Certain members (*cough*piperdbh*cough*) encouraged me to leave behind the world of worsted-weight-size-5-needle knitting and venture into finer territories. After a few false starts, I have two pair in the works and feel good enough about them to share some WIP shots. Both are on size 2 circulars, toe-up 2x.
These blue hose are in a 75/25 wool/nylon that is somewhere in the fingering-to-sport weight. The label is mostly in German, Fortissima by Schoeller Esslinger (bought for a song from my favorite source, Discontinued Brand Name Yarn).
Just turned the heels. I've stopped mid-way through the last heel to facilitate my next maneuver:
I'm running a detail up the sides of each leg, so I'm trying something new: repositioning the stitches from a top-bottom split to a side-side split. First I dismounted them onto 4 DPNs each:
Then used a combination of remounting and knitting to get them back onto the circular in the new orientation:
I had started the seed stitch side detail on the top needle as I began the foot gusset. Now I've added a second column of seed stitch and am working my way up the leg. It didn't take long to do this and should make the rest of the project much easier:
Between NASCAR and NFL, I'll have these finished in no time! The cuff will be all seed stitch columns/ribbing.
The second pair is 100% wool in dark green. The legs are done but the cuffs are complicated enough that I'm taking my sweet time to get them right. This will be my first connect-the-cuff project. Here's just a tease of the cuff -- yes, it's a hot mess in process but looks grand on the right side!
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