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Monthly Archives: July 2008
How much yarn (ounces) is needed for the anklets?
Notorious Sock Knitters | July 30, 2008
How much yarn (ounces) is needed for the anklets?
Sweet Tart Designer
Designer's Corner | July 30, 2008
As most of you know, I am commonly known as “Hot Flash” and enjoy being a Socketeer for BMFA. My design started out as a sock for my Granddaughter, Emma. I started with the picot edge from the Cedar Creek Sock and then added eyelets, And so it went…….After completing the socks I decided it would work for for me as well. This pattern is light, bouncey and a great sock.  After completing the futzy picot edge you will it to be an easy pattern. ENJOY!
Picot edge video??
July '08 Kit Questions | July 28, 2008
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THE YARN AND THE 2 PATTERNS!!!  i am doing both socks!!! i am using Lil Bunny Foo Foo for the anklets!!! BUT… i can’t figure out how to do the picot edge. All the videos i have googled show using a provisional cast on!!!! i get that you fold the edge… but to make it right side out… it looks like i would fold it into the center of the sock.  i am using 2 circulars… but how to you use the LEFT needle to p/u a loop of the co edge??? How do you catch from the “inside” and knit them together??? Is there a video that i wasn’t able to find that shows the technique that applies to our pattern??????
Gumdrop question!!!
July '08 Kit Questions | July 26, 2008
I can’t figure out the “(k1, yo, k1) in next stitch” means… how do i do it???  i have the markers in the right place. i can see that 3 knit stitches need to increase to five stitches… but i can’t figure it out how!! i am familar with yarn overs and know how to do all the other stitches. HELP!!!
Maybe enough yarn for both?
July '08 Kit Questions | July 26, 2008
Love the yarn, love both patterns. With extra small feet I have extra yarn from provious kits! Quite a bit. Any way to figure how much yarn needed for the anklets? I want to make both patterns from the yarn provided <g>!!
SPOILER ALERT - want to see a July sock picture?? SPOILER ALERT
Gallery | July 25, 2008
If you would rather not, then close the post now! LOL
I have been knitting madly since Wednesday afternoon and have a pics up in my blog if you want to check them out. Sock number 1 is now done - just have to put the toe together.Â
Gumdrops, Twizzlers, and M&Ms, oh my!
Designer's Corner, Warning Spoilage | July 23, 2008
Hey, all you sock knitters. Wanna hear where the Gumdrops design came from?
It all started innocently enough. One day I noticed that Fir Cone, a classic Shetland lace pattern, was composed of motifs that expanded from a single stitch, then shrunk back to that single stitch, all nestled together in a half-drop arrangement. Hmm, I wondered. What if you put columns of purls between the motifs? And substituted “[k1, yo, k1] in next st” for “yo, k1, yo,” for a less lacy effect? What kind of fabric would you get?
With Socks that Rock, you get a fine fabric indeed–Gumdrops! Stretchy, bouncy, and full of soft, undulating, 3d texture.
But the “wrong” side–what a surprise that was! Really, I can’t say which side I like better. And that’s why these socks have reversible heels and toes–you get to choose which side to wear on the outside, on any given day! Not fond of short-row, garter-stitch heels? Or grafting toes? By all means, feel free to substitute other heels or toes as you please! Go ahead and make these socks your own–after all, where would the Gumdrops socks be if I hadn’t felt free to tweak Fir Cone?
so…. the inside of the label of my goody goody yarn says
Notorious Sock Knitters | July 23, 2008
candy kisses! 
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