Progress on the very not-like-the-photo socks I'm making from "Socks a la Carte." The leg pattern is wicker, on page 38. My wicker looks nothing like their "Wicker" ... I think I am doing the RT and LT incorrectly. If anyone can help me with this, I'd be happy! I also seem to have a problem with ptbl ... I can't manage it no matter how I try. Any advice? These will be for me, as they are made specifically for my cankles.
Now off to do my homework ... I'm a perpetual student here and if I'm diligent, I'll have a B.A. in English Literature by the end of the year.
Update: Maybe not at the end of the year. The class I was going to take in September is no longer available. Darn it all! Throws off my whole schedule.
It has taken me ALL THESE POSTS to figure out what the heck a WIP is! hahaha I get it now. Lovely scarf :) I'll show off the skirt I'm doing when it gets far enough to look like "anything" - but you weren't kidding about working with cotton: it grabs something fierce!
ReplyDeleteI love the scarf color! Super cute. I would think about starting up some sort of yarn work if it wasn't so unbelievably hot here.
ReplyDeleteTillie: You didn't remember WIP? Shame on you! :-)
ReplyDeleteCotton is okay, some of the new brands are lovely, but I just find it a little inflexible. Post a picture before you're too far along, that way we can admire it in all stages!
Nikki: Believe me, that scarf was nowhere near my lap while I knitted. I rolled it up or moved it next to me. Just having it near me was too much!
Greta scarf!
ReplyDeleteIt you search for RT and LT and ptbl on youtube, I think you'll find some videos that acan help you. Sometimes it's better to see how it's done than having someone explaining ;)
Again, I love the colors and the Sam Adams looks good too.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous scarf! I think the socks look fantastic, even if they don't look like the ones in the book. Also, I think there was a ptbl tutorial in Ravelry's newsletter a few months back.
ReplyDeleteI found the tutorial, Laura ... thanks! It was just as I figured it, only I couldn't do it as part of an LT. I had to take the skipped stitch off the needle entirely to ptbl of the 2nd stitch. I didn't figure that out before (duh).
ReplyDeleteThis cotton grabs constantly and I have to remember to keep a very loose hand while working with it or I end up struggling for every stitch! I'll try to get a pic soon, but it is slow going at the moment - you've seen me work, by time it's done, she'll have outgrown it :-\
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