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Published: 2007-12-26 07:15:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 2185; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 20
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More of my knitting. These are the rainbow arm socks I knitted for Luka. As you can see, he's delighted by their warm, fuzzy faggotry. Me, I'm pretty proud of finally learning to knit in the round without the little double-ended needles squirting out of the thing like watermelon seeds and losing themselves under the bed. The answer is bamboo, folks.Merry Christmas, Luka, you shirt lifter.
(Edit: Folks seem to really like these, they're fun to knit, and the yarn I use for them isn't going to be discontinued anytime soon. I've decided to keep making them as long as people want them. I've been charging $40, which includes shipping if you're in North America; overseas, add an extra $5. Hit me up in a DA note if you'd like me to whip out my pointy sticks and make you a pair.
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these..are amazing 
i'm just learning to knit... makes for an idea to try at some point
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Go for it! It's a lot easier than it sounds. Once you've gone a couple rows in the round, it all clicks and then it's no harder than knitting flat.
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thanks for the vote of confidence!
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you knit these on the round
and do you knit over for the hole for the thumb?
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I turn back, and knit back and forth for a while to make the hole.
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I ADORE these. I might be bothering you for some when I manage to get some money. They have all of my faaaaavourite colours. (Not hard to do, Rainbow and black, Yay!)
Haha, good job. I can't knit....Well I can just not well...and I can't start it by myself.
Me: GRANDMA! HOW THE HECK DO I DO THIS!? *tangled in the yarn*
Grandma: Oh for the love of....Give it here.
Me: Yay~
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Hee, now I'm imagining you as a cat, all tangled up in a yarn ball.
These are fun to knit, go ahead and note me if you decide you want them; I won't be tired of making them anytime soon. ^_^
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I spy an alcohols T-shirt!
Which means basically instead of buying these from you, I should just sucker punch Luka, steal his clothes, and run like hell.
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I do that all the time, it never gets old.
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awesome work on these and the other armsocks and scarf. Would love to have you swing by *dAKnitters (Crocheters too) We always are looking for new members! Come give us a watch and join over 300 other members in the fun! Best wishes... Kim
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Neat! I think I successfully sent you a 'join' note... I think. 
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Cool! I added you to our member list. Glad to have you part of the community!
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I really need to pay more attention to my watchlist. These are awsome. XD
I haven't done armsocks since the last time I tried to Cosplay Kano and I had cut them out of old soccer socks. They are completely awsome! I'd so wear them to work. They're so much easier to get on and off than a jacket and easy to store! From the picture, you're work is perfect. Nice lines, no problem switching colors, no messy ends. Very nice!
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Thanks much! Yeah, these'd make pretty good Kano cosplay, wouldn't they?
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Dude, they remind me of rainbow bright. I loved rainbow bright when I was little, my color-blind uncle would read it to me and ask what the colors were like. Where'd you get the pattern?
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Made it up. I can't read patterns worth a damn, so I tend to invent my own.
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Gwar!!!! Now I'll have to like zoom in on them and go cross-eyed in hopes of making my own. Or just give up and try to find a basic pattern to go nuts on. I have a hard time following patterns too, but not as bad as my friend who tried to make a hat and ended up with a muzzle for her cat...... It was way too funny.
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There's a fair number of free patterns for this kind of thing, I think. Try Knitty. Here's the basic idea, though:
Swatch, and get a slightly stretched gauge; using the circumference of your arm, get the number of stitches you'll need, rounding up to a multiple of 4. Cast that on with the black, using a long-tail cast-on, and divide between 3 dpn's.
Knit about 2 inches of k2p2 ribbing. Switch to purple; knit about an inch. Then blue, then green, etc., knitting about an inch of each color.
Switch to black; knit about 3/4 inch. Wrap and turn. Knit back and forth for one inch. Then knit in the round again for half an inch, and bind off.
That's all there is to it!
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I should add: if you're making it for a larger person, you might want to add a row or two to each stripe, and possibly make the thumb hole a couple rows longer. Similarly, for a smaller person, you might thin down the stripes, though I wouldn't advise making the thumb hole smaller than an inch unless you're knitting them for a child.
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ooh! taste the rainbow!
those are mighty mighty and may i say they suit their owner.
KNIT KITTYHAT PLZ
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Ooh, kittyhat? Perhaps I should!
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Do you know of a kittyhat... er. Recipe? Thing?
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there's one in here - check the index...
fear my mighty google mojo.
[link]
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Oooh, they look professional. Very nice. Is that a special kind of yarn? Hey, you don't even need to knit them for me, just send me the yarn.
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Er, which is to say, I'd totally knit stuff for you with it, though.
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It's sock weight cotton-wool blend. You cannot has, is my toy. *hugs the yarn*
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Ooh! OOH! AWESOME.
I want a pair... O.O;
<3,
lurker
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They look so wunnerfly warm and fuzzy. Man, I wish I had the patience to knit.
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Those armsocks are the awesome. I envy your tight, firm knitting.
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Those're nice! This is making me want to retry to learn to knit. Crochet is awesome for a lot of things, but it just can't do the drapey fabric knit can.
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These are made of awesome, and I am jealous.
*wanders off to lurk again*
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Okay, so 50% of the brains behind Metanoia... knits. That's incredibly weird, but still kind of cool in an indie kind of way.
And I need to not comment on these things when I'm incoherent from lack of sleep, don't I?
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I started cuz I needed something to do with my hands while watching movies besides chainsmoke. It turns out to be handy for while I'm thinking through story ideas, too.
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Whatever works for you, mate. Hey, I bet my dad hasn't tried that to help him quit!
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SO WARM
THE ARM SOCKS, THEY WHISPER
PRECIOUSSSS
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