Tuesday, May 06, 2008

1 Monkey done....Monkey 2 on the way

Got one of these babies off my needles. All in all, it was a really fun time, so I'm looking forward to the second one. Maybe I'll do a better job of grafting the toe. I seem to suck at Kitchener stitch - I seem to get funny bumps on each end.
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Here's a photo I took while still working on the sock. I wanted to see what Hanatarou thought of it.
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I don't think he really wants to wear it (haha!)

4 comments:

Adrienne said...

Yay, Monkey! It looks totally fab. The pattern and the yarn go really well together!

Oh, and the Kitchener? Mine always looked terrible, complete with funny bumps. Until I was taught to tighten up the grafting from the inside (as I wrote about in my own Monkey post a while back). No bumpies there. Or at least, much reduced bumpies. =)

Anonymous said...

Your Monkey sock looks fabulous. I love the colors your knit it in.

What a relief Hana didn't like your sock. I stopped tempting my Jake after he tried to carry it away in his mouth.

Karen said...

Adrienne - Ahh...yeah, now that you mention it, I do remember you talking about that in your post. I'll have to give that a try on my second Monkey.

Marie - Thanks!! And Hana actually got more interested as I continued to dangle it in front of his face. But I put it away before he could get his teeth into things :D

Minerva Turkey said...

Your monkey sock is beautiful. I love the shade you are using. I usually shy away from darker sock colors, but I really like this color.