![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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Sometimes, when my knitting doesn’t go smoothly, I end up hating the socks (it always seems to be socks). In this case, my knitting did not go smoothly, due to knitter error, mind you, the pattern is lovely, and I still LOVE these socks.
First, there was the issue with me not paying attention while knitting from a chart. Then, I knit the toes of the first sock too soon and would you believe I cut the yarn to start the second sock without leaving any extra? I knew they felt snug and that I might redo them and still didn’t leave some extra. How silly of me. Either way, I finished the second sock lace patterning, knit two rounds as per the option given in the pattern, then started the toe decreases. Sock 2 fit like a gem, so I ripped the toes of Sock 1 and redid them and now they fit well too. I think that’s the happiest I’ve been to have to weave in ends a few rows from the end of a sock. But, there you have it. They fit great, they feel great and I LOVE them!
Pattern: Polypodium vulgare Socks by Hunter Hammersen
Yarn: Malabrigo sock
Colorway: Violeta Africana
Needles: 2.25mm Signature Needle Arts
Ps. Check out what others have finished at Tami’s Amis and Wisdom begins in Wonder and Natural Suburbia
Tags: FO Friday, hunter hammersen, knit, Malabrigo, Polypodium vulgare, socks
Wowsa, these are stunning. I’ve yet to make any socks with patterning.
You should give it a try. It is not as hard as it looks, just takes a little paying attention and the results are super fun!
Now these will look very cute in a pair of Mary Janes.
Thanks to all my hand knit socks that I like with Mary Janes, I’ve about worn mine out. :)
As long as it all works out in the end, it’s a victory. :-D These turned out wonderfully.
for sure. V for Victory or Vulgare socks!
Lovely socks! The color is so cherful.
Thank you. I’ve had this purple for awhile and was glad to find just the right pattern for it.
Once you feel comfortable ripping back toes and reknitting, anything and everything is possible, isn’t it. Love the purple and they look great.
btw, your social media icons are charming :)
Yes, I will always remember the first time I really ripped something and picked up live stitches. It is a lot less scarey now. Thank you so much!
Yay! How do you like the Signature needles?
I LOVE them!!!
It’s nice to real that this all worked out well. I hate having to rip things out but I’m always glad I did it when the finished project looks great.
Yes, when I know that I’ll be happy with them in the end, it is a loss less painful.
Lovin’ those socks. I always love socks…and really love lace socks but haven’t the patience to try them yet. Beautiful work.
Thank you! I never knew how much I’d enjoy them until I knit my first pair. I’m an addict.
Your socks are stunning.
Thank you so much!
The fit well and feel great. That’s what it’s all about. I love them too!
That reminds me of the hokey pokey. Put your right foot in and your right foot out. Wear the hand knit sock and shake it all about! :)
Beautiful socks, lovely pattern and gorgeous colour!
Thank you! I was very happy with the pairing.
Beautiful socks, the pattern and the colour. :-)
Thank you so much! Hunter’s patterns are always pretty.
Hooray! I tend to accidentally knit my socks too big (baggy) so I know your frustration with fit!
Most of my lace ones fit nicely. It is the plain ones that are baggy for me.