Lace Funnel Cozy?
Bouquet Trimming?
Wine Bottle Cozy?
Coffee Cup Holder?
T.P. Cozy?
Banana Cozy?
Y’all give me more credit for creativity than maybe I deserve. Okay, more than I hope I deserve!
I really liked some of the other suggestions, though – it would make really nice trim for a pair of kiddie shorts or leggings. Will have to think about that some more one day in the future!
In the mean time, those of you who guessed lace sock cuffs…
were spot on.
I finished blocking the first one yesterday, and let Julie try it on last night. I know, I know, this appears to violate the manifesto, but it doesn’t really because they aren’t for *her* really. They are for me, and for the pattern that I’m going to write up here in a minuteday or five.
They are really pretty in person, and I like what I did more or less. A pair in little girls’ shoe size 12 is going to take just under on 50-gram skein of Regia Silk, which makes them a super-fast knit and really not much more expensive than a pair of store-bought fancy lace socks. I bought two skeins of this yarn, so I’ll have enough to test-knit a pair in a smaller size as well. I love this yarn, by the way! It is incredibly soft and kind of fluffy without being furry. It feels luxurious.
My only hesitation at the moment is that the front edges of the cuff are not exactly straight, and they are not exactly mirror-image either. You can see what I’m talking about in the first picture at the top where it’s blocking. This doesn’t particularly bother me, but I’m afraid it would bother some of the people who might knit it up.
I considered, when I started these, doing a bunch of increases right at the edge where the lace is applied so that the lace would be more gathered-looking, and then I would be able to graft the edges together at the end, which might resolve this problem to some extent. I think I may give that a whirl on the second sock, which is just about to the point where I need to start the lace. That option has one little problem – I don’t think the edges will match up perfectly even with graceful grafting, so there will still be a kind of seam. And to my eyes, it’s almost better to have the edges sitting there saying “Look – I meant to do that!” versus a guilty seam sitting there whistling and looking askance mumbling “Never mind me – nothing to see here” when really *ahem* there is.
Whaddayathink?
These look like the perfect little girl socks. Great job!!!!
Yeah! I got it right.. They are really pretty socks. I would buy a pattern when you are ready to sell it!
I’m right there with on on the “I did this on purpose” part. I think it looks rather interesting to have the lace with a split down the front. Sort of edgy if you will. Sort of like, “yes I am a girl and I like lacey frilly things, but look, there’s a tear here, and I’m tough enough to carry it off.”
I would NEVER have guessed! Those look fabulous!!
Lovely! (And I hadn’t guessed on the Tuesday post because I only found time to read your blog today!)
Beautiful socks!!!
I like the light feeling of them…if you do understand what i mean in my Norwegian-english language…
I’m sorry my blog is only in norwegian, but there is a lot of pictures, and maybe i will consider writing some english too….in the future…..??
Re: the edge of the socks:
What if you left them as not-a-full-circle (because you’re right, they look much better as a partial circle of lace), but close it off by having a provisional cast-on for one side of the lace and finish with a row of all knits on the other (even if there technically isn’t a pattern row which does this), and make sure to finish at the same part in the pattern. Then you could kitchner stitch the sides together, and it would be even harder to see than the seam you’ve tried, I think. Plus, probably easier than grafting…