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Introducing Sivia aka Queenie
Designer's Corner, Notorious Sock Knitters | January 30, 2009
Hello you lovely sock knitters,
Sivia Harding from Vancouver here, and this is my first time posting to the RSC blog.. please be gentle. I am so happy to see this sock in print, as it is one of my very favorites. If any of you have questions about me or about the pattern, I hope I can answer…
Missing Designer’s Corner Posts
Designer's Corner | November 29, 2008
I haven’t seen any Designer’s Corner posts since Gumdrop and Sweet Tarts. This is my first year in the Sock Club, but it seems as the year is winding down, so are the posts. Is everyone already thinking about next year?
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!
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?
May: Cleopatra’s Stockings
Designer's Corner, Warning Spoilage | May 28, 2008
hi there Notorious Sock Knitters!
my name is Marjan, I live in the Netherlands. So now my Cleopatra found her way to you from my studio to your homes. She is in fact the result of my son playing with a lovely green organza ribbon. He wrapped it around a sock on a mannequin’s foot and it just looked beautiful. I tried how the slashing pattern traveled across the foot sole…. found out how it looked nicer when I doubled it on the upper foot, eliminating the foot sole pattern, cutting out excessive lace, letting the yarn do what it always does best: playing the starring role.
May: Cleopatra’s Stockings
Designer's Corner | May 27, 2008
dear sock knitters,
hej - I’d like to say hello to you all! My name is Marjan, I live in the Netherlands and I designed Cleopatra’s Stockings.
This pattern was the result of a piece of lovely ribbon, wrapped around a mannequin’s foot. I loved the way it curved around & around. I tried to follow the path that the ribbon had shown me, yes also on the foot sole…. But the effect would be even double if I only kept the pattern on the upper foot… And why not create ladders where you’d avoid them, holes where previously unwanted? Not too much though, I wanted it to be a fast knit after all and the yarn hardly needed anything, gorgeous as it is already. Wishing you lots of fun with the Cleopatra’s - Yarnissima
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