Sunday, September 09, 2007

gonna start socks!

taking the plunge! first time fair isle socks ~ have made shadow socks - they require color change every couple rows but you carry the colors up.


fair isle color changes ~ welp, you sometimes have long 'floats' of yarn & have to be careful not to pull too tight or have too loose! AND ya gotta pay attention to the chart (yep! i said chart!) ~ thankfully this chart is not difficult.




i avoid charts just as much as color changes :) i mean --- i will write the chart out on index cards sometimes 25 or more rows -- just to avoid following a chart! with the exception of Mystery Stole 3 ~ i'm using the charts but am only on row 46 of first clue :(
colinette jitterbug jumped in my hands at the LYS i'm not going to knit this just yet ~ it's too squishy & wonderful, it'll sit next to me for a couple weeks ~ til it tells me what it wants to BE!

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