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knitting update
Finished the Fawkes socks, finally. Hurrah. Toe-up socks with the leftovers from Fawkes and Bellatrix are also coming along nicely; red with purple toe and heel is past the heel and has half an inch of leg, and I'm holding off on any more of the leg because I have much less purple yarn so the length of the leg on the other sock is going to determine how long the leg on this one can be. (It's why I did the red-foot one first, though, because once I've done the toe and the heel on the red-foot sock I could cut loose and use all the purple on the purple-foot one.) Purple with red toe and heel is ready for the heel.
But I am pausing with those because my package from The Yarn & Fiber Company came today, so I cast on for Thuja socks for my dad, who's going for a minor surgery on Thursday. He'll already be home when I get home for the beginning of my vacation on Friday, but I can give him handknit socks then; he will still appreciate them. :-) Thuja was designed with a sort of sport-weight yarn, 5.5 st/inch on size 6 needles, for a 44-stitch sock to fit men's size 9-11. I believe my father's feet are bigger than this; also, I am using Smooshy sock yarn (in "Good Luck Jade"), which is 6.5-8 st/inch on size 1-3 needles. So I'm using size 2 needles, where I expect to get about 8 stitches to the inch, and I cast on 80. It, um, may not knit up as fast as the pattern would have us believe.
I've got about 3/4" of cuff done. Onward! (It's just that I hate doing cuffs. Sigh.)
But I am pausing with those because my package from The Yarn & Fiber Company came today, so I cast on for Thuja socks for my dad, who's going for a minor surgery on Thursday. He'll already be home when I get home for the beginning of my vacation on Friday, but I can give him handknit socks then; he will still appreciate them. :-) Thuja was designed with a sort of sport-weight yarn, 5.5 st/inch on size 6 needles, for a 44-stitch sock to fit men's size 9-11. I believe my father's feet are bigger than this; also, I am using Smooshy sock yarn (in "Good Luck Jade"), which is 6.5-8 st/inch on size 1-3 needles. So I'm using size 2 needles, where I expect to get about 8 stitches to the inch, and I cast on 80. It, um, may not knit up as fast as the pattern would have us believe.
I've got about 3/4" of cuff done. Onward! (It's just that I hate doing cuffs. Sigh.)