Comments on: Sock Fest Summer 2007 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:53:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Rita Jones http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-35426 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:00:37 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-35426 You have amazing talent. I really enjoy your patterns and sense of style. You have amazing talent. I really enjoy your patterns and sense of style.

]]> by: Jenn http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-15668 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:44:34 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-15668 Lovely "Textiles de Mano" socks! I can't wait to try that pattern with some other hand-dyed yarn I have on hand. I love how it shows off the variegation. Lovely “Textiles de Mano” socks! I can’t wait to try that pattern with some other hand-dyed yarn I have on hand. I love how it shows off the variegation.

]]> by: Marsha http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14835 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:42:09 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14835 Sarah, as a new sock-knitter, I can't help but note that you always use two circulars. I made my first pair on 5-DP's, and am now making my second pair on 4 teeny tiny size 2 DP's. I keep dropping stitches and I wonder if going the 2-circulars route with help with that. I have the book Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch which gives the lesson and comparison on circulars and 4 and 5 DP methods. I made the class sock on circulars which looks lumpy and amateurish, but I will persist! I am very impressed with your speed, too! I am belong to a group called Chicks with Sticks Who Care and we are making (among other things) wool socks for children in Eastern Europe, so I really want to improve my technique and speed. Sarah, as a new sock-knitter, I can’t help but note that you always use two circulars. I made my first pair on 5-DP’s, and am now making my second pair on 4 teeny tiny size 2 DP’s. I keep dropping stitches and I wonder if going the 2-circulars route with help with that. I have the book Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch which gives the lesson and comparison on circulars and 4 and 5 DP methods. I made the class sock on circulars which looks lumpy and amateurish, but I will persist! I am very impressed with your speed, too!

I am belong to a group called Chicks with Sticks Who Care and we are making (among other things) wool socks for children in Eastern Europe, so I really want to improve my technique and speed.

]]> by: Ellen http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14823 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:22:02 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14823 Sarah, that is a really lovely gesture towards that soldier. I'm sure he'll love the socks and that he'll be really glad he has them in the winter over there. Sarah, that is a really lovely gesture towards that soldier. I’m sure he’ll love the socks and that he’ll be really glad he has them in the winter over there.

]]> by: Rima http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14779 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:56:10 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14779 Socks for Soldiers Yahoo Group? Awesome! I think knitting socks for the man you met on the plane is great! I'm sure he will be totally surprised and totally blessed! Socks for Soldiers Yahoo Group? Awesome! I think knitting socks for the man you met on the plane is great! I’m sure he will be totally surprised and totally blessed!

]]> by: Alex http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14778 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:23:33 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14778 Wow, those alternating socks are cool looking! And very cool about the socks for the soldier. I always love promising to do something for someone out of just good will, and then actually following up on it, when you know that they probably are thinking, "Well, they'll never end up doing that..." Wow, those alternating socks are cool looking!

And very cool about the socks for the soldier. I always love promising to do something for someone out of just good will, and then actually following up on it, when you know that they probably are thinking, “Well, they’ll never end up doing that…”

]]> by: Amy http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14747 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:50:42 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14747 Awww, socks to a nearly total stranger. That's such a nice gesture. He'll probably die of happy when they arrive, because that's just so sweet! I know I would. Awww, socks to a nearly total stranger. That’s such a nice gesture. He’ll probably die of happy when they arrive, because that’s just so sweet! I know I would.

]]> by: bobbie http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14746 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:10:15 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/07/20/sock-fest-summer-2007/#comment-14746 LUV the California Striped Socks, especially the alternate color toes and heels! And the Textiles a Manos are beautiful; do you know if your friend is going to be at Oregon Flock & Fiber in September? If so, I'll look her up. How nice of you to send socks to the soldier! Have you heard about the Socks for Soldiers Yahoo Group? They send boxes of handknit socks to soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. LUV the California Striped Socks, especially the alternate color toes and heels! And the Textiles a Manos are beautiful; do you know if your friend is going to be at Oregon Flock & Fiber in September? If so, I’ll look her up. How nice of you to send socks to the soldier! Have you heard about the Socks for Soldiers Yahoo Group? They send boxes of handknit socks to soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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