Friday, March 10, 2006

Beautimous

Just finished one sock for Irishman, the Big-footed Wonder. Unforunately, I don't think I can have the mate finished before he leaves on Sunday ( at 6 am!!) for his big adventure in Boston (dude planned a "business trip" for Boston so that it coincided with St. Patrick's Day - my imagination is going crazy here). I just hope I get him back in one piece ;)

I used the pattern from Nancy Bush's new book Knitting Vintage Socks and adapted my own hard-wearing heel and toe. The poor guy has lost 2 socks this year and I'm hoping to avoid further decisions like the one I am currently facing with the VERY first socks that came of my newbie needles: darn-it or damn-it??

Any voices of experience out there to guide me gently into the toe-repair lane??

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:36 AM

    If you still have yarn leftover from those first socks, I would definitely try darning them. I have no experience with this, but I'm sure a Google search will land you plenty of helpful hints. The new socks are looking great, by the way!

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  2. Knit him new ones!

    What are you worried about? Party time over here too!

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  3. Anonymous11:34 PM

    typical man. ;)
    I don't really blame him-Boston rocks.

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  4. Just wanted to let you know that your page doesn't render properly in Mozilla so the first post (the one about the socks) is more or less impossible to read.

    ~Sharon

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  5. Sorry about the Mozilla thing - been working on it, but success is slow :(
    Yarn is Trekking XXL - color 68 and looks way cooler in person :)

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