Phew. Work is a lot of, well, work.
As promised, a photo update:
The wonderful Debbie Bliss graciously agreed to not only pose for a photo, but to hold the Diamante prototype while doing so. Debbie and I talked about Knitty, which she described as "very nice". She also mentioned what wonderful things she'd heard about its intrepid editor. She said she was planning to take a peek at my pattern online, which made me want to faint. I'm a bit of a ninny that way.
The prototype has now made a home at Baadeck Yarns, where I hope it will help Pat sell a zillion skeins of Opal solids.
The Baadeck pinks knit up just beautifully into a pair of sock for a friend's mom, who recently had surgery for breast cancer. I borrowed heavily from the concepts of a pattern here.
The details?
- Fleece artist merino sock, magic loop on 2.5 mm, 32-inch Knitpicks circular
- Top-down construction
- Picot cuff
- Lace front and back (but modified from the lace in the pattern)
- Ribbon motif on sides - pattern had this on a purl background, which I changed to purl border and stockinette background
- Eye of partridge heel
- Stockinette foot
- Short row toe
More posts to follow. We have a lot of catching up to do!



















Thank you for posting your beautiful sock! And the link to the original. i just walked in the Dallas www.the3day.org and will make some of these for people who donated to me.
maxly
Posted by: maxly | November 04, 2006 at 08:42 AM