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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Heel Help
General Knitting Questions | January 30, 2008
I’m ready to do my first heel. But I am confounded by the directions. Should the “end” of the row be in the middle of the heel? Or is the beginning of the heel row at the beginning of the leg row? By beginning I mean the place where I brought both ends together to knit on the round for the first row. If I make the beginning of the row in the center of the heel, then I think I need to break the yarn. I must be totally wrong, so I am wondering if anyone can be more descriptive about what to do with this heel. Any websites you can send me to? Thanks!
designer’s corner
Designer's Corner | January 29, 2008
hello, rockin’ sockers!
my name is adrienne and i am a sockaholic! ahh, anyone else here with that problem? yeah?! i think i must be in the right place. now that i have properly introduced myself, i can get on with the rest of the post.
first, i am so excited to be posting under this heading. how excited, you might ask. well, imagine your excitement at seeing a bmfa rockin’ sock club package on your doorsteps. i have been there and it is VERY exciting…happy dancing all around!!! when tina wrote that she wanted to use my design for the sock club, it was HAPPY DANCING ALL AROUND CLOUD 9, 10, AND 11!!!!!!!!! and i am still dancing.
it has been a little nerve-racking but very fun following the landing of the packages around the world (kind of mind boggling when you think about it) and reading your reactions to both the yarn and the pattern. i am happy (maybe “relieved” is a better word) that most of you posting have liked the pattern. hopefully, some of you will really love the pattern. yeah! it’s an ego thing. lol!
i love playing with tina’s colorways (who doesn’t) and my stitch pattern books. i love lace and cables, especially when they are together! and i love it when i finally find a pattern that makes “magic” with the yarn’s colors.
i am a one sock at a time magic looper who may knit both socks at the same time on two separate circs. i have tried 2 socks on 2 circs but really did not enjoy the knit. my preference is for cuff down, heel flap/gusset, and wedge toe.
i cannot believe that some of you have already finished your socks. i haven’t start my own personal pair yet.
welcome to my first (and hopefully not last) contribution to the rockin’ sock club! i hope it brings you fun and happiness. (i love you, tina!)
Fun with Blog Buttons!
Announcements | January 29, 2008
By popular demand, we’ve created two buttons you can use on your blogs, Web sites, and so on to identify yourself as a member of the 2008 Rockin’ Sock Club. Please feel free to link these to this blog or to the Blue Moon Fiber Arts Web site.
Here are the buttons. If you know how to save these onto your computer and put them on your own Web site, go for it.
If you need the HTML code, here it is.
First graphic: <a href="http://www.rockinsockclub.com/" title="I'm in the Rockin' Sock Club!"><img src="http://rockinsockclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/rsc_member1.gif" alt="I’m in the Rockin' Sock Club!" border="0" /></a>
Second graphic: <a href="http://www.rockinsockclub.com/" title="I'm in the Rockin' Sock Club!"><img src="http://rockinsockclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/rsc_member2.gif" alt="I'm in the Rockin' Sock Club!" border="0" /></a>
And, because so many of you are having fun on Ravelry, we’ve made an “official” RSC spoiler graphic you can use when you upload the yarn to your stash, or put the project in your queue.
Holy Tina and the Blue Moonies!!!
Notorious Sock Knitters | January 29, 2008
Somebody did it! I don’t know who and will leave it to Tina to assign the proper credit but I am now able to log on to the blog! I know this may not be exciting to some but it is to me 
I am loving this month’s shipment.
Thank you to everyone who worked on the “cookie error” issue. Knit on!
Spoiler Alert picture
Notorious Sock Knitters | January 29, 2008
I created a little Rockin Sock Club Spoiler Alert picture for anyone to use on Ravelry so that they don’t “spoil” it for anyone who doesn’t want to be spoiled. Someone on the Socks That Rawk forum over there suggested that I post it here. Anyone can use it. I used the Rockin Sock Club logo straight from the site, so I hope no one at BMFA has a problem with it!
Mary
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