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My feet aren’t swollen

I finished these socks back in February. They were my Knitting Olympics project. But at the time of finishing them my left foot was too swollen to wear the sock. So here comes the FO post they deserve.

Pattern: Skew, by Lana Holden in Knitty winter 09 (Ravelry)

Yarn: 1 skein of Colinette Jitterbug in Adonis blue

Needles: 2.5 mm

Started: 13 February 2010

Finished: 26 February 2010

Modifications: None. Well if you don’t count gauge. My feet are small.

Notes: I haven’t knit that many socks, but this is truly a completely different way of knitting a sock. Just take the plunge and follow the pattern and trust that it works even if you have no idea where you are and what you are doing. They fit really well and it was a joy to knit. However, this was the first time I tried this yarn. I’ve been wanting to try it for quite some time. It did not stand up well to my high expectations, especially not since there was a knot  in it. It’s probably still a good yarn but just not as fabulous as I thought before trying

All set


Yarn – check (Colinette Jitterbug Adonis Blue)
Needles – check (2.5 mm Addi lace circular)
Pattern – check (Skew)

I bought a skein of Colinette Jitterbug in the Adonis blue colourway (most accurate in the second image). Totally uncharacteristically, but believe it or not I actually wound it into a ball. Of course there’s a perfectly good reason for doing this. I’m planning on knitting both at the same time so keeping it as a skein would most likely cause a big tangle and a center pull ball seems more appropriate. There was a knot in the yarn, a couple of meters from one end, see the piece of yarn at the back out of focus. Hate when that happens. I’ll leave it out for now and take part of it to graft the heels and then we’ll see if I need to splice it in at the end or not.

Swatch made and I’m all set to go. Just under 6 hours left until the Knitting Olympics starts. And of course Ravelympics. I’m part of team Sweden and this is of course for the Sock Hockey event. If I get the time I’ll frog my Adamas shawl to prepare for knitting the Geodesic cardigan, that would be for the Aerial unwind.

Good luck everyone!