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Leafling - ssk not coming out right
General Knitting Questions, March '08 Kit Questions | March 31, 2008
Help! So far, I’ve done four repeats of the dotted leaves pattern, and for some reason, the ssk side isn’t coming out right. The k2tog side has a nice ridge, defining the edge of the “leaves”, but the ssk side is only barely standing out, and the ssk stitches are clearly not doing what they should.
I had an experienced knitter look at what I’m doing, and she tells me I’m doing ssk right… did anyone else have this issue? Is there something really painfully simple I’m not seeing? It doesn’t look terrible, but it doesn’t look nearly as nice as the pictures on the pattern, either. Makes me sad.
Finished my socks - March
Gallery, March '08 Kit Questions | March 28, 2008
I finished my socks yesterday. I am wearing them today. They seem big - the top ribbing fits beautifully and the toe is ok, but seems as if the heel is too big for my foot. Hoping a good washing snugs things up a bit, it often does.
Lucky Tee?
Notorious Sock Knitters | March 28, 2008
When my daughter was eating her Kix cereal this morning, she showed me the back-of-the-cereal-box advertisement for this website:
(The box code we used to register was “kixtee”. )
Check it out. It’s magically delicious.
 Happy knitting and happy weekend!
 Tiffanie
Wrapped heel
Designer's Corner | March 28, 2008
I was fortunate to attend one of Cat Bordhi’s floating workshops last fall. She spoke of making the wraps invisible in this heel design. Is this techniques appropriate to your “Leafling” sock?  I haven’t reached the heel yet but soon will be there. I **love** yarn and the pattern. It should go fairly quickly.
Thank you for your reply
R………………><>
From the Ferry Dock to Rosario
Announcements, Camp Crows Feet | March 27, 2008
There will be a lot of Blue Moon staff at Rosario and we can make several trips to the ferry to pick people up. If I knew which ones the most were coming in on that needed rides that would be helpful. So maybe if you commented to this post with the time your ferry docks at Orcas. We can work something out.
thanks
tina
Leafling gusset question
March '08 Kit Questions | March 27, 2008
I’ve reached the gusset increase, and it doesn’t seem to be working out for me. I’m knitting size small. According the the pattern, in gusset round 1, after knitting the 21 pattern stitches and the RLI, I need to knit to the last 29 stitches, then s1,k1 14 times, etc. This makes the leaf pattern off-center. UNLESS, the beginning of the row has moved? If so, I don’t see any mention of the start of the row moving. What am I missing??? Thanks!
2007 Patterns
Notorious Sock Knitters | March 27, 2008
I’m sorry if this has already been asked elsewhere on the blog. I did a search and didn’t come up with an answer, so I figured I’d just make a new thread. Does anyone know when the 2007 club patterns will be available? I had heard that they would be out a year after they were released to last years club members, but the Inside Out (or whatever they were called) sock pattern has yet to appear. I figured it would be out with the Monsoon colorway. I’ve been stalking those socks since I caught the first spoiler last year and am anxiously waiting with a 10% off coupon in one had and a credit card in the other. I’ll probably end up putting an order in anyway, but I thought it would be nice to be able to place just one massive order and then try to stay away for a little while to maintain my sanity and bank account.
Apparently, I don’t really know how to knit! HELP!
General Knitting Questions, March '08 Kit Questions | March 27, 2008
Can someone help me? On Leafling, I keep ending up with too many stitches between the markers after the first row in which we do the LLI and RLI increases. I’m probably not doing them correctly- but I’m stumped so far. I am making the size large. I knew how to knit yesterday, really I did!
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