finally finished ETH!!
plain vanilla socks, with short row heels (to maintain the colorwave cos i wanted red heels). mini mochi in intense rainbow, on size 1.5 DPNs. it only took me 5 months to finish this pair!
the colorwave didn't match up, so one heel is red and the other is gold. oh well. i like fraternals! :)
knitting with mini mochi was not exactly heaven. splitty, fuzzy, i'm not sure i'd pick this yarn for another pair of socks. i have 4 more skeins in my stash (in 2 different colorwaves) so i'll probably use it for scarves or something.
look what happened after a washing:
a hole in the heel!
this is the second pair of socks i ever knit - koigu, they're almost 4 years old. they were washed to the point of felting and were growing a bit small on me. hubby nearly had a heart attack when he saw the hole (he was swapping out my wash) - i forgot they were in the wash.
no worries. now i get to practice my darning skills. if i fail, rufus gets a koigu chew toy.
plain vanilla socks, with short row heels (to maintain the colorwave cos i wanted red heels). mini mochi in intense rainbow, on size 1.5 DPNs. it only took me 5 months to finish this pair!
the colorwave didn't match up, so one heel is red and the other is gold. oh well. i like fraternals! :)
knitting with mini mochi was not exactly heaven. splitty, fuzzy, i'm not sure i'd pick this yarn for another pair of socks. i have 4 more skeins in my stash (in 2 different colorwaves) so i'll probably use it for scarves or something.
look what happened after a washing:
a hole in the heel!
this is the second pair of socks i ever knit - koigu, they're almost 4 years old. they were washed to the point of felting and were growing a bit small on me. hubby nearly had a heart attack when he saw the hole (he was swapping out my wash) - i forgot they were in the wash.
no worries. now i get to practice my darning skills. if i fail, rufus gets a koigu chew toy.
I found this link after I got home from knitting the other night!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.knitpicks.com/tutorials/Darning__L10040509.html
Check it out. They have a hole about as large as yours, and they manage to patch it! :)
Awesome! Will definitely check it out cos I really don't feel like knitting a foot! :)
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