Scheme: to use up some hand-dyed sock yarn and knit 7 pairs of socks at the same time. A week of socks!
NEWT!! (a 4-month project in the Harry Potter Knitting & Crochet House Cup group)
I will give each pair a project page, soon, with details. :)
Dec 2. Started today. Rolled up 14 balls of sock yarn and cast 14 socks onto my two 100cm 2.5mm circulars. Holding the yarn in a gauze bag between each pair.
Unity. Vanilla toe-ups. Cast on 24.
Mountain. Vanilla toe-ups. Cast on 24.
Shadow. Jaywalkers. Cast on 36.
Sunleaf. Rib/cable. Cast on 28.
Rowena. Jaywalkers. Cast on 36.
Glow sticks. Vanilla toe-ups. Cast on 24.
Curcubitas. Vanilla toe-ups. Cast on 24.
Dec 7 - three rounds of toe to go.
Dec 14 - 10 rounds of foot past the toe increases.
Dec 21 - 23 rounds of foot.
Dec 28 - 33 rounds of foot. Currently 930 st/round. :)
Jan 4 - 39 rounds of foot.
Jan 11 - 46 rounds of foot. 4 rounds behind!
Jan 18 - Have done 50r and most of two short row heels.
Jan 25 - 56 rounds past toe, inc 1& 2/3 pairs of heels.
Feb 1 - 62 rounds past toe, 2 pairs of heels.
Feb 8 - 70 rounds past toe.
Feb 22 - 75 rounds past toe. 4 pairs of heels done. Those heels have 25 rounds of leg done, too. The others are still in the gusset increases.
Feb 28 - 75% handed in! Phew…
March 8 - 91 rounds (past the toes on the Unity sock)
March 31 - Have finally cast off with Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-off (x1000 stitches) which took a looooong time. New socks!