Re: Woohooooo
- From: "The Jonathan Lady" <the.jonathan.lady@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:13:57 GMT
Thanks for the info. I noticed how perfectly you matched the stripes on the
2 socks.
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Jan in MN
<bienchat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks Jan. The socks that are primarily green, blue and yellow
> were made of: Fortissima Colori Socka Color #9071, it comes in 50 gram
> balls so you'll need two of course. I got this yarn at my LYS and it
> was $8.50 a ball. The socks that have the pink and red stripes (along
> with the green and blue) is: Moda Dea Sassy Stripes which also comes
> in 50 gram balls. I got this at the local craft store - similar to
> Micheals, it was called Craftmart and has since closed because the
> owners retired. I believe it was $7.00 a ball or somewhere around that
> figure.
> It was the first time I've worked with a self patterning yarn and
> because I wanted the stripes to match on each sock, I had to unravel
> the yarn from each ball until I found the same color sequence. There's
> usually plenty of yarn to do this, my cuffs are 7 to 8 inches long and
> I had quite a bit of yarn left over. I measured out how much yarn I
> would need for my cast on and made the starting cast on loops at the
> same place on each ball of yarn. The ball I wasn't using, I secured
> the loop with a tiny stitch holder so I wouldn't lose my place. The
> stripes did match up perfectly! Let us know how you get on!
> Marie and the cats
>
.
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