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I wanted to make some kilt hose for the Highland Games but could only manage a single ho 😔

Guess I could hop.

#actually checked the weather and it’s going to be in the ninties so no wool socks for me #pretty pictures come after the socks are both done #wouldn’t have been able to wear them anyway though because I’ve just remembered my plaid skirt is in the darning hoop #knitblr #knit socks #knit kilt hose #kilt hose #Highland Schottische Kilt Hose #Nancy bush #I have very thick calves and ankles and the cuff is too tight. thinking I might rip it out and reknit it on 3 mms #i remember being 8 and my friend telling me how gross it was someone she knew had ‘kankles’. didn’t know what they were but thought it was #stupid to care what your ankles look like. promptly gave me a complex about them and I ended up having ‘kankles’ anyway #it is stupid to care what your ankles look like although it’s annoying not to fit knit sock patterns 😭

by Nancy Bush

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Look at that yarn? I did not expect so much pink, but pink it is. I rather like it.

I've often wondered if the Eye of the Partridge pattern could be carried from the heel flap to the heel turn, reinforcing the bottom, too. Seemed sensible, but would it be comfortable? If I' reading my pattern correctly that's what this sock calls for, so here it is. I think it's lovely.

Will it be comfortable? I hope so, but Therin has a lot of socks right now. If they can't wear these because of this technique, they won't be barefoot!

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The Knitters Book of Wool by Clara Parkes

As I new knitter, I have made the mistakes born of not knowing beans about yarn. So, one of my first choices was a lacey mohair yarn that quickly devolved into a snarled mess. Mohair is not for the faint of heart. Or those with few skills.

This book introduces you to wool as a fiber, to the kinds of processing it undergoes to become yarn, to the sheep breeds and their distinctive characteristics, and then to some patterns that illustrate how to suit the kind of wool yarn to the project.

The images of the natural crimp of various yarns drives home the astonishing differences among wools. You see here a Corriedale which is a medium wool, and Teeswater which is a long wool and a Navajo-Charro which is a dual-coated. The sketch is of Blue Cap born in 1839, a sheep that people found so AMAZING that an entire breed, the Wensleydale, a long wool, was created out of his progeny.

20 odd patterns from socks to pullovers are offered including Risti Mittens by Nancy Bush who specializes in Estonian knitting. Made of a Finnish wool yarn, which is “lustrous but strong.” Then two of the Three Bear Pullovers by Sandi Rosner with the dad’s made of Icelandic Lopi yarn and the mom’s of hand-dyed Merino. And finally Lillia Hyrna Shawl by Shelia January in lace Icelandic wool.

You can find it at your local bookstore or at Barnes and Noble as an e-book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/knitters-book-of-wool-clara-parkes/1111361493;jsessionid=963A464C0678D492C523E44001AFCA15.prodny_store01-atgap05?ean=9780307586995

Here’s a beautiful green lace shawl! The pattern is Miraldas Triangular Shawl by Nancy Bush, which can be found in her book: Knitted Lace of Estonia: Techniques, Patterns, and Traditions. The yarn used was Rohrspatz & Wollmeise lace garn in the “pesto” colourway.

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Highland Schottische Kilt Hose by Nancy Bush. The first sock took me two days, the second one…two months. I wanted to have them done on time for the Highland Games, but that didn’t happen! In the end, I think that’s for the best, as it hit the high 90’s that weekend. But, they’re waiting in the wings should we get another life threatening winter storm! Just have to whip up some garters for them.

#knitblr #knit socks #knit hose #knee high socks #lace knitting #my crafts #highland schottische kilt hose #Nancy bush #I included a million pictures because I nearly snapped my back in half trying to get a back view of the socks. legitimately gave myself a #headache contorting. made props to people who take sexy pictures like that.#the usual place I take modeled photos is still torn up from the flooding 🥲#the cuff is slightly altered from the original pattern because I had been playing on making an argyle chart.

Tried to use up the last of my plotülopi on these welsh country socks, but that yarn is a real bang for your buck. I’ve still got 75 grams of each at least

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Halfway through the center panel/border of this shawl. It's an easy knit and I'm tickled with the progress. It may be finished before the baby's Christening. Sure hope so!