Comments on: OK. So I Lied. http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:10:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Emma In Seattle http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21796 Emma In Seattle Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:23:06 +0000 http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21796 This stitch in the Firebird yarn prototype seems "holey-er" than the purple sock yarn. Do you think this will bloom after washing and blocking or will this be a feature of the Firebird socks? (It's not a bug, it's a feature! Can you tell I work with developers all day?) I love the colours of both yarns you're working with here. Sending you and Jennifer good wishes for the yarn shipment. This stitch in the Firebird yarn prototype seems “holey-er” than the purple sock yarn. Do you think this will bloom after washing and blocking or will this be a feature of the Firebird socks? (It’s not a bug, it’s a feature! Can you tell I work with developers all day?) I love the colours of both yarns you’re working with here.

Sending you and Jennifer good wishes for the yarn shipment.

]]> By: Nancy T http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21798 Nancy T Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:46:12 +0000 http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21798 That part about living with the sock that wasn't perfectly constructed didn't sound right : ) One of the things I like about your patterns is the novel way you approach the architecture of the sock. I'm just curious if you could ease the tightness in another way. Would putting a "basket handle" up the back of the sock (vertical pattern starting at the heel and going up with something like one or a few purl stitches on either side) give enough ease or would you still need more? Or would this disrupt the pattern so much it wouldn't look right? Just curious if there were other solutions to the ease problem you think would work. That part about living with the sock that wasn’t perfectly constructed didn’t sound right : ) One of the things I like about your patterns is the novel way you approach the architecture of the sock. I’m just curious if you could ease the tightness in another way. Would putting a “basket handle” up the back of the sock (vertical pattern starting at the heel and going up with something like one or a few purl stitches on either side) give enough ease or would you still need more? Or would this disrupt the pattern so much it wouldn’t look right? Just curious if there were other solutions to the ease problem you think would work.

]]> By: Susan http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21808 Susan Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:01:45 +0000 http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21808 I really like your blog, and I really like your socks. However, I truly loathe your picture of budding crocuses with the heat of a thousand suns. I am buried under nearly 5 feet of snow, with two more expected this weekend, and cannot bear to think of budding crocuses for a good month and a half. 'Scuse me while I weep gently in the corner for a while, before I go back to admiring your gorgeous basket-weave perfections that you call socks. :) I really like your blog, and I really like your socks. However, I truly loathe your picture of budding crocuses with the heat of a thousand suns. I am buried under nearly 5 feet of snow, with two more expected this weekend, and cannot bear to think of budding crocuses for a good month and a half. ‘Scuse me while I weep gently in the corner for a while, before I go back to admiring your gorgeous basket-weave perfections that you call socks. :)

]]> By: samm http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21836 samm Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:28:49 +0000 http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21836 Barefoot in the yard??? I've have frostbitten toes! My poor snowdrops are under a couple of feet of snow. At least a couple and it's still snowing like eighty! I'm thankful for warm handknit socks. :O) I think you'll be happier with yours once they go on more easily. They're beautiful! Barefoot in the yard??? I’ve have frostbitten toes! My poor snowdrops are under a couple of feet of snow. At least a couple and it’s still snowing like eighty! I’m thankful for warm handknit socks. :O) I think you’ll be happier with yours once they go on more easily. They’re beautiful!

]]> By: onafixedincome http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21837 onafixedincome Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:24:33 +0000 http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21837 *chanting* SHIP YARN NOW...er, SHIP RIGHT YARN RIGHT NOW!!! Did you guys ever figure out what to do with the carcozy bonanza? Flowerwise, CA is ahead of you. We've got daffodils and alyssum already.... *evil grin* *chanting* SHIP YARN NOW…er, SHIP RIGHT YARN RIGHT NOW!!!

Did you guys ever figure out what to do with the carcozy bonanza?

Flowerwise, CA is ahead of you. We’ve got daffodils and alyssum already…. *evil grin*

]]> By: Marina Stern http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21853 Marina Stern Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:03:42 +0000 http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21853 Go see "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day," immediately. There's a bit at the end that you, as a sock designer, will quote for the rest of your life. Go see “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day,” immediately. There’s a bit at the end that you, as a sock designer, will quote for the rest of your life.

]]> By: Waltraud http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21882 Waltraud Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:59:16 +0000 http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21882 Hmmmm. Chanting: Ship yarn now, ship yarn now. And while I cant, how about I dig up my old shaman drum and have a little travel? Might be fun to go to a yarn factory, I never did that. PS: My roses have two inch long leaves. Hope, they survive the 'sheep coldness' in May. Hmmmm. Chanting: Ship yarn now, ship yarn now. And while I cant, how about I dig up my old shaman drum and have a little travel? Might be fun to go to a yarn factory, I never did that.
PS: My roses have two inch long leaves. Hope, they survive the ’sheep coldness’ in May.

]]> By: Emilie (also Arianne) http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21924 Emilie (also Arianne) Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:15:54 +0000 http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21924 I think your lovely CTH looks very similar to the Supersock DK I have in my stash (in terms of construction not colour). So my bet's on that. Anyway, the baskety stitch looks completely different in Jennifer's yarn. It actually looks like a completely different stitch which is what I thought it was before I read your comments. I'm completely on tenterhooks over here. Nervous and anxious and excited for the first shipment to reach YOU let alone me. :) This is by far the most exciting of the 4 sock clubs I am a member of (well, 3 now...I quit one. We're buying a house. And I sure as heck wasn't going to give up this one!) and I'm definitely loving the anticipation! I think your lovely CTH looks very similar to the Supersock DK I have in my stash (in terms of construction not colour). So my bet’s on that.

Anyway, the baskety stitch looks completely different in Jennifer’s yarn. It actually looks like a completely different stitch which is what I thought it was before I read your comments.

I’m completely on tenterhooks over here. Nervous and anxious and excited for the first shipment to reach YOU let alone me. :) This is by far the most exciting of the 4 sock clubs I am a member of (well, 3 now…I quit one. We’re buying a house. And I sure as heck wasn’t going to give up this one!) and I’m definitely loving the anticipation!

]]> By: Sally http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21967 Sally Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:27:07 +0000 http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-21967 Chanting quietly in background (ship.yarn.now.) and waiting on Vintage (Pinot) and LOVING that basket weave stitch, most especially in Jennifer's yarn. I recently got her copper penny (on sale - who could resist?) and I might give it a try in this stitch. I think it will be VERY nice. Currently I'm slowly working on the Blue Stocking (having gotten over learning the twisty half veil stitch -- no more bad words!) and it is soooooo beautiful. I am loving that sock. Thanks so much for the pattern!! Try not to drift toward madness -- just do what is in front of you :) Chanting quietly in background (ship.yarn.now.) and waiting on Vintage (Pinot) and LOVING that basket weave stitch, most especially in Jennifer’s yarn. I recently got her copper penny (on sale - who could resist?) and I might give it a try in this stitch. I think it will be VERY nice. Currently I’m slowly working on the Blue Stocking (having gotten over learning the twisty half veil stitch — no more bad words!) and it is soooooo beautiful. I am loving that sock. Thanks so much for the pattern!! Try not to drift toward madness — just do what is in front of you :)

]]> By: Rabbitch http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-22001 Rabbitch Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:18:03 +0000 http://www.tsocktsarina.com/blog/?p=245#comment-22001 I am chanting. I am chanting.

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