Comments on: Socks Come, Socks Go

By: anne

anne — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:07:11 +0000

i love that rib and cable sock, too. i have designed several lace socks, with my mom or a friend in mind, but i have to confess, i am not into wearing them either (but don’t tell anyone else!)

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:15:59 +0000

I love those Tiki mugs!! They make great sock displays!

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:22:40 +0000

I don’t mind a few intentional holes in my socks but I rarely carry the pattern down the foot, must have a solid knit foot. I love your mugs, they are great for modeling.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:22:33 +0000

Thanks for the sweet comment about my sweater! To answer your question, I’m not doing any tight ribbing along the bottom, because the entire sweater is technically ribbing. The cables, P, and K4 repeated pattern create the rib. Usually ribbing is K1 P1, but the ribbing I’m using is sufficiently P and K to keep the edge from rolling. There isn’t any “break” from the bottom of the sweater to the neck. I think this will give the illusion of height, too. (My brother is a little short). Hope that helps.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:31:11 +0000

I came to your blog thru WendyKnits. Your story about Max the faking cat is the funniest cat story I think I've heard. Thanks for sharing it.

My opinion on lace socks is feather and fan is nice, but true lace patterns offer no warmth. That's something that's important when you live in Boston.

By: Brigitte

Brigitte — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:38:02 +0000

Oh, I couldn't agree more! I worked one feather and fan sock, tried it on, and new they would be annoying to wear. I'm much more into cables when it comes to socks, and I love the simple mock cables.

I love the Tiki mugs!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:35:50 +0000

Tiki glasses!!! I love these, collect ‘em too. Hey at least you came to this realization before they were entirely completed!

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:13:52 +0000

I too am glad the Tiki mugs were unharmed!! While I do like to knit the lace socks, I can definitely understand what you are saying. If you know you aren’t going to wear them, then why waste the awesome yarn!?

By: JayJay

JayJay — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:41:09 +0000

The socks are lovely, although I can understand the aversion to lacey socks especially if the pattern is fairly open. As my husband would say, you put holes in socks on purpose?

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:10:40 +0000

Whew! I was worried that the Tikis got injured… Good thing you figured all that out before you got further.