Porom For Denise

I've knit this pattern, Porom by Jared Flood, four times in the past four months. This time was inspired by Denise, an internet friend from Seattle, who saw a picture of my Porom #3 and wished she had a similar hat. I offered to knit her one in her chosen color, and so emerged Porom #4. The yarn is the same as in the previous one, Alpakka by Sandnes Garn, and the needles I used were 3.0 and 4.0 mm. I was a bit conservative with the blocking, so that it wouldn't get too slouchy for her taste. She can always block it a bit bigger if she wants to.

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Delicous Over-The-Knee Socks, Part II

They are finally done! The Delicous Knee Socks by Laura Chau, the over-the-knee version. The yarn I used was Kirjo-Pirkka by Pirkanmaan Kotityö Oy, and the needles 2.0 mm Addi steel DPNs. I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out. Knitting plain stockinette was enjoyable for a change, but the nearly two weeks they took to make was, I think, the maximum I want to spend on a pair of socks. I might do this pattern again, with some different colored yarn. The next time I'm going to continue the stockinette a little longer before starting the ribbing, but still make the ribbing the same length (they are knit toe-up).

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Delicious Over-The-Knee Socks, Part I

Since these socks are taking a bit longer than your regular pair of socks to complete, I thought I'd do a mid-way post. I was inspired to knit them after seeing the original pair and pattern by Laura Chau, to go with the April Sockdown at the Sock Knitters Anonymous group at Ravelry. For the yarn I chose, again, Kirjo-Pirkka, this time in dark blue. I'm quite happy with the first sock, and I'm about 20% done with the second one, I'm hoping to finish it by the end of this week.