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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Summer vacation!

I started my four-week vacation on Monday and have taken a short break from sock knitting. Not that I've gotten bored with them, far from it, but I've been busy with other stuff.

Last weekend, I hung out with my friends barbecuing, watching bad movies, and playing board games. I did have my sock knitting with me, did a couple of rows... and ended up tinking back those rows because I had continued the stitch pattern on the wrong row. D'oh.

I finally got down to trying my hand in stitch marker making. I'd ordered some frosted stars...

...and some purple hearts and seed beads.

The lady had also included three glass butterflies gratis and I made 2 of those into stitch markers as well. (Sorry for the shaky-hand picture quality.) I'm not very handy at making them, and I suck especially in tugging in the end of the wire so that it won't snag the yarn. The largest ring size the shop carries is 5 mm, which I can fit on my sock needles but nothing larger. For the frosted stars, I ended buying some 8 mm rings from the fishing department of a department store. :D I guess they're used for lure making.

I haven't completely abandoned the blueberry lattice socks, though. They're knitting along quite swimmingly and I'm enjoying the pattern and the yarn. Gusset increases are finished and I'm ready to turn the heel.

Also, the cabled purse is being blocked. I didn't want the garter stitch straps in the original pattern (wouldn't they stretch?) so I'm improvising some magic-looped tubular handles that have button holes at each end (à la Aurora). I also want some pockets inside for my cell and other assorted knicknacks. I did take some pics but they turned out like crap, so, no pics. A little teaser: I found some really nice buttons for the handles. :)

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