would have been handy if the zombie apocalypse had happened – just sayin’). Now that I’m older and wiser, I really appreciate the people in my life that can help me be in the loop on all things fashion.
Turtle is one of these folks and now Alicia has joined the ranks…and they say that boot cuffs are “in”. Now, you know me, I’ll knit a cowl for a horse if I can stick some cables on it, but Alicia sweetly requested plain, so plain they are….plus, plain = classic, right?
You’ll note that I’m only taking pictures of one boot cuff. That’s ’cause I took these myself. You’ll have to take my word for the fact that there is a pair….and that they look exactly the same.
…and that taking a picture of a boot cuff on your own foot is even more interesting than taking pictures of socks on your own feet. I could have asked The Husband to take the pics, but where’s the fun in that?
Mine raveled here
Ps. Check out what others have finished at Tami’s Amis and Wisdom begins in Wonder and Natural Suburbia
Updated to add the pattern (term used loosely):
CO 64 sts with worsted weight yarn on size 9 needles.
Join to work in the round
Knit 2 purl 2 ribbing for 5 and a half inches.
Super-stretchy bind off.
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2013
Those Boot Cuffs are truly cool!
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Thanks! I was surprised how much “flare” they add with not a ton of knitting.
I need to ask DD if she wants a pair. To which she will turn up her nose. But if someone else suggested it, she’d be right on it! Love them!!
You are welcome to tell her I suggest she get a pair. :)
Nice job taking pictures of your own body parts. ;-)
So these are just cuffs, and not actual socks?? I guess I’m out of the loop too.
Yes, they are just like the top part of a sock cuff to go up around your calf. The interesting thing is that if you want to wear boots on your bare legs like with a dress/skirt, these will keep them from rubbing a place on your leg (especially new boots) in case your socks are too short….which is a problem. ask me how I know.
I am so not fashionable, still. But I love your boot cuffs, they are great! Also, excellent photography, that stuff is hard!
Thank you, kind lady!
Very cool!
Thank you!!!
Oh, I love this trend! I think it’s adorable to add a little peep of knit to almost anything, though.
me too!!! any new bit of knitwear is good times.
Boot cuffs are definitely in! Yours turned out great!
Thank you so much. I was surprised how cute they look on.
Thanks for visiting my blog and for the tip! The boot cuff trend hasn’t made it’s way to Southern California yet so this is the first I’ve heard of them. (Of course, we don’t have much…any…boot weather here!)
I live in Texas, so even when it is hot out, I could wear cowboy boots. I think I’ll consider making myself some cotton boot cuffs. Thanks for the inspiration!
Yeah someone asked me to make them a pair, but it hasn’t gone beyond the request…
well, you can make some for yourself, then. :)
I made a pair for my oldest for Christmas (crochet, not knit) – she seemed to love them :) I do think they are “in”
It sure is fun when knitwear is “hip”!
Those are great! A good gift idea for sure.
Thank you! I loved how fast they knit up.
Love these cuffs. I’ve been thinking about making some but I rarely tuck my jeans in. I agree, we must be prepared for the zombie alpacalypse ;-) I had a dream last night that it had started and the first thing I grabbed was my jeans and Ariats.
If you ever wear boots and denim skirts, they could be just the thing.
I’m glad to know you’re thinking ahead.
As your color blind token friend of Dorothy, I concur ;) cute, cute, CUTE!
you crazy. :) Thanks!