Wednesday, April 30, 2008

I really wanted to know...

... how my fiber sample yarn would look like knit up. Now I know. I put everything aside, and cast on for socks. Normally 291yds would not be enough for socks for my size feet, but this is worsted weight yarn, so I guess I will be alright. I'm using 4mm needles, and it's not too loose. I measured the WPI again, and it gave me clearly 11 WPI.






I'm going to put this sock on stitch holders, knit the second one up to the same length, and see how much yarn is left for both legs. If they are just ankle socks, that will be fine too. They are thick and warm, and I love them. :o)

I would love to have them longer up the leg though.

Have you ever seen that rare breed of dogs, which have a horn on their forehead? Biko likes to be scratched around it, it seems to be itchy all the time. :o)


Oh yeah, I had a woolen accident. I was washing all our winter woolies the other day, in my machine with the hand wash option. All went fine, nothing felted or anything. I took it out, and put some white laundry in. When I got that out, I found this Chevalier mitten, felted to the size of a mitten for a seven year old child. What am I going to do? If I can find the same yarn in my stash, I might knit the left mitten again. But I don't want to! It's so fiddly, even though I love how they look, you need to look at the pattern all the time. Maybe I just knit DH a pair of new ones. I don't know yet.
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30 comments:

  1. lookinoutApril 30, 2008 10:32 a.m.

    Love the colour of your socks. Felt the second mitt and give the pair to the Red Cross or the Snowsuit Fund.
    Gillian

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  2. MartinaApril 30, 2008 10:33 a.m.

    arg about the mitts! Love the socks!

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  3. Päivi, LankakomeroApril 30, 2008 10:53 a.m.

    I like your yarn! Those socks will be wonderful.

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  4. shannonApril 30, 2008 10:58 a.m.

    i say find a different pattern for DH, knit him those, felt the right and find a seven year old child to give the felted mittens to. :)

    think how warm they would be for that child!!

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  5. KimApril 30, 2008 11:59 a.m.

    I love the way your yarn knits up! Beautiful!

    ummm, sorry about your incident : (

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  6. AnonymousApril 30, 2008 12:12 p.m.

    I love how that handspun is knitting up it looks great! That stinks about the shrunken mitten, hopefully you have some more of the yarn in your stash to make a new one.

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  7. AnonymousApril 30, 2008 2:03 p.m.

    Your sockyarn looks great. Don't be sad about the felting accident - that's life ;)

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  8. AngelikaApril 30, 2008 3:41 p.m.

    Even as ankle socks they will be great. It's always interesting how yarn like that knits up. And as far as the mitten... I'd felt the second one too and knit him a new pair.

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  9. MaggieApril 30, 2008 3:41 p.m.

    That yarn came out wonderfully! The socks are going to be so nice when cold weather comes again. Or, you know, TODAY. It's 5 degrees and my heat is on and I'm still cold! Yay Canada.

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  10. AnonymousApril 30, 2008 5:03 p.m.

    Oh no! That is an unfortunate accident for sure. On the bright size that is one cute little mitten :)

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  11. MickyApril 30, 2008 5:11 p.m.

    Nice colors.

    Sorry about the mitten. But the right one is beautiful.

    Would that be a unibiko?

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  12. weebugApril 30, 2008 5:23 p.m.

    felt the second one and gift it! i love the socks and the way that the colours are playing out.

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  13. JillApril 30, 2008 6:02 p.m.

    That sock looks so cool! My favorite part of spinning is seeing how the yarn expresses it's personality in a knitted item. So many surprises!

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  14. CelticCastOnApril 30, 2008 8:57 p.m.

    ohhhh the sock looks fantastic, kinda like Noro.
    Is it bad of me to say that your chev. looks super cute felted??? I'm still feeling the pain if it being shrunk though :(

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  15. AnonymousApril 30, 2008 9:11 p.m.

    Gorgeous socks!! They knit up so beautifully and so quikly as well.
    Poor Biko!!!
    Oh no, a very sad washing machine accident :-(

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  16. AnonymousMay 01, 2008 3:33 a.m.

    The yarn is absolutely lovely! I say felt that 2nd puppy (mitten) up and move on to a new pair of mittens. Momma don need no fiddlin wid da mittens!

    Biko has the sweetest expression in that picture.

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  17. EmilyMay 01, 2008 5:12 a.m.

    Love the socks! I made a pair for myself out of handspun sock yarn and I love 'em.

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  18. DAWNMay 01, 2008 6:56 a.m.

    Ah, the one horned wonder dog--I know it well.

    Great sock yarn!

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  19. AnonymousMay 01, 2008 9:35 a.m.

    Ack! Super bummer about the mitten. I am the queen of felting things accidentally. Love the sock yarn though! Let's focus on the positive, here :)

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  20. Tracy PurtscherMay 01, 2008 11:07 a.m.

    The sock looks WONDERFUL, the dog looks scary, and the mitten looks cute if it was not so heartbreaking. :o)

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  21. lexaMay 01, 2008 11:51 a.m.

    Love the sock! Such great colors.

    Too bad about the mitten. :( I think I'd probably shrink the other one, too, and make a new pair.

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  22. AnonymousMay 01, 2008 1:24 p.m.

    I love your sock!! Really lovely.

    Strange breed of dog you have...a kind of a unicorn/dog:-)

    What a pity about the mitten. I would be very sad if this happened here.

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  23. sgeddesMay 01, 2008 1:50 p.m.

    I like how the socks are working up.

    I'd start with a new set of mittens. For this pair, I'd say felt the second one and find a seven year old with cold hands.

    I like the horn!

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  24. - Sandi -May 01, 2008 3:53 p.m.

    Dear me! So sorry for your mitten loss. Same thing happened to me with a crochet shawl that I made. I ended up making another one in a non-felting yarn.

    By the way, thanks for your well-wishes regarding the trip to Hamburg. I was really surprised at how easy it was to understand all of that German and how I found myself speaking it again!

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  25. AnonymousMay 01, 2008 4:43 p.m.

    That poor mitten! That really shrunk quite a bit. It's pretty amazing. It's fun to see how spun yarn looks up. It's hard to guess. At least for me. :-) I guess you'd better get back to scratching that itchy dog!

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  26. TracyKMMay 01, 2008 5:00 p.m.

    I LOVE the socks! They really make me want to learn to spin; I love the gradual colour change look.
    And the mitten....so sad! It'd make a cute winter decoration :)

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  27. hakuchoMay 01, 2008 6:22 p.m.

    Your socks are so pretty...I love how they are knitting up :)Sorry abut the mitten...too bad :( You better knit another pair before the cold weather comes again!

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  28. RhondaMay 01, 2008 8:38 p.m.

    Your yarn looks just like the trekking I just knit socks with - and I love it. Too bad about the mitten. Such an intricate pattern it had to be!

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  29. La Cabeza GrandeMay 04, 2008 6:00 a.m.

    Yes! Your yarn is very Trekking, Monika. Quite attractive.

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  30. VioliknitJune 21, 2008 7:11 p.m.

    Beautiful socks! How cool that you have a unicorn-dog for a pet :) Sorry about that felted mitt...

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