...time to knit!
Anyone else use knitting as an insomnia-buster?
- ^.^ sprinklelight's out.
Friday 23 July 2010
52 Pair Plunge
Ok, so on Ravelry.com they do this thing called 52 pair plunge, during which knitters attempt to knit 52 pairs of socks in a year, i.e. one pair per week.
As usual I didnt realise a new one had started and joined nearly 2 months after it started, only having knitted one pair of socks, meaning im 7 pairs behind now. So I'm still going to try and catch up, so I'm currently compiling a list of patterns to knit on Ravelry and will give a knit report after each pair has been knitted.
Pair 1/52
Pattern Name: Kai-Mei
Designer: Cookie A. (from her book "Sock Innovation")
Yarn used: Regia multicoloured Kaffe Fassett variegated yarn
Time taken: Altogether around 5 days, but I actually began these in October '09!
Opinion: These were easy and a joy to knit. The yarn looks beautiful, and although I used the wrong size needles (2.75mm instead of 2.25) they still fit my mum so she'll have the joy of wearing them. The panel was really nice to knit and the pattern was easy to remember so I rarely had to look at it, so I managed to knit these up pretty quickly. All in all a lovely way to begin my plunge!
As usual I didnt realise a new one had started and joined nearly 2 months after it started, only having knitted one pair of socks, meaning im 7 pairs behind now. So I'm still going to try and catch up, so I'm currently compiling a list of patterns to knit on Ravelry and will give a knit report after each pair has been knitted.
Pair 1/52
Pattern Name: Kai-Mei
Designer: Cookie A. (from her book "Sock Innovation")
Yarn used: Regia multicoloured Kaffe Fassett variegated yarn
Time taken: Altogether around 5 days, but I actually began these in October '09!
Opinion: These were easy and a joy to knit. The yarn looks beautiful, and although I used the wrong size needles (2.75mm instead of 2.25) they still fit my mum so she'll have the joy of wearing them. The panel was really nice to knit and the pattern was easy to remember so I rarely had to look at it, so I managed to knit these up pretty quickly. All in all a lovely way to begin my plunge!
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