I originally started to post this about a week ago, but then didn't get it finished, so have started a new post.
Last Sunday I finished the Amazing Siberian Slippers for my mil, then I re-started a pair of socks for my youngest granddaughter. I had been using the waffle stitch pattern, but since I have already made a pair with that pattern this year, I decided I needed to do something different. So I am doing a pattern of my own making that is tuning out like little leaves or petals that work out into diagonal rows. Every 4th row I use my cable needle & I move 1 stitch to the right & 1 stitch to the left, then skip several stitches & do it again. Then I move up by 4 rows & do it again, but centered between the one of the previous pattern row. Kind of like this (hope it comes out):
The X's are the stitches I move to the right & to the left - 1 each way.
I am going to have to just guess at the length for now - might have to re-work hers and her sister's if I don't guess right since I really need to get them finished and they won't visit their dad for another week. And even then, I might not get to see them since I might have to work an overtime day for end of year inventory & I need to go shopping for a new stove. Mine died a week ago yesterday.
I was telling my grandkids about it on Friday - at least 2 of the granddaughters - had stopped by our daughter's thinking I would be picking up 1 granddaughter for the night, but they weren't visiting Dad this weekend. So 1 of the 10 year old granddaughters is selling coupon cards - last year I bought 5 of them - 1 for each grandchild, but then we didn't really end up getting much use out of them with my finances going down after I ended up back on unemployment for a year. So I told her that I might not be able to buy 1 this year, but if I did, it would just be 1 for all 5 to share, but I would have to see after getting a stove bought since my oven had died. The 12 year old granddaughter pops up with - you mean there is just a hole? I assured her that no, the oven .just wouldn't work anymore, but I am able to use the burners. I can make the peanut brittle that the 1 granddaughter says I have to make again, but I can't bake rolls or anything like that!
I had a disturbing episode after posting the picture of my Siberian slippers on facebook - a person asked about getting the pattern and I gave the link to my friend's page where she sells the pattern. This person then a bit later comes back & posts that she found the pattern for free on the internet! This is a pattern that my friend spent many hours writing up, while extremely pregnant with her newest child, stressing over trying to get it written up before she went into labor. And she is helping support her family with the money she brings in from writing patterns. So far the person who posted that she had found the pattern for free hasn't responded after being asked to tell her where she found it for free, which I still hope happens. This is a stolen pattern, if she really did find it for free somewhere! And this diminishes things for all us crafters! Now don't get me wrong, I love it when I can find a free pattern! Especially this past year when I wasn't working. But some patterns are intended to be given away & others are not. This pattern was not!
Last Monday evening I went to a Christmas program that my next to the youngest granddaughter was in. So it was another long day. But nothing like the long days my dh has put in all week. He put in 5 days of 15 hours and 1 of 8 hours, for a total of at least 83 hours. Might have been a little more since I think he says he usually works 15 ½ hours on those days that he does the long ones.
I wore my handknit socks with sandals almost all week to keep from causing my right big toe from hurting any more than it had to. I fell on Thanksgiving day & messed up my right big toenail, but didn't find it out until a week ago yesterday when I went for a pedicure and as the tech took the nail polish off, he unearthed my torn nail & bruised toe. I decided yesterday to take off the nail polish again to make sure it hadn't gotten worse, infected or anything all week with not being able to actually see it for the nail polish. I did good yesterday, but was still tired this morning & cold, so laid down on the couch & covered up with a quilt. When I woke back up, I caught the nail on the quilt & tore it some more. So it is pretty sore tonight. I went to the store & got some super glue to glue it back together again & then since I couldn't find any finger cots at either of the stores I stopped at, I came home & cut the thumb off a pair of latex gloves so that I could put that over the toenail to try to help protect it - especially when I am sleeping. Will see. It is loose from the tear to the tip of my toe on that side of the nail.
I decided to tear out & restart another pair of socks for the blood sister of the granddaughter that I mentioned her socks earlier. I had been doing 3 four stitch cables up the socks, but not only was it pulling them in severely, but it was annoying me because I was losing count of the rows (6) for the cable when doing the heel and my left index finger kept getting a sore area on it. I don't have time for this with Christmas just 3 weeks away, so I took it out & am doing a V shape that I am continuing around the ankle - it means I move basically 2 stitches on each sock every row - 4 if you count the other 2 that end up being moved because of the 2 that I am moving to shape the V. Much less than the 12 that I was doing differently before. I may still do the other pattern later, but for now I'm not going to. I just need to get them done.
My son's gf got her 2nd sock to the point where we can do the heel, so I will get that part done for her this week and then get the 2 socks on the same set of needles so that she can work on the legs. She has done them 1 at a time so far, but told me she wants to do the rest 2 at a time. She will need to learn purling for the ribbing, if that is what she wants - which I think it is. And we only have about 19 days to get her to doing it if she plans to work on them while they drive to FL for Christmas. They leave on the 22nd & should arrive at my in-law's on the 24th, then back here about the 28th to the 30th. She says she wants to make a scarf next.
Have fun & Happy Crafting until the next time!
