I received my YP Booty Club shipment today. I love, love, love it! Enough said....I'll post pictures later. I don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone.
I started the Twisted Flower socks last night. I decided on the Carribean Louet Gems. I'm saving the Bright Red for a cabled sock pattern out of Sensational Knitted Socks.
I'm about halfway through the first repeat of the leg chart. The first thing I had to do was blow up the charts. There is no way that anyone could read those charts without Super Powers. So Shawn, being the fab hubby that he is, made all the charts bigger. As you can tell by the Chart Key in the photo I did some color coding. Each of the twists and cables have their own color for easier identification. I also outlined the k2tog with bright pink so it stands out so I won't mistake a ssk with a k2tog. Once I did that the chart was extremely easy to read. The only time I slow down is for the cables and twists. I don't have those memorized.
I've found the sock isn't overly difficult but it isn't a normal pattern for me. I generally pick patterns that are super easy to memorize or require no memorizing at all, like 2x2 ribbing or stockinette. I won't be working on these socks when the kids are awake since they need all my concentration.
The charting is a smart idea.
Go to TechKnitting (http://techknitting.blogspot.com/) and read the past four posts about joining new colors. May help with those tails.
Posted by: Knittech | 19 July 2007 at 01:18 PM
I'm so glad you decided to go with the blue - it looks gorgeous!
Posted by: Tammy | 19 July 2007 at 01:52 PM
goog going!
so, what pattern you going to use for the YP booty?
Posted by: Colleen | 19 July 2007 at 06:01 PM
I like easy patterns for socks too. Life is stressful enough without having knitting stress.
Posted by: Diane | 19 July 2007 at 06:35 PM
I love your color coded idea. I will definatly have to try it immediatly. I'm going to "ditto" Colleen's question about the YP booty question.
Posted by: Jen | 19 July 2007 at 07:05 PM
What a great idea on the color coding. That's a terrific tip. I'm going to use that on the Braided Cable socks. Glad you went with the blue. I really like how it is knitting up. Dave takes lace charts to work and blows them up for me. I still need a magnifier.
Posted by: Sue J. | 20 July 2007 at 04:50 AM