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[treeskin]

I'm going to ask my friends to bear with me this afternoon: I finally got a bunch of things scanned and loaded onto the web, so following this will be a series of photo-posts of the crafty things I've been working on and babbling about.

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[treeskin.livejournal.com]

Thank you. By the way--I liked the hat-in-progress you posted recently. Now I need to fetch the pattern and add it to my "things to do" list.

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[oakenking.livejournal.com]

I got "Simply Socks," I think it was, for Christmas. I admit to finding the patterns daunting - it's the "how to actually make the sock" part that I'm not getting yet, but I have just read through, haven't tried sitting down with needles and yarn and the book and slogging through.

Glad you like the hat! It's a fun pattern - I think mostly because the sideways cables are kind of unexpected. I love that kind of stuff, where it's not quite what you usually see...

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[treeskin.livejournal.com]

Do dive in, the construction of those socks is much easier than it looks. Only tricky parts are handling the colorwork, and it's rarely more than 2 colors per row, and then starting the heel. Hard part about the heel is picking out the "zipper" part (the waste-yarn seam) and picking up the sts to start the heel, the rest is easy. And it's a super-comfy style of sock, even though it's not very fitted and looks a little strange. You end up with a soft cushiony fabric under your foot, and a friend who wears his to cycle in swears they're wind-proof.

They seem to age well, so far--my first pair is two years old, and gets worn and machine washed fairly often. The other pairs I posted (except for the green pair for ranjtheobscure) are at least 6 months old.

--jera treeskin, knitted-sock pimp