Last Sunday I finished the Amazing Siberian Slippers for my mil, then I re-started a pair of socks for my youngest granddaughter. I had been using the waffle stitch pattern, but since I have already made a pair with that pattern this year, I decided I needed to do something different. So I am doing a pattern of my own making that is tuning out like little leaves or petals that work out into diagonal rows. Every 4th row I use my cable needle & I move 1 stitch to the right & 1 stitch to the left, then skip several stitches & do it again. Then I move up by 4 rows & do it again, but centered between the one of the previous pattern row. Kind of like this (hope it comes out):
| X | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | X | X | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | X |
| O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| O | O | O | O | X | X | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | X | X | O | O | O | O |
| O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| X | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | X | X | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | X |
The X's are the stitches I move to the right & to the left - 1 each way.
I am going to have to just guess at the length for now - might have to re-work hers and her sister's if I don't guess right since I really need to get them finished and they won't visit their dad for another week. And even then, I might not get to see them since I might have to work an overtime day for end of year inventory & I need to go shopping for a new stove. Mine died a week ago yesterday.
I was telling my grandkids about it on Friday - at least 2 of the granddaughters - had stopped by our daughter's thinking I would be picking up 1 granddaughter for the night, but they weren't visiting Dad this weekend. So 1 of the 10 year old granddaughters is selling coupon cards - last year I bought 5 of them - 1 for each grandchild, but then we didn't really end up getting much use out of them with my finances going down after I ended up back on unemployment for a year. So I told her that I might not be able to buy 1 this year, but if I did, it would just be 1 for all 5 to share, but I would have to see after getting a stove bought since my oven had died. The 12 year old granddaughter pops up with - you mean there is just a hole? I assured her that no, the oven .just wouldn't work anymore, but I am able to use the burners. I can make the peanut brittle that the 1 granddaughter says I have to make again, but I can't bake rolls or anything like that!
I had a disturbing episode after posting the picture of my Siberian slippers on facebook - a person asked about getting the pattern and I gave the link to my friend's page where she sells the pattern. This person then a bit later comes back & posts that she found the pattern for free on the internet! This is a pattern that my friend spent many hours writing up, while extremely pregnant with her newest child, stressing over trying to get it written up before she went into labor. And she is helping support her family with the money she brings in from writing patterns. So far the person who posted that she had found the pattern for free hasn't responded after being asked to tell her where she found it for free, which I still hope happens. This is a stolen pattern, if she really did find it for free somewhere! And this diminishes things for all us crafters! Now don't get me wrong, I love it when I can find a free pattern! Especially this past year when I wasn't working. But some patterns are intended to be given away & others are not. This pattern was not!
Last Monday evening I went to a Christmas program that my next to the youngest granddaughter was in. So it was another long day. But nothing like the long days my dh has put in all week. He put in 5 days of 15 hours and 1 of 8 hours, for a total of at least 83 hours. Might have been a little more since I think he says he usually works 15 ½ hours on those days that he does the long ones.
I wore my handknit socks with sandals almost all week to keep from causing my right big toe from hurting any more than it had to. I fell on Thanksgiving day & messed up my right big toenail, but didn't find it out until a week ago yesterday when I went for a pedicure and as the tech took the nail polish off, he unearthed my torn nail & bruised toe. I decided yesterday to take off the nail polish again to make sure it hadn't gotten worse, infected or anything all week with not being able to actually see it for the nail polish. I did good yesterday, but was still tired this morning & cold, so laid down on the couch & covered up with a quilt. When I woke back up, I caught the nail on the quilt & tore it some more. So it is pretty sore tonight. I went to the store & got some super glue to glue it back together again & then since I couldn't find any finger cots at either of the stores I stopped at, I came home & cut the thumb off a pair of latex gloves so that I could put that over the toenail to try to help protect it - especially when I am sleeping. Will see. It is loose from the tear to the tip of my toe on that side of the nail.
I decided to tear out & restart another pair of socks for the blood sister of the granddaughter that I mentioned her socks earlier. I had been doing 3 four stitch cables up the socks, but not only was it pulling them in severely, but it was annoying me because I was losing count of the rows (6) for the cable when doing the heel and my left index finger kept getting a sore area on it. I don't have time for this with Christmas just 3 weeks away, so I took it out & am doing a V shape that I am continuing around the ankle - it means I move basically 2 stitches on each sock every row - 4 if you count the other 2 that end up being moved because of the 2 that I am moving to shape the V. Much less than the 12 that I was doing differently before. I may still do the other pattern later, but for now I'm not going to. I just need to get them done.
My son's gf got her 2nd sock to the point where we can do the heel, so I will get that part done for her this week and then get the 2 socks on the same set of needles so that she can work on the legs. She has done them 1 at a time so far, but told me she wants to do the rest 2 at a time. She will need to learn purling for the ribbing, if that is what she wants - which I think it is. And we only have about 19 days to get her to doing it if she plans to work on them while they drive to FL for Christmas. They leave on the 22nd & should arrive at my in-law's on the 24th, then back here about the 28th to the 30th. She says she wants to make a scarf next.
Have fun & Happy Crafting until the next time!
Looking good! Renate
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