tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post8764457229615951094..comments2023-09-27T01:23:35.214-07:00Comments on Knitting Linguist - The Year of the Magpie: Sock successKnitting Linguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289230533275408343noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-78930774886148221542007-12-17T06:58:00.000-08:002007-12-17T06:58:00.000-08:00Oh I feel your pain!! I am trying frantically to ...Oh I feel your pain!! I am trying frantically to knit dh a pair of socks for xmas in secret - size 13 WIDE - in koigu, so less st/in, thank goodness, only 68 stitches around, but still I keep looking at them & thinking that I must be making clown socks, they look HUGE, but I keep measuring, and they keep measuring out correctly...Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532734471654743459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-16894507781267456732007-12-16T14:11:00.000-08:002007-12-16T14:11:00.000-08:00What lovely socks--and what a lucky friend Jill is...What lovely socks--and what a lucky friend Jill is to receive them! Good luck finishing the rest of your Christmas knitting!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-50335569477724426622007-12-16T04:27:00.000-08:002007-12-16T04:27:00.000-08:00I feel you completion anxiety!I'm knitting a pair ...I feel you completion anxiety!<BR/>I'm knitting a pair of size 13s in Trekking for my brother for Christmas. Fortunately they're mostly stockinette stitch (the Gentleman's Plain Winter Sock for Nancy Bush's Knitting Vintage Socks) and one is completed already. Also I don't have to give them to him til the 27th ... Good luck!Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644176499519736524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-75955249869310859662007-12-15T18:03:00.000-08:002007-12-15T18:03:00.000-08:00OMG, Jill! I'd recognize those feet anywhere. Okay...OMG, Jill! I'd recognize those feet anywhere. <BR/><BR/>Okay, not. But the Marie Antoinette's do look really lovely on her. <BR/><BR/>Ribbed leg socks are my favorite socks too but I wear a six, not a 13. Yowza.Carrie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585975894624687972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-20422071485348919682007-12-15T13:38:00.000-08:002007-12-15T13:38:00.000-08:00I won't even ask about work, knowing that sometime...I won't even ask about work, knowing that sometimes - well, we just have to head down and just plod on thru things. the girls look sweet - all the words are a hard call when you are only 6. Lovely socks, I'd have put them on right there and then as well. Thanks or suggesting Embossed leaves - they are next on my list, I think.Stellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073753506202447996noreply@blogger.com