Our new 8 month old dog, Luna, adopted from GRREAT. Named after this (of course) but also her (she's a brilliant character). My kids named her after her because in a few months we will be adopting a cat to be named Stella. (Aren't they clever children?) I will spare you all the intimate details of how much we love her and how she has fearlessly rid out backyard of those awful pinecones. We're just so happy to have her in our family!
And here's an FO to report as well ...
Pattern: Widdershins by Brooke Chenoweth Creel
Yarn: Austermann Step
Needles: US 1s
Notes: I still love the Widdershins pattern although after reading Nova's post about her toe ups, I'm going to try out Wendy's basic pattern. I used my typical suspended bind off for one of the socks, but then read about the modified Russian bind off. So I used that for the second sock to compare. I love it. I will use this on all my future toe up socks! Why? Because I seem to bind off tightly and because I like a stretchy top to my socks.
I enjoyed knitting with this yarn. I made short socks for myself so that I can get a kid's pair out of the leftovers! They will be wonderful this fall and winter ... Will it ever be cold again? Really?
13 comments:
Cutest pine cone destroyer ever. :)
Love the socks!
Yay Luna! She looks like such a sweetie. I'm really jealous ...
Those socks are pretty neat, I like the colors.
You got a golden! Yay! Luna is a beautiful dog, and a wonderful addition to the R-G family.
Great dog, love her name too! I liked that children's book.
I'm using that same yarn for socks right now! Knitting the Jaywalkers. I love those colors
Welcome Luna! Glad she's taking care of those ferocious pine cones...what will she do with the squirrels or are they too ferocious for her to contend with?
what a pretty girl!
lucky for all of you!
What a cutie pie. And what very clever kids you have!
Nice socks! Cute cute doggie!
Luna is a gorgeous gal!
I'll bet she thinks your socks taste like chicken. hee hee.
Cute socks -- and welcome, Luna!
I have a dog named Luna too, she's a black border collie mix. GREAT name! Your Luna is so pretty! I would want to brush her all day...
What a beauty! She looks like great fun and I love her name. Clever kids.
I'm going to have to look up that bind off. Mine are a bit tight too and not going to be fun to deal with if I ever manage to knit a sock.
Pretty dog, pretty socks! And yay for the (modified) Russian Bind-off! I think Wendy's pattern is my new go to pattern for plain socks, but I will try Widdershins.
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