So I was socking along last night... and "Snap."
That's the problem with the small DPNs, at least in my world. Well, I never had one break before, but I have had a lot of bamboo ones bend something stupid. It's a shame, because now the sock is on hold until I get another set of these needles. And I was really in a nice groove with the pattern. Things were coming along so nicely.
The bright side? I started playing with the Kureyon. And my biggest fears about it, turns out, were not an issue. It felt very scratchy to me in the skein, but it feels a lot softer when being knit. The yarn doesn't seem to be of the highest quality, though: it, too, broke once, and the yarn, in general, just doesn't feel well spun. Eh, maybe that's just part of its fun. And at least in this particular colorway (40), the colors are lovely.
Still, my vacation knitting plans are now up in the air, because I was relying on the Waving Lace as a main part of the fun. I'm planning on taking two scarves (the Kureyon, and the Seed Stitch Colinette Prism scarf that's been on the back burner for ages), but I need something else, too. Maybe I should take the eBay silk and play with it. Trouble with it is I don't even know what needles I need for it...
Well, I'll keep you posted anyhow.
Posted by Jon at April 25, 2004 10:43 AMIs this the waving lace socks from Interweave Knits, Spring 2004? I picked up that magazine, intending to do the socks soon. I'm thinking of trying them with some lavender cotton blend, for summer socks. How are they working out for you - other than the needle breaking, that is? I'm going to have to redo the pattern, my perpetual problem with the "women's medium" - I'm a large myself. Are you making any changes in the pattern?
Posted by: Laura Gallgher at April 26, 2004 08:02 PMYou got it, Laura. I was a bit scared of the lace pattern but it's remarkably easier than I thought it would be, and it "grows" very fast. It's also very stretchy, so you might not have to modify the pattern. Then again, I have no idea how big your feet are. I'm knitting mine in the pattern as written, over 64 stitches. It shouldn't be too hard to modidy, though - the lace pattern is an 8 stitch repeat. The trickiest part would just be keeping track of what's on which needle, since it's very simply written as a four needles, 16 sts per needle pattern. But I think you would have to add 16 stitches for the pattern to be able to work the pattern once you get to the foot -- which would be a VERY large sock -- unless perhaps you just add an extra purl stitch between the lace pattern repeats?
Posted by: Jon at April 27, 2004 01:40 AMYes, those are precisely the issues I was thinking over. I thought about adding the 16 stitches, but it does sound big. I'm a size 10 wide. I just finished a pair of broadripple socks, and I took his original pattern for sport weight yarn, added 2 pattern repeats, and used sockweight yarn - ended up with 84 stitches. I usually use 72 for a ribbed sock. I dropped back to my usual 36 stitches for the heel flap and foot, and they're a bit loose, but not bad. Picture at http://celticdragonfly.livejournal.com. I'd probably work the waving lace sock on 2 circs, it's easier around the babies, so adding 2 repeats is preferable, although I could move things at the heel if need be. I will go back and look at the design again, and think about adding another purl stitch. What size are you making them for?
Posted by: Laura Gallagher at May 2, 2004 10:56 PM