Posts Tagged 'knitting'

Music to my ears

So we drove to NYC on the weekend (more on that later) and I was looking for a good knitting project to take up the time. Tito had just received his first pair of socks and he was lovin’ em.

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So, glumly, I went to the stash and stated poking around looking for something boring masculine enough that he would wear it (not a likely event in my stash) when Tito said ‘You know, I feel like if socks are hand made, they should look a little funky’. Funky.

Well. These are the socks he’s getting. Yes, he chose the colour.

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They were a perfect road trip project. Here they are demonstrating the proper use of our cup-holder.

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I turned the heel by the border.

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They saw lots of upstate New York.

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I finished the first one on the road, he should have a pair by the weekend.

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A man who loves funky, ankle length socks. How lucky am I?

Tito socks done!

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Pattern is the ever-reliable (and now memorized) Sporty Striped Peds from Purl Soho.

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Shodan doesn’t seem impressed. That’s ok.

 

Happy Feet.

I have wanted a reason to work with Koigu forever. Pattern: Sporty Striped Peds.

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Trillian FO

Remember this post, where I asked everyone what I should knit, got a majority vote, and then did something else?

©Shireen Nadir 2013

Here is the finished Trillian, and I’ve got to say – I love it :)

©Shireen Nadir 2013

©Shireen Nadir 2013

Oh, and I also got new hair :) Shortest it’s ever been!

©Shireen Nadir 2013

Ravelry Project Page here:

Knotty by Nature Fibre Arts (or, My Socks Grow Funky)

I was admiring my socks (and how they feel in Crocs… oh, the cushiness…) and I was thinking perhaps I had enjoyed them quite enough and they were due for a wash.

This got me thinking ‘what the hell was in that yarn anyway?’ which led sadly to ‘I haven’t a clue’.

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I bought the yarn from a lovely shop in Victoria BC, hand-dyed by the owner themselves. The store was so fun, colourful and full of fibre goodness that I had to share a few pics.

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The owner, winding up the mystery yarn I had just bought. I like how he makes winding yarn look like a cavalier and swashbuckling thing to do.

The socks will be hand washed with my other knitted items to be on the safe side, I can’t bear to lose them now!

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They’re called ‘Knotty by Nature’ and they’re right in downtown Victoria. Definitely look them up if you’re in town, and while you’re at it, ask about my socks ;)

Short things come in important packages

My mom and I are both 5 foot 2. She may actually be 5 foot nothin’, but the fact remains that we are both small.

One day she was chatting with Tito and I, and she dropped this gem: ‘Because short things come in important packages’. To get the full effect, imagine it being said in a sweet West-Indian accent.

Some officious douchbag (I think it was me) presumptuously tried to correct her: ‘Mom, it’s good things come in small packages‘.

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She frowned at me for a moment, but then grinned her infectious grin and repeated with confidence (and finality); ‘Nope! It’s short things come in important packages’.

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Well, I finally realized that she’s right. This entire post is about a hurdle I have finally crossed – my first socks. I’ve been anti sock all these years thinking ‘why waste time like that?’. They’re amazing. They’re comfy. They fit my tiny feet perfectly. They are extraordinarily important.

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Because short things come in important packages. As usual, mom is right.

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Decisions Decisions

Everyone who knows me knows that turquoise, browns and blues are my colours. Every time I walk into a yarn store I am lamentably predictable. But then… then I picked up this lovely thing.

Tanis Fiber Arts Iris

This is Iris, one of the new colours from Tanis Fiber Arts. I picked up a skein in her blue label sock yarn and I am in love. It’s beautiful and punchy, and more variegated than I typically go for, so the question now is, what to do with it?

I’ve considered Jane Richmond’s lovely Strathcona:

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And Martina Behm’s Lintilla:

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I have never knitted either of these patterns, though I have done patterns from both designers before and I know I love their work. Both these patterns are simple enough that the textural pieces will allow the variegated yarn to shine, and both are great summer pieces.

But I am totally open to suggestions too! Anyone know of a great pattern for 400 yards of sock yarn that will show off these colours they way they deserve? Of the 2 above, which one would you vote for?

Tanis Fiber Arts Iris



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