Comments on: Ugh. Socks. http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks Sat, 19 May 2012 07:48:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: NORA http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-206 NORA Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:42:09 +0000 http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-206 You've definitely been reading the wrong blogs. I've raved non-stop about variegated yarns and will continue to do so each time I'm faced with 'pooling'. Eeeewww. I've since resorted to dyeing my own! You’ve definitely been reading the wrong blogs. I’ve raved non-stop about variegated yarns and will continue to do so each time I’m faced with ‘pooling’. Eeeewww. I’ve since resorted to dyeing my own!

]]> By: Elly http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-205 Elly Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:22:09 +0000 http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-205 Couldn't agree with you more about the whole beautifully-coloured-yarn-turning-into-complete-ugly-mess thing. What IS the deal here? I think the answer is to buy the yarn and just drool and perhaps periodically stroke it like a pet. Couldn’t agree with you more about the whole beautifully-coloured-yarn-turning-into-complete-ugly-mess thing. What IS the deal here? I think the answer is to buy the yarn and just drool and perhaps periodically stroke it like a pet.

]]> By: Lori http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-204 Lori Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:50:37 +0000 http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-204 Yeah, I think you have to really work at matching the pattern to the yarn. I've tried two different yarns for Pomatamus and still haven't found the one I like. But I dyed some yarn for a pair of socks I'm doing in a plain stockinette that I just love. Yeah, I think you have to really work at matching the pattern to the yarn. I’ve tried two different yarns for Pomatamus and still haven’t found the one I like. But I dyed some yarn for a pair of socks I’m doing in a plain stockinette that I just love.

]]> By: Patty http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-203 Patty Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:28:14 +0000 http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-203 I'm with you on the whole crack head crazy stripping yarn thing. Go to Smiley's fall sale. They have solid color sock yarn for 10 skeins for 10 bucks. I was in a real sock faze for a while. They are easy to knit backstage (I'm a Stage Manager) because you can shove it in a pocket when you need to. My deal is 1) they take forever on 1 or 2 needles 2) all the best pattern stuff is hidden in a pant leg!!! I’m with you on the whole crack head crazy stripping yarn thing. Go to Smiley’s fall sale. They have solid color sock yarn for 10 skeins for 10 bucks. I was in a real
sock faze for a while. They are easy to knit backstage (I’m a Stage Manager)
because you can shove it in a pocket when you need to. My deal is
1) they take forever on 1 or 2 needles
2) all the best pattern stuff is hidden in a pant leg!!!

]]> By: Carson http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-202 Carson Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:35 +0000 http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-202 Oh, I couldn't agree more about the unique frustration of the variegated yarn. What you want is the knitted result to capture the beauty of the way the colours blend together in the skein. But what you usually get is the opposite. The very first thing I ever knitted was in variegated yarn and wow it took me about 7 gos to be happy with how the colour played out. You think you can control it but you can't ..it's like some weird alchemical thing..or is it a lesson in Zen? And I agree with Maud..there's a world of critique in the blogosphere on this very issue. So we're not alone!! Oh, I couldn’t agree more about the unique frustration of the variegated yarn. What you want is the knitted result to capture the beauty of the way the colours blend together in the skein. But what you usually get is the opposite.

The very first thing I ever knitted was in variegated yarn and wow it took me about 7 gos to be happy with how the colour played out. You think you can control it but you can’t ..it’s like some weird alchemical thing..or is it a lesson in Zen?
And I agree with Maud..there’s a world of critique in the blogosphere on this very issue. So we’re not alone!!

]]> By: Tanya http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-201 Tanya Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:27:03 +0000 http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-201 Er, yes. Variagated yarns make wonderful socks in simple patterns, or in chevron patterns like the Jaywalker, but they are miserable for anything like lace, cabling, or stitch patterns. So basically you end up with choosing between showcasing the yarn or showcasing the stitch. I prefer to showcase the stitch, personally, so I gravitate towards solid-colored sock yarns, m'self. But I actually like how your variagated sock looks! It's nice! Er, yes. Variagated yarns make wonderful socks in simple patterns, or in chevron patterns like the Jaywalker, but they are miserable for anything like lace, cabling, or stitch patterns. So basically you end up with choosing between showcasing the yarn or showcasing the stitch. I prefer to showcase the stitch, personally, so I gravitate towards solid-colored sock yarns, m’self.

But I actually like how your variagated sock looks! It’s nice!

]]> By: Mandy http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-200 Mandy Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:35:11 +0000 http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-200 That's right, Sophia, you got it! :) That’s right, Sophia, you got it! :)

]]> By: Sophia http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-199 Sophia Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:34:03 +0000 http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-199 Ooo, and one more thing! Ok, am I completely going crazy but was the title of your last post the name of a sketch from that show from the 90s, Mr. Show? Ooo, and one more thing! Ok, am I completely going crazy but was the title of your last post the name of a sketch from that show from the 90s, Mr. Show?

]]> By: Sophia http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-198 Sophia Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:26:33 +0000 http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-198 Ooo, yes! I totally get what you mean about the varigated yarns! They always look sooo good in a hank but when you knit them up they get just kind of.. welll.. all mushed together. I think its because in the hanks you see looong vertical strands of color but when you knit them you just see little bumps. It makes me way totally sad. Ooo, yes! I totally get what you mean about the varigated yarns! They always look sooo good in a hank but when you knit them up they get just kind of.. welll.. all mushed together. I think its because in the hanks you see looong vertical strands of color but when you knit them you just see little bumps. It makes me way totally sad.

]]> By: Maud http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-197 Maud Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:23:00 +0000 http://www.thisisknit.com/2006/ugh-socks#comment-197 I think you just haven't read the right blogs, since I have read quite a lot of critique against vaiegated yarns, and the way they work in a garment. Personally I think they are usually more beautiful in the skein, but there are those that work in a sock too, and it it's almost impossible to tell in before how the result will be. So I like them and I hate them. I think you just haven’t read the right blogs, since I have read quite a lot of critique against vaiegated yarns, and the way they work in a garment. Personally I think they are usually more beautiful in the skein, but there are those that work in a sock too, and it it’s almost impossible to tell in before how the result will be. So I like them and I hate them.

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