Flagel Knitting Files

It took most of Sunday and aside for eating, the complete focus was on sock #2, but it worked; the present is DONE.  It took a lot less time the second time around because I avoided all the redos required in #1.  With about 20 hours of total knitting time, I succeeded in getting something I really hoped would work done before the due date.  This is one of those few projects that actually turned out better than I had hoped it would. Yet to be blocked, but that can be done in minutes. And as promised here's a photo to show the heathered effect in the gray yarn.  Note the green that shows up randomly. There is what I think is enough leftover to make a small pair of socks using these two yarns.  May the knitting gods smile on me again to help me find a small sock pattern that works as well.   Perhaps I will actually measure the length of each yarn before I start; what a novel idea.

If you were in the house earlier today (and luckily for you, you weren't) you'd have seen me doing a modified happy dance because the Ribbed Stoller Sock gift idea is working out.  In fact it is actually heading toward exceeding my expectations.  Enough of this banter, a picture is worth a 1,000 words: 50% on the way to success  What you see is one of the pair of socks completed and my prototype sock (in black) to guide me into making sure this pair will be big enough.  You'll note my knitted sock is a bit bigger and for good reason.  The manufactured sock is quite stretchy, my sock is not so forgiving.  This is the colour combination Paul said he liked.  I will save for later a close-up so you can see that the gray yarn is heathered with green.  The light green does a nice job of pulling the green colour out of the gray.  (My photos have yet to captured it.) The Gramps Sweater, Paul's colour combination inspiration Considering I ...