Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Debbie Bliss Fair Isle Wrist Warmers



I've not done much color work, and in particular, I've avoided doing Fair Isle work. However, when I saw the grey/off-white version of these wrist warmers in Debbie Bliss's winter edition magazine (I didn't know she had a knitting magazine), I just couldn't resist. The original pattern called for knitting them "flat" and then sewing them up the side, but I could see where the seam was even in the photograph, so I redid the pattern and worked them 2 at a time in the round. I understand why she did them flat: it's hard to get the tension right going around the edges, but I think I finally got it as seen here. They look good even on Jim.

Family of Socks



Well, I've been knitting. I just haven't been taking the pictures off my camera.


Everyone is getting at least one pair of socks this Christmas: Marita's hand-painted superwash merino, Richard's ribbed alpaca, Debi's Fibonacci Sequence striped acrylic, Voss's plain (huge) navy acrylic socks (starting from top left).


Knitting them from the toe up really makes for quick knitting.