Fiber Fool

Unfortunately, errata happens from time to time. The following are for Guided By Love. If your PDF reads “ver 1.0″ in the lower right corner of the pages you will want to make the changes listed below. There are currently two files residing on Ravelry. If you are purchasing the pattern you’ll want the one with “ver1.1″ in the file name and in the lower right corner of the pages.

To the Abbreviations section, add:
kwise - knitwise, as if to knit
pwise - purlwise, as if to purl
w&t (right side) - bring yarn between ndls from back to front, slip st kwise, bring yarn back to original position (back) and slip wrapped st back to left needle pwise. Turn.
w&t (wrong side) - bring yarn between ndls from front to back, slip st pwise, bring yarn back to original (front) position and slip wrapped st back to left needle pwise. Turn.

For clarification, to the end of Sock One (right) Heel Set Up, add:
[ndl1: 13 (14, 15, 16) sts, mrkr, 19 (21, 23, 25) sts, 9 paw print panel sts, mrkr, 13 (14, 15, 16) sts; ndl2: 29 (31, 33, 35)]

Replace Sock Two Heel Set Up Round with:
Sock Two Heel Set Up Round: Place mrkrs as indicated, removing old ones as you reach them. K4 (5, 6, 7), pm, k13 (14, 15, 16) onto ndl 1. Knit next 29 (31, 33, 35) sts onto ndl 2. Slip rem sts on ndl2 to ndl 1, placing mrkr to right of paw print panel.The working yarn should now be at the end of ndl 2 which now holds the heel/sole sts. [ndl1: 13 (14, 15, 16) sts, mrkr, 9 paw print panel sts, 19 (21, 23, 25) sts, mrkr, 13 (14, 15, 16) sts; ndl2: 29 (31, 33, 35)]

In the Heel section, replace Row 5 (RS) with:
Row 5 (RS): *Sl1, k1; rep from * to to 1st wrapped st. **Cw; rep from * until 1 wrapped st remains, cw/ssk, turn.

ETA 07/13/2008

If you have ver 1.0 or 1.1

Changes are indicated by bolding. In most cases it is for further clarification on marker placement.

Gusset Sock One (right)
Rnd 3: Knit to mrkr, sl mrkr, k1, LLinc, k1, LRinc, k1, sl mrkr, continue paw print panel over next 9 sts, k to end of rnd.
Rnd 6: Knit to mrkr, sl mrkr, k1, LLinc, k to 1 st before second marker, LRinc, k1, sl mrkr continue paw print panel over next 9 sts, k to end of rnd.

Gusset Sock Two (left)
Rnd 3: Knit to 1 st before mrkr, LRinc, k1, sl mrkr, knit through paw print panel, sl mrkr, k1, LLinc, k to end of rnd.
Rnd 6: Knit to 1 st before mrkr, LRinc, k1, sl mrkr, knit through paw print panel, sl mrkr, k1, LLinc, k to end of rnd.

As of 07/13/2008 the issue of changed PDF files getting pushed out to previous buyers is being worked on. Now, or very soon if you follow the link in your Ravelry receipt or view your “Purchases” section of Your Notebook if you are a Ravelry member it should give you the latest version. If you had previously saved a version to “Your Library” that will not be automatically updated. You will still need to reinitiate the download/save in library function through your receipt of purchase history.

As this situation should be remedied shortly I am not auto e-mailing new versions to everyone. If you are in need of a new version before the Ravelry issue is resolved, please forward your Ravelry receipt to patterns (at) designedlykristi (dot) com so I have your transaction information and I’ll send you a new link download link.

This is what I hope to play with over the weekend. If I’m lucky it’ll all be yarn by Sunday evening. Wish me luck as it is going to be hotter than you know what and we didn’t cool off last night. DH stayed up until around 3am when we could *finally* open windows. That isn’t good sign for comfortable spinning. *sigh*

These batts total a tad over 6 ounces from Terrabellaspun. Glitz/angelina/firestar free! Renae gave me stellar service, I can’t recommend her enough! I messaged her about a custom order and asked how quick I could have it. It was on my doorstep in something like three days. With a custom order!

I should have had it spun up already. Shoot, it should have been knit already. However a design emergency landed in my Inbox about the same time as the fiber that has pushed my schedule off by at least ten days if not more like two weeks.

