20 June 2009 · 2 Comments
The next step on the path to Violently Domestic’s world domination has been taken. The pattern for Embonpoint is finished, tested, and available for sale!
These socks are intended to be worked on slightly thicker yarn (they were designed specifically for Schaefer Yarn Company’s marvelous new yarn Nichole yarn) and so knit up quickly. The pattern includes three different ways to do the cuff, just in case you feel like making a modified version. The gusset is a little different than what you find on most top-down socks, but I promise it’s not hard. Enjoy!
19 June 2009 · 2 Comments
Alas, poorly photographed loot, but loot none the less.
So yesterday I hauled my somnolent form out of bed at 4 in the morning and somehow managed to make my way to Columbus for Knitter’s Connection. I took a class on reading Japanese patterns. The class was well done and has cemented my determination to hunt down some Japanese stitch dictionaries (any recommendations?).
Alas there were no such books available at the market, but I did get a consolation prize of sorts – a satchel of loot. The convention bag included 7 different yarns, 2 magazines, a pattern, a book, and a sample of wool wash. I augmented these with just a few purchases from the market, which I will share in a later post, likely tomorrow. Tomorrow will also likely feature the release of Embonpoint.
Till then, remember that today is the last day of the buy one get one free sale. You’ve got till midnight to order, details are in the post below.
12 June 2009 · No Comments
Embonpoint is being tested, and the pattern should be out next week. I’m mailing the socks off to Schaefer this morning and will do my best to demonstrate the firmness of character and stoic resolve for which I am known (in other words, I shall try not to weep in the post office as I send them away).
In the meantime, another ball of yarn sort of slipped and fell and found itself impaled on my needles in the shape of a sock. No idea how that happened. This one is for The Boy, and is called Propitiate. There is a wee story behind the title, and I shall explain it later. In the meantime, you’ll have to make do with just a picture. I have to go try not to embarrass myself in front of the postal clerks.
7 June 2009 · 2 Comments
Embonpoint is done, and I love them! They are marvelously smooshy and fantastically photogenic. See?
They are getting shipped off to Schaefer this week. With luck, the pattern should be available shortly. I can’t wait to start seeing these made.
5 June 2009 · 2 Comments
Embonpoint is coming right along. The second sock is more than half done (and is quite a bit smaller than what I normally make — I’m aiming for an 8, instead of my usual and much more impressive 11). With a bit of luck they should be finished this weekend. I want to get them done as quickly as possible before I become even more attached. I have a feeling sending these off for their photo shoot and life of sock glory is going to be like returning foster puppies to the shelter. With luck, the pattern should be available by the end of the month. In the mean time, here’s one more picture.
4 June 2009 · No Comments
This past weekend featured a brief jaunt to Washington D.C. to visit Savor, an “American craft beer and food experience.” Should you ever wish to sample a hundred or so sorts of beer in the space of five hours, this is the event for you. I am generally pro beer, but this rather taxed my limits. Apparently my palate isn’t quite sophisticated enough to appreciate all that the beer world has to offer. Several of the selections caused me to wrinkle my nose and make amusing faces, though many were quite tasty.
Perhaps more importantly, and certainly more to the point, the drive (six and a half hours each way, though it was too dark to knit for much of it) provided plenty of knitting time. Embonpoint is well underway. The first sock is finished and the second about half done. The first draft of the pattern is done, and being reviewed by a select cadre of brilliant testers. I hope to send it off to Schaefer in a week or two and to have it available for sale soon after.
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