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'Birthday' fabrics sent to me by my former flatmate in Philly.


And other good stuff too.


Including these fabulous drawing pins. I love that she sent me these. They are from Target and can't have cost more than a couple of dollars, yet they are perfect and I love them and she knew that I would.



amamama's book bag. There are pockets on both sides of the outside and the denim means that it will be really strong and practical. The babycord is very strokable, too.



But this is what I really love - the lining and the inside pocket. So much fun.



There are no words. *swoons*



Detail of the knotwork.



The pages are A4 folded in half lengthways in a mix of cream, pale pink and pale green with randomly applied gold leaf hearts. The journal is hand stitched. The cover is bound with leather. It is all beautifully done with so much care and thought. It is perfect.




Socks I made last weekend for Sock Madness. The pattern is written so that you knit the leg and foot first in a tube and go back to do the heel afterwards. Halfway through the first I decided to do the heels in the contrast stripy yarn. Halfway through the second I realised I could do the toes in the contrast yarn too. Now I can't decide which one to go back and redo. Thoughts? More pics (with close ups of heels and toes) here.

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[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Pretty pink things!

The sock madness socks: is that what's called a Turkish heel? It's what I'm supposed to do on the ones I'm struggling with now because of my bad hands. My lacy tube is now approaching the toe, so then I'll have to do the picking up for the heel. I had to knit two rows in waste yarn ready for picking up the stitches. Is that what you did? Was it tricky?
I love the contrast heel and toe on yours, so I'd redo the plain one.

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

It wasn't quite that straightforward. ;) The designer made up a 'special' (i.e. complicated and time-consuming) heel for the competition in which you cast off the heel stitches in waste yarn and then cast on again in waste yarn for the sole. This meant that you could try the sock on while you were knitting the foot to get the right length. The heel itself was actually quite straightforward though there was a long stretch of grafting at the end which I could have done without.

The kind where you do a row or two in waste yarn is, I think, called an afterthought heel. Might be the same as a Turkish heel - don't know.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The method you had to use sounds too complicated for me. I prefer 'afterthought heel'to 'Turkish'. Sometimes people come up with different names for techniques you've known for years and you think it's something new. Like me not knowing that grafting was called Kitchener stitch.