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Please send good wishes to Cyn and her black kitty Cosmo, who is very sick right now.
At long last, I finished my Great Adirondack Flatirons (follow link for yarn and pattern details – I’m feeling lazy). I knitted one sock from each end of the ball of yarn in order to use as much of the yarn as I could. (The whole dividing the ball of yarn into two by weight thing has never worked that well for me.)
*yawn* “More socks? Hey, what’s that over there?” -Mayhem
They look pretty good inside out, too.
“It was a toy! I like it when you get boxes with these fabulous toys.” -Mayhem
Here’s a macro shot, right side out:
And a macro shot, inside out:
If I said that they look “lovely”, do you silently think … “she’s lying” … because you know purple is not my colour?
Life is so simple for cats!
Hmm.. I almost like the inside out side better…
very gorgeous colorway!
*sigh* I so have to start making more socks… BTW, what method do you use for heels?
Hi May-May! *scritch scritch scritch*
Great pictures! Love the psychedelic look.
Heh. They’re not my taste in color, either, but they’re beautifully done and I like the pattern. 😉
I find that dividing the yarn by weight works well, but I use the balance at work (and a fresh weigh boat).
You knit good.
🙂
Even kittie experience knitting ennui!
These really are cute!
I use a druggie scale. Er, I mean, a jewelery scale. Yeah, that’s it….
Purdy – how the heck do you knit with each end without making a big ole tangled mess?
Oh. I hate it when kitties get sick.
Which way are you going to wear the socks, inside out or rightside out?
I want macro shots of May inside and outside. Well, just outside.
Chris- It never works for me either- I can have 2 balls of exactly the same weight, and for sure, I’d be short on one.
Maybe it’s nature, nothing is perfect (except for cats).
Ah May, the ever busy kitty.
Love the color.
That’s right, May! Tearstrips make the BESTEST toys!
>^..^<
Nice! I have a terrible time trying to knit from both ends of the ball. It always ends up in a nasty mess.
Typical kid, buy them a toy and they play with the box.
I like the inside out the best. Very cool.
That is a beautiful multi-color! And, of course, the cardboard is more fun than anything!!!
Great colors in that yarn. I actually like the inside out side a little better, but both sides are cool.
Glad there was a tear strip for May. She’s seems to have been suffering from ennui lately.
That looks like a nice, understated pattern. Very lovely! And now I want to know what kind of ‘toy’ it is Mayhem is playing with…
So much color, I love them!
Love the close-up pictures, you can really see the colors of the yarn.
Nice socks, on both sides! I like the colors.
Packages are built-in kitty toys.
cool socks! I don’t have a sclae for splitting a ball in half. I might try your trick down the road.
Poor Cyn. I hope Cosmo gets better quick.
Nice socks! Nice pix too. Sweeney Todd Hair Salon? I don’t think so!
Poor Mayhem. The suffering she endures.
The socks & the yarn are FANTASTIC!
Those socks are so pretty…they look like oil slicks…uh, maybe that doesn’t sound so good. But you know how oil puddles get those lovely rainbows of colors shimmering across their surface? That’s what I mean…
Love the colors.
Great socks! I thought of a great contest today, great in that it would interest me now, but not so great because how can you announce a contest now with the answer/prize coming some time in June?????? (How long will there be snow in the big snowpile at work?)
I love the colorplay on those socks!
Really nice socks! I see you are having a heat wave up there. Heh
those socks came out lovely.
Cool socks! I thought they were just plain blue until your closeup photos. : )
Those look perfect! The stitching is so nice and the blend of colors is lovely.
Beautiful socks!