FO: Priscilla's Dream Socks

Pattern: IK Fall 2000, Priscilla's Dream Socks; also available in Simply Socks by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts

Yarn: Die Stolle Wolle (discontinued)

Amount: One and half skeins

Needles: 3.00mm Addi Turbo

Gauge: 7 sts/inch

Knit: Started sometime after Fall 2000 and finished August 30, 2006

This sock has been long in the making, the delay being due to an inability to figure out how the heel portion was supposed to be done. The yarn (now sadly discontinued) has a really nice, soft feel, with a fairly loose twist. I don't think this will stand up to heavy wear, so I'll likely wear this around the house. I'm not too happy with how the kitchener stitch is on the bottom with that ridge on the inside (which is another reason for wearing it around the house - I am not going to be on my feet as much inside).

Now, here's the obligatory "socks on feet" shot:

VK Corrections

It seems that there have been several mistakes in the fall 2006 for the sock patterns. Meg Swansen's pattern was totally incorrect, and so needs to be replaced by this. And Cat Bordhi has some clarifications for the Flow Motion Socks. Incidentally, she is working on two new sock books using the architecture technique that she's come up with. I know I'll definitely get these books when these come out.

KnitML

Genia alerted me to an XML schema named KnitML that was developed by Laura Porter. This is really intriguing, and could very well be a good step forward in making patterns consistent and easy to generate, even creating illustrations of what the pieces would look like. Of course, I'm thinking about how I could make use of it in my knitting inventory application. I have some code that I wrote long ago to generate basic patterns; these code need to be converted into a format usable in ColdFusion. But there is always a potential for better ways to do stuff.