Sock Candy…
…or Eye Candy…whatever.
I finished three pairs of socks on Wednesday this week:
Jaywalkers – done from the toe-up with a Turkish cast-on, a Sherman heel and a picot bind-off (which I hate with the fire of a thousand suns. It looks great and all but ohman was it a bitch to pull off) in ArtYarns Ultramerino4. This is like the eleventy-millionth pair of Jaywalkers that I have knit and there is only one thing different about this pair. They fit.
It’s a freaking. miracle.
ETA: The Jaywalkers were knit by hand – not on the CSM (I wish!) and they took me weeks to finish. These were my Lake George knitting. Sorry for any confusion…
These are a lovely design that I threw together on the CSM when I decided that this Cherry Tree Hill in ‘Earth’ deserved better than just a plain old cranked sock. With a picot hem – much easier to do on the machine. Trust me on this.
Last but definitely not least we have a pair of ribbed – YES I SAID RIBBED – socks from the CSM in the lovely ‘Thistle’ colorway from Blue Moon Fiber Arts.
I am so fricken happy that I managed to finally get the ribber to work on the CSM. The ‘mock’ rib just wasn’t doing it for me and damnit, I wanted ribbed socks!
So I decided that Wednesday was the day. I made that ribber my bitch. Heh. ;o)
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Sometimes, you make me laugh so hard, my nose hurts.
Fabulous and so fast! I’m jealous as all get out.
Wow! I didn’t know it could do that! Lovely.
So many feet, so little time.
Nice socks! I still need to make a pair of Jaywalkers for myself, ah someday.
Mmmmmm, yummy candy!!
Wow! I had no idea you could do things like patterns and picot hems on a CSM! So Cool!
He-he-he… you called that machine your bitch!
Three socks in one day? You are my sock goddess. (I feel soooooo pathetic.)
Fun socks! Those will all be nice additions to the sock drawer :-)
Color me IMpressed! Honestly! They are lovely! Warm feet for chilly weather! (which reminds me of Rhinebeck. And Artichokes at Rhinebeck!)
:)
Lovely collection of sock FO’s!
You’re the Queen of Sock Knitting, that’s for sure – and I adore them all! Beautiful colors too!
Wow! Look at all the great socks!
I’m very jealous! Such lovely socks.
It’s nice to knit a pair of Jaywalkers that actually fit. Made the ribber your bitch, eh! Too funny and the socks look good.
Your socks are fantabulous!
Oh, how I WISH I had a CSM! :-) Maybe some day….. Then I’ll pick your brain of that neat ribbing method.
Work, you bitch ribber, work! LOL
I’m impressed! I didn’t know that machines could make anything other than an stockingnet stitch. You are the queen of socks. Scritches to the pooches.
Great socks! It’s cool have fast you can make them with the
CSM!
fantastic socks! Glad you showed who is the boss around the place.
They all look great! I’m so amazed by the lace on the machine. Boggles the mind!
Gorgeous, all six of them! Congrats on getting the pattern to work. I often have such issues with my own patterns.
Thank you for your kind words regarding Sheeba. It means a lot when people care enough to leave a comforting message.
I can NOT believe that you were able to do those on the machine. Amazing! I believe you have gotten the trick to it.
Wow! That’s a lot of socks!
I must know–what’s the secret to making the Jaywalkers fit??? Is it your heel modification? I want a pair of these really badly and am beginning to despair of ever knitting one that goes over my heel without a death struggle…
My feet have just informed me that they would like to come live at your house. I have to admit, I really like the middle ones. Very pretty!
Lol. Good for you. Can you come over and make my ribber, my bitch? And you’re making fancy lace socks on the csm too. You are just amazing!
Wow. I am amazed. You really did ALL of that on a sock machine? Looks like a good way to burn through some of the sock yarn stash.
Serously, how did you get a pair of Jaywalkers to fit? I tried 3 times and never could then them to fit right on the heel – too narrow (and I thought I had rather narrow feet)? Chelle
I know what you mean about the picot edge. Drove me nuts, and haven’t done another since.