tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post115497100323052296..comments2024-03-19T03:17:32.682-04:00Comments on The Panopticon: Joy by the FootFranklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03670441931649806878noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155579180794123102006-08-14T14:13:00.000-04:002006-08-14T14:13:00.000-04:00Gorgeous sock. I think my husband might even wear ...Gorgeous sock. I think my husband might even wear one of those!! He generally doesn't like hand knits as he finds them unsophisticated. He does like Hugo Boss and has friends who tell him when its going on sale. Now if there was a line of Hugo Boss sock yarn....Scheherazaadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069838905823390933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155387426320431792006-08-12T08:57:00.000-04:002006-08-12T08:57:00.000-04:00you know I love you even though I am married and y...you know I love you even though I am married and you are only available to the boys.. <BR/>It's moments like these that remind me just why!!Sorkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982214011759375792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155211589202468352006-08-10T08:06:00.000-04:002006-08-10T08:06:00.000-04:00The best explanation of Kitchener's stitch is from...The best explanation of Kitchener's stitch is from Beth Brown-Reisel's Knitting Gansey, complete with photos. I've got a xeroxed copy taped in my knitting journal for quick access.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155088026227555182006-08-08T21:47:00.000-04:002006-08-08T21:47:00.000-04:00Your first sock!.. looks so fine!! I'm just a lit...Your first sock!.. looks so fine!! I'm just a little verklempt here ----Tallguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733388422594420704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155072180623500892006-08-08T17:23:00.000-04:002006-08-08T17:23:00.000-04:00I'm doing my first socks too...both at once, toe u...I'm doing my first socks too...both at once, toe up, in the Queen Kahuna manner. It's empowering! As for sock yarn that's masculine enough, how about Opal's Crocodile? I'm knitting in the browns, and I think it's sufficiently butch that my hubby would wear it, but then, he's very in touch with his fem side. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155062411875259092006-08-08T14:40:00.000-04:002006-08-08T14:40:00.000-04:00"A well-turned heel, and, may I add, a well-turned..."A well-turned heel, and, may I add, a well-turned ankle, there, sir."<BR/><BR/>Well-said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155059583037898142006-08-08T13:53:00.000-04:002006-08-08T13:53:00.000-04:00Your sock is gorgous! As far a the kitchner stitch...Your sock is gorgous! As far a the kitchner stitch goes I have found that if you have someone read the steps outloud to you as you stitch it is much simpler to accomplish.In, fact the same goes for any complicated stitch -say the first few rows of lace knitting.<BR/>I love Chicago-are there any knitting shops around the Magnificent Mile area????<BR/>PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155054392875105782006-08-08T12:26:00.000-04:002006-08-08T12:26:00.000-04:00Disrobed feet in public. Gross. I hope you had a...Disrobed feet in public. Gross. I hope you had a pedicure.mc78https://www.blogger.com/profile/18446659564785896289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155053233987399992006-08-08T12:07:00.000-04:002006-08-08T12:07:00.000-04:00I just finished my first sock a few days ago and e...I just finished my first sock a few days ago and experienced a similar euphoria. Also similar swearing during grafting. No matter how many times I do it, I still screw up the first attempt.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I've started the second sock but still keep trying on the first one just to stare at it.geogrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935352129240009810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155050544004323322006-08-08T11:22:00.000-04:002006-08-08T11:22:00.000-04:00I'll delurk from my long-time enjoyment of your bl...I'll delurk from my long-time enjoyment of your blog to say that your sock came out beautifully! I know you weren't keen on the self-striping business, but that colorway is subtle and handsome. And the sock is so expertly stitched. Hooray for you.Elizabeth Green Musselmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469812524903851693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155049707176882182006-08-08T11:08:00.000-04:002006-08-08T11:08:00.000-04:00Try the spiffy "toe chimney" trick in Lucy Neatby'...Try the spiffy "toe chimney" trick in Lucy Neatby's Scintillating Socks book. Takes all the terror out of Kitchener. Of course, if you live for the thrill of living on the edge, keep on grafting those live stitchesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155046525141141682006-08-08T10:15:00.000-04:002006-08-08T10:15:00.000-04:00Very nice sock knitting - And as you knit, and you...Very nice sock knitting - And as you knit, and you spin, you could also dye your own sock yarn - then you would have any colour you wished! Just buy a cone of white and go crazy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155046028455027622006-08-08T10:07:00.000-04:002006-08-08T10:07:00.000-04:00Now if you tried on the sock and then jumped up on...Now if you tried on the sock and then jumped up on the table doing a happy dance and chanting, "It fits, it fits ..." that would be inappropriate. <BR/><BR/>Great looking sock. I use to kitchener the same way. lolDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541095469969455692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155045652711351222006-08-08T10:00:00.000-04:002006-08-08T10:00:00.000-04:00Pretty pretty pretty! Good job!Pretty pretty pretty! Good job!