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which_chick ([personal profile] which_chick) wrote2007-09-30 11:18 pm
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I picked up the HoHI again (Socktober starts tomorrow) and ground away another quarter inch on them. It's been a while since ya'll were exposed to the HoHI, so here's the recap...



The HoHI are red-n-dark-grey knee socks in a pattern that I borrowed and remixed from (a) Meg Swanson's Knitting and (b) Latvian mittens. They're kind of eye-bleedingly complex on the patternwork part.

I've got about seven and a half inches done, starting at the top (where my fat calves are) and heading downward to my less-than-fat ankles.

I have a chart so that I know what I'm doing (more or less) with the pattern. I'll have to get a picture together somewhere along the lines so that you can see how the socks are coming, but rest assured that there are seven and a half inches of socks on the needles at this point. You can also rest assured that I've recommitted to the HoHI.

The socks will eventually need to be provided with elastic so that they will stay up -- I've done proof of concept on my eyestrain purple socks, so this is not a surprise or a technical challenge.
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[identity profile] wootsauce.livejournal.com 2007-10-01 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
yay, socks!

[identity profile] d-ubervillain.livejournal.com 2007-10-01 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
Socktober for you, Mocktober for me.

[identity profile] cousinsue.livejournal.com 2007-10-01 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I like both socks *and* horses.

Only now I'm having mental pictures of horses in knee socks.

[identity profile] d-ubervillain.livejournal.com 2007-10-01 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
That is almost as amusing as the thought that the socks will be finished this soctober...
Ahhh, the mocking has begun...

[identity profile] brni.livejournal.com 2007-10-02 02:10 am (UTC)(link)

Christ, first it was horses and now it's socks... never anything interesting.

oh, socks can be interesting... (http://www.sockdreams.com/_shop/edit/index.php)