comfort knitting

[ironymaiden]

i haven't knit anything that requires referring to a pattern for several months now. apparently what the body wants is to repeat ribbing (or flat brioche) ad infinitum.

um, okay.

the unfortunate side effect is that i have two unfinished projects for C that are quietly guilting me - a pair of cabled mitts to replace the ones he's worn out (and they were a workhorse wool, they just got daily hard use for several years) and the second of a pair of socks with a 12-row repeat pattern. neither of them are hard. in fact, i have the sock pattern memorized and the cables are pretty easy to read. however, that seems to be a step too far for me right now.

currently cranking out socks with the strong heel (which is basically the Fleegle heel upside-down). i started these at Norwescon.


i like the fit, they're fast...so of course for the current pair i'm trying a different placement for the increases. pics if i like the results.

Comments

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

I've been all socks all the time (mostly stockinette and Hermoine's Every Day socks--aka ones I've had memorized for years) for the last several months. Although I have a fussed with my heel construction (currently back to top down, heel flap garter stitch edging*)**. And a couple of more Hitchhikers. So... yeah...

The cardigan I started last year reminds hidden in shame.

(*I have yet to discover a heel construction that apparently my heels of microdaggers don't tear through. Maybe it's just the universe's way of letting me knit unlimited amounts of size 6 socks.)
(**I like parentheses.)

[varina8.livejournal.com]

Very pretty. Btw my socks from you bowled over my collegues in DC in February and generated many compliments (not to mention some envy given the below freezing temperatures).