working on it ...
... a stitch at a time. I've worked out a way to get some "legs" knit up for me to finish the feet on - i think i will be able to crank out the 4 pairs of feet far quicker than 4 full pairs of socks. it is not really making the socks "not hand made" as the sock knitter machine is hand cranked and handled row by row. I don't mind knitting the ribbing (ribbing ribbing ribbing ribbing...) for 12 inches... but if i can get a couple more pairs done in this cranberry yarn so they can be dyed, then i feel as though i have them out of here and the yarn will never "not be soldier socks". i know i am rambling but it is something in my head and now it is out there in the atmosphere.
It has to do with the military changing the color of the socks they issue to their soldiers - from black (the infamous BIG BLACK SOCKS) to an olive drab and a tan. SFS must adapt accordingly - Better for knitting - so so much better - but i bought some discontinued colors of a sock yarn that i love to work with (Regia Stretch - if you are a sock knitter try it i LOVE IT) - that would go into a dye pot and become black. 12 balls of cranberry yarn. if the black socks become "redundant" for military wear, i doubt soldiers will want them for leisure wear. There are still units using black- so let me get them done NOW so i don't have to think the yarn is not usable for military socks. ENOUGH BLATHERING ABOUT COLORS. Go and check out SFS - come on, you KNOW you want to.
Otherwise, my life is a tapestry of rich and royal hue. i bought myself a new keyboard that has some ergo to it - perhaps it will save my hands for later days...lol... perhaps not. But the silver sadness in the sky is hanging low of late, so i will continue to knit socks to cove
r the feet of young men and women and try not to let the silver consume me.
It has to do with the military changing the color of the socks they issue to their soldiers - from black (the infamous BIG BLACK SOCKS) to an olive drab and a tan. SFS must adapt accordingly - Better for knitting - so so much better - but i bought some discontinued colors of a sock yarn that i love to work with (Regia Stretch - if you are a sock knitter try it i LOVE IT) - that would go into a dye pot and become black. 12 balls of cranberry yarn. if the black socks become "redundant" for military wear, i doubt soldiers will want them for leisure wear. There are still units using black- so let me get them done NOW so i don't have to think the yarn is not usable for military socks. ENOUGH BLATHERING ABOUT COLORS. Go and check out SFS - come on, you KNOW you want to.
Otherwise, my life is a tapestry of rich and royal hue. i bought myself a new keyboard that has some ergo to it - perhaps it will save my hands for later days...lol... perhaps not. But the silver sadness in the sky is hanging low of late, so i will continue to knit socks to cove
r the feet of young men and women and try not to let the silver consume me.
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