I had a ton of people asking me questions about what kind of techniques I used in the sock class last weekend...so I thought I'd try to answer some of them! Here goes!
Linz asked, "What kind of cast-on did you use? That's a PERFECT toe!":
...well I don't know about perfect, but it sure was easy. I used the long tail cast on! Can you believe it? I thought that we would be using some really complicated funky techniques...but nope! Plain old long tail cast on, which is the cast on that I use most often.
Lynette asked, "...love the yarn. Where can I get some?".:
You are in luck because the Socks that Rock ladies are some of the nicest fiber people around! I guess I should call them the Blue Moon Fiber Arts ladies since that's the name of the yarn company, but Socks that Rock is so much more fun to say! The color that I have is called "Spring Fling" and it's not shown on their website, but you can always contact them to check on other colors. In fact, I encourage you to contact them because they might direct you to colors that you didn't know about. They are really great people.
Mademoiselle Caroline asked,"Is that knit on DPNs?" and Carolyn Mae asked," Looks like you are using circulars?":
Well ladies, I'm not using DPN's...I've been freed from the teeny tiny torture sticks! And you can drop that "s" from the word circular because I'm Magic Loopin' it! Oh yeah! I'm using one gigantic 32" needle and I'm loving it! The method that I'm using for the toe-up sock is a little different than the video that I've linked to, but hopefully after the second class this Saturday I'll be able to explain it a little more throughly! So check back after the weekend!
Amy Lu asked, "Which toe-up method did you use? It looks perfectly perfect!!!!! By chance, would you be attending Stitches Midwest?":
Oh Amy...you have no idea how badly I want to attend Stitches Midwest, but it's just not in the cards this year. Someday I'm going to make it up there though because I really, really want to! As far as what toe-up method I used for this sock...I'm not sure. I left my instructions at home today, and I know that she took some of the methods from the Magic Loop knitting book and then some she came up with on her own. I'll get some more info for you at the next class! It's been 5 days since my sock class...and I'm still enjoying working on the sock...that's a good sign! I may just become a sock knitter yet!
Thanks for the link....I'm always up for new yarn!
Posted by: Lynette at April 13, 2006 10:08 AMYou are so funny! Your responses have me laughing loud enough to get funny looks from my co-workers. Can't wait to see how the sock comes out!
Posted by: Michelle at April 13, 2006 04:08 PMLOVE your toe up socks. Do you think that your teacher would mind sharing the sock pattern for the toe-up socks on the magic-loop method? I will pay for it if necessary. My local store isn't really into knitting socks, let alone doing it without DPN's so I need to teach myself. Not sure that is possible... Hee!
I dye my own sock yarn, now I just need to figure out an easier way to knit them. These DPN's are KILLING me!
Thanks!