Monday, January 4, 2010

Fine, I'll do it





Sooo my sister's knitting was contagious, and about a year ago I decided to learn how to do it. And now, I have my very first pattern! Go me. Friend's and I have named it the "mySock" as not to impose on any sort of copyright infringement blah blah... and it was a cute little name. I used Bambool for a few reasons. I love the colors I had left over from a scarf, it was one of the only yarns I had that would work on a size two, and the sock itself will double as a smudge remover for the screen without scratching it. Didn't take too long to make, and probably would have gone faster if this wasn't my first time magic looping. Tricky business. I left an opening at the bottom for the charger cable, and thanks to the two rows of k2tog, there is a conveniently located hole for the headphone jack. anywho, here we go:

Yarn used: Elsebeth Lavold Bambool in Hot Pink and Juicy Green
Amount: Not much. Didn't really keep track of total yards, but it was far less than a ball of the pink, and just a scrap of the green.
Needle Size: size 2 on extra long circulars (I wanted a tight stitch to protect that oh so precious screen...)
Gauge: 8sts and 8rows in 1X1 rib

CO 40 sts, pull cable through at 20sts.
Work in 1x1 rib
cont in pat for 12 rows, change to green. cont in pat with green for 2 rows. change back to pink.
cont in pat for 20 rows
k2tog for next two rows
BO, weave in all ends.


1 comment:

  1. I really like it! So many patterns have a fancy flap, closure, etc... I don't want to fiddle with unbuttoning & unflapping, I just want to protect the thing. :)

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