Knitting on a Knitting Blog?
Really, what is the world coming to? I have taken a bit of a break on the sewing marathon to give the sock a bit of attention, and I have turned the heel! It's a really interesting heel It's a basket weave pattern, using the slip 1, knit 1 pattern I usually use on heel flaps, but making a 4-row pattern of it, moving the slip 1 over by one stitch on the 3rd row, then back again on row 1. I'm really pleased with it--it gives the thickness of the slip 1, knit 1 pattern, but looks more interesting. I've done the gusset decreases & am now just at the foot knitting, so I'm hoping that moves pretty quickly. I have a whole second sock to do, after all...... Not that I've taken a break from sewing entirely. I decided to take a break from garment sewing, so I played around with my first attempt at applique. I was pleased to find that there is actually something good about all those darn reply cards packed into every magazine, they make decent pat...