Back in January, Carol emailed me to ask if I'd be interested in submitting a design proposal for her upcoming book -- Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarns. At the time I had already started working on Knotions so I wasn't sure I'd have the time to come up with an idea, never mind the time to knit the socks and write the pattern.
Most of the technical details were finalized during a long car ride to my uncle's 85th birthday party, and then I knit the socks and wrote the pattern over a span of 9 days (just a few weeks after I announced Knotions). It was a busy month but it was all worth it when I opened up my email today and found out that my socks are on the cover!
What an awesome way to start the weekend!
BTW, IK has also posted a preview of the book and you can take a peek at over 10 more pairs. I see some colorwork, unique stitch patterns and unusual construction methods. Last I heard the book will be out in December.
Unwrapped is totally done! The ends are woven in, the pattern is written, the schematic is drawn, the pics are up. It feels so good to have this one done. Now that I've got the basics of the raglan shaping down I think it will be easier to do more with it in the other designs -- this is the first of a series of 4 raglans.
The shaping definitely took some fine-tuning, and I ended up knitting the entire yoke twice (something I don't think I would have done had I only been knitting it for myself). But since it's out there for other knitters I wanted to make sure it was right.
This is definitely the best-fitting raglan I've made for myself. The armholes are nice and short and the sleeve width is the right size (they fold like that because they have a slit at the top, not because they're too wide).
The yarn was also lovely, although a tad splitty and more than a tad full of joins. It washes up beautifully though, and I even dried it fully in the dryer without any shrinkage (maybe it was trying to redeem itself?).
I can't wait to see other knitters' Unwrapped sweaters out there! I'm so excited to see how it adapts to a variety of shapes and sizes.
It's finally finished! The knitting was done yesterday and the pattern today. Read more about it over at Knoted.
