Thursday, August 30, 2007

Oh Baby...Baby Cable Rib Socks!

My second pair of handknit sock - ever - came off my needles on Monday. Couldn't post about them earlier because of camera/batteries issues. In the long run it really was in my favor that I had to wait to post, because last night (yippee!) I got my Ravelry invitation! My user name is of course hakucho and I'm very excited to be able to play and check everything out. This fantastic site is even more than I had imagined. Though I'm not sure how long it will take me to get everything in order, I will be trying my best to at least keep up with the new stuff and checking everything all out!

Now back to my socks. They are knit with size 3 dpn's with wool-ease blue mist. I'm please with how they turned out, but I'd be lying if I said everything went without a hitch. Sock #1 was working out fine until I tried to do the kitchener's graft. I was very tired and my husband came in and had the nerve to talk to me... imagine him being so disruptive that I totally messed it up and then had to rip it back and redo the toe. The do-over was fine and the second one went really well. No problems this time. The next socks I knit I will try a toe up pattern.

The baby cable rib pattern came from Sensational Knitted Socks. Great book. I highly recommend it and I know I'll probably just move through the book learning all the techniques before I venture into knitting other sock patterns. I think I'll put More Sensational Knitted Socks on my Christmas wish list. More socks will have to wait though, because I have my husband's birthday present and two babies to knit for and of course I'll have to start with my Christmas knitting as well.

happy knitting everyone :)

20 comments:

  1. i am BEYOND impressed with your 2nd pair of socks EVER! kudos to you.. they look fantastic! and ofcourse,I am going to go hunt you down on Ravelry now :)

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  2. Oh wow! Those are great, great looking socks. I love the little cables. You did a wonderful job on them.

    I'm only like 29,000 something in line for ravelry. I knew I should have joined when I first heard, but live and learn. ;)

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  3. the socks are gorgeous! i love the color. : )

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  4. Here's a virtual hug for completing your second pair of socks! They are wonderful! Let me tell you, that my two first pairs where nothing like yours. Just old plain and boring, with a yarn I didn't like (at school we never got to work with nice stuff). I'm predicting many, many socks in your future! One better than the other.

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  5. Very nice job on your socks! The cabled rib is an especially nice touch. Good job!

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  6. Beautiful job on them there socks!
    Congrats on your induction into Ravelry! I think I've got 3oooo! ahead of me!

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  7. 2nd pair??? Fantastic, Deb! My 2nd pair consisted of St st, 8ply yarn and 5mm needles! :)

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  8. Beautiful socks, and my favorite color! I think billions and billions of people are in line ahead of me at Ravelry, I held out, and now I suppose I will be sorry. Do get More Sensational Knitted Socks, and then go get them both wire-bound at an office supply or copy shop. That's my suggestion for today.

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  9. Wow - those are your second socks?!Great job!

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  10. they look wonderful! :) I knew you'd get your invite this week. I tried to message you through there to say hi but you didn't enable it yet!

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  11. Congrats! They look great - I love the color.

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  12. the socks look so great - way to go!!

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  13. Lovely! My feet love the feel of pair of hand knit socks, I'm sure yours will too. Enjoy them.

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  14. WOW, those are beautiful! That Ravelry thing sounds interesting!! Have a great weekend!

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  15. wow, you and i will have to figure out how to knit socks and chew gum at the same time!

    Your socks are perfect!

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  16. Awesome socks! And welcome to Ravelry! I just added you to my friends there. :) You are gonna LOVE it.

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  17. The socks are great! I've been meaning to try socks, they look like fun and from what I can gather from other sock knitters, very addictive.

    Ravelry is great isn't it? I've been on it for about 2 months now, and I'm still discovering new things about it. I just discovered you could export your yarn stash and save it as an Excel file. How cool is that?

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  18. Your socks look great. Congrats!

    Ang

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  19. What beautiful socks! I hope no one disturbs your next kitchener! I hate when that happens...

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