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Thanks, Linda!Yarn vomit, again!
For the umpteenth time I’m ripping out the heel of this sock. This is a frustrating part of learning something new. I’ve not enjoyed needle knitted wrap and turns. ADD claims me and I lose my place. A LOT.
That was why I found the Fleegle Heel so helpful. It’s kind of funny, I enjoyed wrap and turns on the loom. But it was easy to see where I left off, most of the time.
This new method is a variation of the wrap and turn. It’s a Shadow Wrap. It does look nicer, almost disappearing into the fabric.
I’m looking forward to trying Fishlip socks. But I have to finish my No See Sneaker Socks first.
There’s a reason this is where my stream took me , for the umpteenth time. I’ll get it yet!🤪😂🤣
I’ve made very little progress on the afghan. But I finally got ONE no show Sneaker socks finished. TaDa!!!
One no show Sneaker Sock done.
Many lessons learned.
Starting with cast on. I over did the Turkish cast-on. The toe ended squarish.
The arch needed a few more rows of ribbing.
The heel part has been tinked so many times I was worried the yarn was splitting. Right now I’m retinking the second sock. Here’s why:
The pattern confused me. The YouTube wasn’t clear enough. And it was confusing.
I finally got the shadow wrap. But the next part made me separate the socks. No more Two At A Time. But I only have one long ChiaoGoo Red-lace Circular Needle in size 1. So I put one sock on DPNs. I could fold them up and keep the sock from fraying or straying.
That left one sock on the ChiaoGoos. That made the rest a little easier to understand. I’m still not sure I understand the shaping of the upper heel but it fits nicely.
The ribbing at the top of the sock was short and easy. But the cast offs the YouTube suggests makes no sense so I used my favorite one.
Here are the YouTube tutorials.
There are 4 parts in a knit-along situation.
The worst part is our Internet isn’t working properly. So watching anything streaming, even on my phone is painful. I had to miss my friends on Zoom today because of it. Ugh! They say it’ll be fixed by Sunday. I’m not holding my breath! Out here in the Oregon Outback it is a desert of everything.
Remember all the projects I proudly displayed yesterday? I made progress in only one. I didn’t work on the hat. But the Afghan panel and socks required frogging and tinking.
The Afghan had a decreasing problem since I switched out the hook. The new one was smaller and crocheted tighter. Frog.
The sock? Well I followed the pattern as best I could as I didn’t want to stop our ER binge to watch a YouTube tutorial. Big mistake. The heel I made would have been too tight. Tinking back to before the heel. Now I’ll watch the tutorial carefully. Though frogging can be fun. Ripping (ribbit) out the stitches. Tinking is more work as you undo each stitch while maintaining the rest of the project. Sometimes it’s like following a maze. Ugh! And I’m not done so I better get back to it.
Beginning of the center panel of my Tunisian Crochet Afghan. Stitch markers on the bottom to mark every 10 stitches. Because Tunisian Crochet likes to curl I had to hold it flat with the DPNs and crochet hooks.
One of the side panels of the Tunisian Crochet Afghan. I’m aiming for 6′ long.
Yep, I started another hat. I found starting out on DPNs then transferred to the ChiaoGoo Red-lace Circular Needles – tip to tip 16.” Now that it’s all on the cables it’s easy to work in the round.
My no-show Sneaker Socks are coming along. Today I learned how to make Shadow Wraps. See this YouTube to learn how. I’ll let you know how well they fit later.
Not one to compete against others, I find it hard to believe others care so little about each other to want to win. I have played board games with a group of people who cared more for teaching the game and strategies over pride of who came in first.
Once everyone felt confident in the game we laughed and encouraged each other. Often the newbie to the game won. What pleasure the whole procedure was. Even when others won.
Two of my favorite games.
On the other hand, I am always in competition with myself. I love learning something new and growing in confidence and control. When I feel I’ve mastered a stitch or game, I know I’ve won
One panel of the Tunisian Crochet afghan after several froggings and recrocheting. It is now as long as my legs. I need to do another identical panel then a double wide of a different colorway between these black and ivory hombre. For those who want to learn Tunisian Crochet, here’s the one I learned
My no-show Sneaker socks are nearing the dreaded heel. The pattern calls for something called a shadow stitch instead of wrap and turn. I plan to run a safety line before starting. If I flub too badly I’ll tink back and do the Fleegle Heel. Again here’s the tutorial I’m following for these.
I don’t think I did the arch 1 by 1 ribbing long enough. But I’ve learned my Continental knitting makes that stitch a lot easier than English (right-handed) ribbing. After much practice I can switch off so neither hand gets too tired.
My next pair of socks will be a stab at Fishlip socks. I bought the pattern. It seems complicated but folks seem to swear by it.
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