Ninety-Nine Bottles
Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall,
Ninety-nine bottles of beer . . .
Take one down and pass it around . . .
Ninety-eight bottles of beer on the wall.
-Schoolbuses across the country
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Knitters Around the World -
Allow me to proudly present, my 99th pair of socks:
Falling Leaves Socks
Pattern: Falling Leaves from Knitty (by a San Diego knitter!)
Yarn: Koigu. I was lucky enough to meet up with Wendy before I left Philadelphia, and she took me to the most wonderful store full of Koigu.
Needles: Brittany Birch US2 dpns.
Notes: I originally cast on for the pattern-suggested 72 stitches with US1s, but I didn't love the way the yarn was pooling and I realized that I find Koigu more comfortable at a slightly looser gauge. I just like it on US2s. So I switched. I also switched to a top-down, heel-flap construction. And for all of you wondering about the eye-of-partridge heel flap, check out a tutorial here.
Best Thing About This Pattern: A Toss-Up: Discovering all those great sock patterns in the contest; and My little slice of autumn.
Ninety-nine bottles of beer . . .
Take one down and pass it around . . .
Ninety-eight bottles of beer on the wall.
-Schoolbuses across the country
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Knitters Around the World -
Allow me to proudly present, my 99th pair of socks:
Falling Leaves Socks
Pattern: Falling Leaves from Knitty (by a San Diego knitter!)
Yarn: Koigu. I was lucky enough to meet up with Wendy before I left Philadelphia, and she took me to the most wonderful store full of Koigu.
Needles: Brittany Birch US2 dpns.
Notes: I originally cast on for the pattern-suggested 72 stitches with US1s, but I didn't love the way the yarn was pooling and I realized that I find Koigu more comfortable at a slightly looser gauge. I just like it on US2s. So I switched. I also switched to a top-down, heel-flap construction. And for all of you wondering about the eye-of-partridge heel flap, check out a tutorial here.
Best Thing About This Pattern: A Toss-Up: Discovering all those great sock patterns in the contest; and My little slice of autumn.
posted by Theresa at 5:11 AM/Permalink
14 Comments:
Yay for 99! Which ones will be 100?????
99?! wow!
they are beautiful! Are you going to do something special for the 100th pair?
lovely! and so bright... Congrats on 99.
I love that colorway! Great picture.
99! Awesome. Cute socks. That was a pretty impressive list of sock patterns from that contest.
Hi T! I knew you could do it! As one of the many lucky recipients of your beautiful socks, I thank you. Maybe you'll be able to start your own line of holiday socks? What do you think? Get some sleep! Love, Mom
I can't wait to see what the 100th pair looks like!
Are you serious? 99 pairs? I havent even knit ONE pair yet! wow
As far as breakfast places go... i think it depends on what neighborhood you're in. If in OB... Shades, if in Kearny Mesa... Brian's on Balboa, if you want a SUPER HUGE buffet... go to the Red Lion Hanalei Hotel in Mission Valley on Sunday am. If in Hillcrest... Hash House a Go Go. South Park... Big Kitchen.
So many breakfast places... so few Sunday mornings!
Wow, 99 pairs and counting! I'm a top-down sock knitter too. I visited San Diego three years ago and fell completely in love with the place, especially the unspoilt coastline.
Wow they look like thyroid cells!! LOL just kidding, they look great and I LOVE the color. How your co-workers ever came up with thyroid cells, I'll never know.
Wow 99! That is fantastic! The color is great!
By the way I love the lace you are making!
Way to go! Awesome achievement and great socks!
Those are perfect for pair 99, and very reminiscent of fall! As your neighbors to the north, surprisingly we are getting a bit more "cooling" and even some leaf changing (although it could just be a rash of diseased trees; it's hard to tell). Let us know if you plan to be in our neck of the woods. I even found a great, out-of-the-way yarn store!
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