The 3-Sock Pair

Finally - the famous 3-sock pair. I'll bet you were beginning to wonder whether they exist. Notice I laid them out in sort of a spoke pattern. Speaking of patterns, there's something else to notice - the foot is a different yarn than the cuffs. That is a design feature. My DH stopped by my LYS and surprised me with some yarn from the sale bin. He didn't realize that the reason these yarns were in there were that they were orphans and that you needed 2 50 gr balls for a pair, not one. Hence the 2 yarn sock was developed. So I guess these are the 2 yarn 3 sock pair!

TdF photos - first day of Tour in London

This was Sunday, July 8, 2008 as they came whizzing by in London on the way to the actual start at Greenwich.

TdF photos - time trials in London

Here are the long-promised photos of the initial time trials in London. The first one shows Buckingham Palace in the background and the hoards of people lining both sides of the road. The second one gives a closer view of another rider. Unfortunately, we've lost track of who the rider is.

TdF KAL

Well yesterday slipped by without a photo, but I can explain ...

Tonight for sure I'll post the photos we took in London of the initial time trials and the take off through London. Sorry it's taken so long!

TdF KAL

OK, OK, I just figured out how to post photos I think (I finally looked at the little gadgets on top) and so now all I have to do is get DH to take a photo tonight and I'll post it.

The TdF KAL has really encouraged me to stick with a project (of course there was my 3 sock pair for the plane ride, and there's the other jacket I'm partway through) but I definitely expect to finish my jackette tres chic be the end of the TdF!

TdF KAL

I'm just about up to the armhole on the second front now - I wish I knew how to post photos so I could show what it looks like - it's so interesting with the dangling needles.

TdF KAL - my project

I did socks as my project to and from London and Prague. I really don't enjoy knitting socks the way I do sweaters. I generally design my own sweaters and love the creativity of putting together different yarns and textures. But socks are the ultimate travel project - I don't use double pointed needles - I have tiny addi's so I can knit both the cuff and sock body in the round. For the toe and heels I use 2 circulars (I have 2 of the size 2 12" addis and one size 1 12")

I am knitting a jacket which is a rather strange design. It comes from last winter's Vogue. I know, I know, I just said I design my own, but this is a sort of knit-for-hire so I'm doing what they want. As I may have mentioned, the fronts of the jacket are knitted with part using double yarn and part using single with different sized needles. So halfway through each row you either pick up or drop a yarn and change needles and leave one needle dangling. I have finished both sleeves, one front, and am halfway through the second front. I expect to be able to finish the whole thing well before the end of the TdF. Unless I get sidetracked by heat since the yarn is so heavy and wool. I mostly knit in the car on my hour-long commute to work (my husband drives) and so I can always turn up the air conditioning.