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Category Archives: Work In Progress

Oriri Draco Design v2.0

Finally, ODD v2.0 is finished!
The Gallery isn’t themed, the Contact forms aren’t up and the shop still doesn’t match… yet. Yes, eventually, this design will be throughout the entire site. It just might be a while, since I’m actually doing it myself. (I feel a bit like a one woman army!)
What do you guys [...]

Well, I HAVE Been Knitting…

But I’ve been ‘coding’ more than I’ve been knitting, and despite my best intentions when it came to taking photos and writing about how the Combat Boot Socks are coming along… and the funky, creative things I’ve been thinking about doing with that pattern… I got ‘coding’ and lost track of time.
So even though I’ve [...]

Finished Socks, More Socks!

Woot! I have a finished object, the Fireworks Socks! (Ok, yes, they took me forever, but they are finished! I figure it comes with the Improvising New Pattern territory, yes?)
Side view, with the poofy heel from heel-cuff shaping:

Top view on my big ol’ feet:

Instep view, where you can kinda-sorta see the ankle shaping:

I had a [...]

In The Works

In The Works:
Three different literally-hand-painted greens.
One purpley-blueish hand paint.
Two pretty coffee-bean brown semi-solids.
Two magenta and not sure what else yets.
Six blanks soaking.
You’d think with all the work I’ve been doing, I’d have gotten more done! The hand painted’s take a LOT of time though, since I’m trying to work out the process needed to [...]

Spiraling Fireworks - Your Thoughts?

Curiosity (and my love of how wonderful this sock yarn feels) got the better of me today. Fireworks was in a ball, sitting right there, waiting patiently for re-skeining… I just had to swatch it. It was too much to resist. To tell the truth, I was worried at first - I cast on for [...]