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894965829304567640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155045327354183822006-08-08T09:55:00.000-04:002006-08-08T09:55:00.000-04:00It is totaly legal.But not while driving.It is totaly legal.But not while driving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155039800588801552006-08-08T08:23:00.000-04:002006-08-08T08:23:00.000-04:00Awesome sock! You know that the fun never stops wi...Awesome sock! You know that the fun never stops with socks. Pretty soon there will be dozens around the house, and your significant other will occasionally have the gall to yell, "Enough with the socks! They're getting into everything!"the fiddlin' foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139395792905529041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155023736085310982006-08-08T03:55:00.000-04:002006-08-08T03:55:00.000-04:00What on earth is wrong with trying on a sock in pu...What on earth is wrong with trying on a sock in public? I do it all the time( what? oh I'm considered eccentric apparently).Nice colourway. I think my DH would be interested in a apir of those. I shall have to go on a yarn hunt:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155022916202652862006-08-08T03:41:00.000-04:002006-08-08T03:41:00.000-04:00Congratulations on the sock! Tres chic!You might l...Congratulations on the sock! Tres chic!<BR/>You might like to check out<BR/>(1)http://www.astridsdutchobsessions.com.<BR/>Astrid still has some German sock yarn on sale for $6.50, enough for one pair of socks. Her new winter stock is also arriving.<BR/>(2) http://www.bastelundhobbykiste.de<BR/><BR/>Their regular prices are even lower than Astrid's and they have some great promotion packages. As well they have Addi circulars that Cat Bodhi recommends for knitting socks sans ladders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155022799668469782006-08-08T03:39:00.000-04:002006-08-08T03:39:00.000-04:00Heh. I get similar responses here in the UK if I ...Heh. I get similar responses here in the UK if I go out barefoot. You'd think it was topless....<BR/><BR/>Perhaps more people have a foot fetish than we realised!LornaJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456480089099480303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155012278999453092006-08-08T00:44:00.000-04:002006-08-08T00:44:00.000-04:00Lovely! The yarn is beautiful and you wear it well...Lovely! The yarn is beautiful and you wear it well. It couldn't hurt to stretch the boundaries of the sock drawer a bit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155011096562498712006-08-08T00:24:00.000-04:002006-08-08T00:24:00.000-04:00Oh, how I wish I'd been there to see the reactions...Oh, how I wish I'd been there to see the reactions of the Water Tower crowd!!! To a man, knitting in public, and then trying on his sock with the needles still attached. *sniff* Makes me a little misty at the very thought. I'm probably not going to be dressed nearly as well, and am a whole 'nother sort of "cute and available to boys", but you let me know anytime you need a public knitting buddy!<BR/><BR/>Kate (whose crazy, sarcastic, non-knitting friends will only let her knit in public at various Chicagoland Starbucks. This is the only thing she misses about her brief life in New Hampshire)DKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991258852727823113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155008963076684562006-08-07T23:49:00.000-04:002006-08-07T23:49:00.000-04:00You should have put your foot in the RL couple's r...You should have put your foot in the RL couple's rugelach. That would have been an apropos response to their undoubtly mental outrage of "Well, I never!" Fabulous job on the sock. Quite the sexy legs, Franklin! Don't lose any stitch markers in those legs ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155006959843219752006-08-07T23:15:00.000-04:002006-08-07T23:15:00.000-04:00And "Put it in a sock"...well...I'm not quite sure...And "Put it in a sock"...well...I'm not quite sure about that either.<BR/><BR/>Well done, sugar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155003563266072182006-08-07T22:19:00.000-04:002006-08-07T22:19:00.000-04:00Somehow the expression "Put a sock in it" does not...Somehow the expression "Put a sock in it" does not feel inappropriate.dpastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813652943621759603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1155001582248708572006-08-07T21:46:00.000-04:002006-08-07T21:46:00.000-04:00Very nice work Franklin. Congrats on the Kitchene...Very nice work Franklin. Congrats on the Kitchener!FiberQathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524481267771726089noreply@blogger.com