Fortunately for me, this is a commission project and the yarn I need to knit with is bulky, not at all the number of hours that went into the Journeymen yarn. I did do a little practicing of my bulky spinning as I haven’t done any since my Earthy which I used to knit my Urchin. Ultimately I’d like this new yarn to be a bit bulkier than that was. But, if it matches the Earthy yarn it’ll do. I’ll have to check what I plied a couple days ago and see how it looks.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Keeping up with the theme of showing you some secret projects of my past, today I can offer ou a glimpse of something that won’t be out for a while yet.

A week or two ago Interweave updated their new titles to be released over the next six months or so. Included in that list is one of the bigger projects I had to work on in January and February. I’ve contributed THREE patterns to Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarns by Carol Sulcoski (one of the authors of the recently released Knit So Fine). You can see a preview of some of the pages on Interweave’s web site and all three of my socks are pictured in that preview somewhere. One is totally obvious, but feel free to take a stab at which were my other two submissions!

I’m afraid you’ll have to go there to see them though. I took some photos of my own before sending them in, but I don’t have clearance to post them just yet. But stay tuned, I’ll be sharing them when I get the all clear!

The book is slated for a January 1, 2008 release, but it is available for pre-order already.

Perhaps you recall back to last fall when I was spinning like a crazy person with some Blue Moon Fiber Arts fiber? The results of which shared on November first? Well, I am finally able to show you what it grew up to be…

Many of you who are subscribers of Spin-Off already have left comments or sent e-mails because you have a keen eye and spotted my by line yourself. Thank you SO MUCH! Others of you may not be subscribers (or even spinners) so I thought I’d share the news. It is at least one thing I’ve worked on in the last many months and have been unable to share with you. The pattern is called Journeyman Socks. I named as such because the socks were going to be for DH and use traveling stitches. However, he doesn’t wear much blue so wasn’t terribly keen on the yarn in the skein so I made them for myself. But, the design itself should appeal to men while helping us knitters keep our sanity by allowing us to do some more than stockinette or a vanilla flavored ribbing.

There are syncopated twisted ribs, and traveling stitches throughout. But, not so many as to make it tedious as some have found the Gentleman Socks (rav link) to be. The all over twisted mock cabling stops on the back of the leg to help it retain some stretch that the traveling stitches reduce. The lines of the syncopated twisted ribs were also carried onto the heel flap which you can kind of see in the photo on the left.

Inspired by the Bordhi constructions I’ve been knitting with since New Pathways I came out I moved the gusset by way of placing the decreases differently. This brought the leg patterning to a point on the top of the foot and created a decorative means to transition from the leg pattern into the stockinette of the foot. I maintained the usual top-down gusset rate of decrease of two stitches every other round however, so the length of the gusset is normal.

I have to confess that these socks are my most comfortable and best fitting handspun and handknit socks I’ve made so far. The sizing worked better than nearly any other pair and the handspun was just the right balance between hardwearing and elastic and softness so the purl bumps are not annoying to walk on.

You can find the pattern now on newsstands and in spinning shops that carry Spin-Off Magazine. It officially hit newsstands last Tuesday. It is the Summer 2008 issue. You can see the pattern page on Ravelry if you wish to queue or favorite it.

That is almost all I can say. I’ve watched how generous the knitting community is. I’ve seen the numbers for Knitting Without Borders and the annual Heifer International Drive along with Claudia’s ride for MS. It is an entirely different perspective to be heading up one of these drives. I am in even more awe at how generous you all are.

With much thanks to Wendy, Debi, Carole, and everyone else who has shared news of the pattern in yahoogroups, ravelry groups, and on blogs the current amount raised is $436.50! You guys cause almost increased my blog traffic ten times the most current daily average of unique visitors!

Since at least a few people have already cast on and there were some comments about fit and the like I set up a Guided By Love Sock-A-Long on Ravelry. I set it up on Rav because the vast majority of purchases were by people already on Ravelry (though you need not be on Ravelry to buy it) and it is really one of the easiest ways to have a KAL. If you aren’t on Ravelry yet and want to be part of the SAL, the waiting list is fairly short these days so you might consider doing that.

The photos in this post were taken shortly after mom got Gaston in 2003. Both were taken by my photographer sister, Amber of AMS Photography, and are posted with permission. Mom would probably like me to note that she has recently lost a considerable amount of weight since these were taken. Hey Amber - maybe you should suggest taking new photos! ;-)