Stitch Scarf: Simple Slip Stitch

The latest stitch scarf that I've finished is the Simple Slip Stitch one. That was done by knitting one, slipping one stitch, and then knitting knitting three stitches for the first row, and then purling the second row. I used some leftover black yarn that I had to make (I'm not sure what that yarn is composed of, other than I'm pretty sure it's a synthetic blend of some form). I had some problem blocking this one as well, although not as bad as the Purl Ridges scarf. I think that the problems that I had with this one might be from the fact that the standard stockinette stitch has a tendency to curl at the edges (this scarf is basically a slightly modified form of that stitch; and the curl at the edge is what I could not undo with blocking with this scarf), so I found a suggestion online of how to modify the beginning/end of each row so that the finished product doesn't curl, which I will try out on another project that uses the stockinette stitch or something similar. I haven't started a new scarf yet but I'm hoping to in the next few days. Currently, I'm working on using the magic loop method for making socks (it's so much easier than doing each one individually, even when I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to switch over to double pointed needles for the heels). (Top two photos are of the scarf; the bottom one is of the socks I'm currently working on with the magic loop)

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Current and Recent Knitting Projects

So, I've been spending the past few weeks figuring how to use blogger and trying to achieve the set up I want. In that time, I finished up my second pair of socks, which are just a basic brown sock with a few inches on ribbing at the top of the cuff:

And these are the first pair of socks that I had done, which give a whole new meaning to the phrase "tube sock":

They're actually quite comfortable, a bit tight after they've been washed and dried but I think that has more to do with my knitting tension then the design of the socks. My grandmother, who taught me how to knit as a child, decided she was going to try out sock knitting, only to discover that she couldn't coordinate double pointed needles with her hands, so I ended up with this pattern (one of those freebies you get at the craft store) and this yarn. Now I've discovered how much I enjoy making them I'm working my way through a booklet of basic sock patterns (the brown socks are from the first pattern in that booklet).

In addition to the socks, I've been working on an eighty inch long green shawl (which I've done about twenty to thirty inches of):

The edging along the long side of it.

The basic overall design.

The edge design along the short side.

What the edge will look like after it's blocked.

(By the way, please excuse the slightly poor quality of the photos; I'm currently straightening something out with my DSLR and used my camera that I have on my Ipod touch.)

I'm still going through all my photos to see what ones I will be posting and, since I got Photoshop Elements for Christmas, editing some photos that I haven't had a chance to work on. So over the next few weeks I'll be posting more photos, ones I've taken and ones of any projects I'm working, and working on the layout for the blog.

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