{"id":1084,"date":"2011-02-22T07:33:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T12:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2011-02-22T07:37:39","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T12:37:39","slug":"tight-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=1084","title":{"rendered":"Tight Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yeah! I got another pair of socks done.<\/p>\n

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It seems like it has been forever since I have completed a pair of socks, and after trying on the first sock of this pair, I was almost going to rip them out and try again. I had a devil of a time trying to get the sock past my heel because the ribbing of the leg was so tight. I am glad I didn’t rip out though because, of all of my socks, these stay up on my legs the best. Yes, there is a little effort in getting the socks on; but once they are on, they are on!<\/p>\n

The sock yarn is Dragonfly Fibers <\/a>Djinni Sock in the Bad Moon Rising colorway. I love this colorway, so much so that I have the same colorway in her camel and silk roving which I started spinning last night. I was able to start spinning the camel and silk because I finished spinning the singles of this.<\/p>\n

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This is Sea Monster roving in the December Baby colorway, again from Dragonfly Fibers. What you see on the bobbin is a four ounce braid that I spun up a couple weeks ago, and the actual roving before being pre-drafted is taking up the rest of the picture. All it takes me is about four hours to pre-draft and spin a four ounce braid of this stuff. The fiber content is 50% silk\/30% merino wool\/20% seacell. Once I get into a plying mood, I will be making a two ply that I will use for weaving a scarf or shawl, depending on the yardage.<\/p>\n

With having a long weekend, I finally got the first slip stitch sock done.<\/p>\n

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This sock is off the needle now after doing 25 rows of 3×3 ribbing for the cuff. It is great when a plan comes together, and that is what is happening here. The yarn is Shiela’s sock yarn <\/a>in Green Tamborine and WItchy Woman. This is taking a little longer than anticipated because of all of the slip stitches. Eight rows of the slip stitch pattern equates to about six rows of stockinette in length. Not a big deal, but something to keep in mind for later.<\/p>\n

Ok, now brace yourselves. You are about to see something that you haven’t seen on this blog in a while. Are you ready? Here it is.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is knitting that is not a sock or a baby item. It is a sweater vest for myself! The yarn is Shibui Knits Baby Alpaca DK that I got at Cloverhill’s <\/a>Super Bowl Sale. The pattern is Benedict from Jane Ellison Queensland Collection Book 9. I purchased the book from Eleganza Yarns <\/a>in Frederick. There are a number of great men’s patterns in that book; and it is the first book in quite some time that didn’t just serve as inspiration for patterns for me, but actually had patterns that I wanted to knit. It does seem to be a book that you need to read the whole pattern before starting to knit the pattern, because she seems to be a little loosey goosey about informing you of where to put the decreases for the neckline to\u00a0match how the sweaters are shown in the photos. Still, I already have a second sweater pattern picked out from the book that I want to make. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n

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