Thursday, August 9, 2007

nostepine etc....

This is the nostepine that we made from a chair leg....I'm still at the football stage though. I did download the instructions, and have tried several center pull balls, but I just can't get the hand of it. UGH....I do love a challange but sometimes you just want to have things work! Amy took a look and thought that maybe it was too big, that could be why I'm having some problems. I think we'll go back to Lowe's and get a smaller chair leg and try it out. For such little cost I can try several sizes. I guess I should start looking for antique legs. I was planning on painting Ivy vines up and around and then varnish, but I'll wait to see if the smaller one is a better fit.


The fish population is growing and growing, at least 2 dozen now, the biggest is about a foot from nose to tail tip.



Finally got the clog sock finished, I wish I would have used a smaller needle, they stretch out a bit too much. Maybe I'll frog and redo the toes, making them a little longer so they don'e stretch as much. I used the yarn I dyed with Jaquard dyes on the SNB's dye day, I really like the way the color pattern turned out.


These are Beatrix Clog socks, http://www.socktopia.net/patterns/beatrix.pdf. I love that the pattern runs up the back because I usually wear clogs in the winter. I think that this will be my go-to pattern from now on, it is very easy to calculate sizing because you can adjust the front stitch count to make gauge. I'm all for easy and simple.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Here are some links for using a nostie. There's also a video somewhere, if these don't do it.

http://blog.designedlykristi.com/?p=335

http://www.hatchtown.com/nostdir.html

http://www.mielkesfarm.com/noste_instr.htm

Martha said...

Thanks for the links....I'll start practicing

Martha