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mousepod · 09-13-2006, 01:36 PM

Hey Snowflake... there's a place on 18th called ImagiKnit. Heather has taken a couple of classes there (including socks using circular needles). She loves their classes and yarn selection.

Snowflake · 09-13-2006, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

Hey Snowflake... there's a place on 18th called ImagiKnit. Heather has taken a couple of classes there (including socks using circular needles). She loves their classes and yarn selection.

Very cool! I wil check them out! Sounds like a perfect fall/winter project for me. Thanks!

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 09-13-2006, 04:10 PM

http://harbaugh.uoregon.edu/Brain/index.htm

Matterhorn Fan · 09-14-2006, 02:39 PM

I have a sock predicament.

I have a nearly-completed sock on my coffeetable. If I finish the toe decreases as the book says, it'll be way too big; no bother, my toes aren't pointy so that doesn't matter.

I'm not confident that I have enough yarn for sock #2.

The pattern is nice, but it came out thick. I should have anticipated that, but I was being stupid. This is important for 2 reasons: 1. It took up lots of yarn, and 2. I live in Florida.

It took foreverish (though it's been sitting on the coffeetable longer).

What would you do?

Prudence · 09-14-2006, 03:11 PM

1) undo a couple inches of foot length. (I've had to do this.)
2) consider making the toes out of a different yarn for both socks.
3) get more yarn. (I've had to do this, too.)

Matterhorn Fan · 09-14-2006, 03:20 PM

I'd never find a matching dye lot, and I'm worried that the socks will be too warm. In short, even if I start knitting sock #2 from the other end of the ball of yarn, and even if I finish, I'm afraid I'm not going to be entirely happy. At the same time, I'm just not ready to unravel all that work.

On the other hand, I'd get to knit with this wonderful yarn 50% MORE than I would have if I just finished the pair of socks. (Or is that just rationalization?)

Prudence · 09-14-2006, 03:56 PM

I say start working on the other sock and see how far you get. If you won't finish, even the socks out and do the toes another color.

Matterhorn Fan · 09-14-2006, 04:05 PM

Yeah. Maybe I'll try out a different pattern and see if it makes me happier.

Matterhorn Fan · 09-17-2006, 03:52 PM

The sock is no more. The more I thought about it, the more I resented it. Its days were numbered, so last night I pulled the needles out and ripped it all out.

I restarted in a different pattern. This one is toe up, so I've learned something new already.

So far I'm happier.

Prudence · 09-17-2006, 07:56 PM

I'm trying to hold out starting a new sock until I finish this little blanket for my cats, but I think the siren sock call is too strong.

09-13-2006, 01:36 PM	#1
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Hey Snowflake... there's a place on 18th called ImagiKnit. Heather has taken a couple of classes there (including socks using circular needles). She loves their classes and yarn selection. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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09-13-2006, 04:10 PM	#3
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	Knitting goodness found via a boingboing.net link. http://harbaugh.uoregon.edu/Brain/index.htm
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09-14-2006, 02:39 PM	#4
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	I have a sock predicament. I have a nearly-completed sock on my coffeetable. If I finish the toe decreases as the book says, it'll be way too big; no bother, my toes aren't pointy so that doesn't matter. I'm not confident that I have enough yarn for sock #2. The pattern is nice, but it came out thick. I should have anticipated that, but I was being stupid. This is important for 2 reasons: 1. It took up lots of yarn, and 2. I live in Florida. It took foreverish (though it's been sitting on the coffeetable longer). What would you do?
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09-14-2006, 03:11 PM	#5
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	1) undo a couple inches of foot length. (I've had to do this.) 2) consider making the toes out of a different yarn for both socks. 3) get more yarn. (I've had to do this, too.) __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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09-14-2006, 03:20 PM	#6
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	I'd never find a matching dye lot, and I'm worried that the socks will be too warm. In short, even if I start knitting sock #2 from the other end of the ball of yarn, and even if I finish, I'm afraid I'm not going to be entirely happy. At the same time, I'm just not ready to unravel all that work. On the other hand, I'd get to knit with this wonderful yarn 50% MORE than I would have if I just finished the pair of socks. (Or is that just rationalization?) Last edited by Matterhorn Fan : 09-14-2006 at 03:48 PM.
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09-14-2006, 03:56 PM	#7
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	I say start working on the other sock and see how far you get. If you won't finish, even the socks out and do the toes another color. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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09-14-2006, 04:05 PM	#8
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	Yeah. Maybe I'll try out a different pattern and see if it makes me happier.
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09-17-2006, 03:52 PM	#9
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	The sock is no more. The more I thought about it, the more I resented it. Its days were numbered, so last night I pulled the needles out and ripped it all out. I restarted in a different pattern. This one is toe up, so I've learned something new already. So far I'm happier.
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09-17-2006, 07:56 PM	#10
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	I'm trying to hold out starting a new sock until I finish this little blanket for my cats, but I think the siren sock call is too strong. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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