Dobby Socks:
Yes, I'm a Harry Potter fan. And who doesn't love Dobby the house elf, who will take all mis-matched socks he can get? I was determined to finally use up my stash of sock yarn (I use the word "stash" rather loosely- remnants would be a more appropriate word, I suppose, as these were the last bits of various skeins left after finishing other projects).
These were all toe-up socks.
Once I started, I loved it. These were made with knitty's
Figure 8 toe tutorial (the last example of starting a toe-up sock), on size 2 dp needles. I can't really tell you where the yarn came from, but it's mostly acrylic or acrylic/wool blends of sock yarn.
Rough sock pattern:
Start toe-up pattern with 8 loops on each needle, as described in the Figure 8 toe-up sock. Once you're knitting in the round, increase the toe until there are 48 stitches total. At this point, the toe is complete, and you can throw in a pattern if you'd like. Continue knitting in the round until the foot reaches the start of the heel/ankle.
For the ankle, repeat the following 2 rounds 7 times (62 stitches total):
round 1: k11, M1, K24, M1, k11.
round 2: knit.
For the heel:
On the next round, k6, turn. Repeat the following 2 rows until you're back at the original 48 sts:
Row 1: purl 11, p2tog, turn
Row 2: knit 11, k2tog, turn.
Join in the round again, knit in the round (continuing any pattern) until the ankle is at the desired length. Bind off all stitches loosely.
I kind of made up this heel because I didn't like how any of the heel patterns looked for toe-up socks. Now I have 6 lovely, mismatched socks!
fingerless gloves:
I actually made these a looong time ago (almost a year?) on the train to/from work. I use them at work all the time (more in the summer than in the winter because of the A/C). The pattern is
knitty's Fetching gloves, but I continued the cables up the back hand of the glove because I like cables.
Currently working on the
Wakefield Scarf, using the rest of my super-nice Helen's Lace yarn used for my swallowtail shawl. Once that's done, I'm going back to stash-busting, this time with something felted. I'm thinking felted bag, but we'll see.
