September 19, 2010
As you can see from the photo I have finished knitting my gloves. I cast on September 9th so that is 10 days of knitting. Not too bad for all the appendages. I, of course, will have to count tomorrow as the official finish day as I have yet to weave in my ends. Now I can’t remember what the rule was about starting another project before the “official finishing” of the previous one, but I couldn’t resist the casting on of the Lacy Cable socks, pages 112 to 115.
I have decided to knit them toe up and I am changing up the garter stitch toes for smooth stockinet. I might add beads at the tops too. I will have plenty of time to think about it as I experience the lace through the foot.
My new learning here will be doing a slip stitch heel from the bottom up. I prefer toe ups and I often do the short row heel. I have only ever done the slip stitch heel on the top downs. I am using Wendy D. Johnson’s “Socks from the Toe Up” for my tech support. I also used the Judy’s Magic cast on which is waay easier and less fussy than the short row cast on. I have done it once before on a pair of WIP ZauberBall socks.
I will also be doing the lace pattern upside down. This should be interesting, but I have turned the book upside down and I really don’t see much difference.
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