Clessidra Notes!

First off, thank you all so very, very much for your kind words about Clessidra! It really means a lot to hear such great feedback from you all on my first effort in the patterning world (now, let's see how the comments go when you actually start knitting them...heh heh). I wanted to point out a few things about the pattern that I noticed after submitting it, and some hints.


1) Yes, I know, 4 balls of Regia Silk is a lot of money for a pair of socks (hell, I sometimes balk at spending $40 on yarn for a whole sweater! So I know what you mean). Here's the deal: the socks you see pictured in the pattern (the ones I made for myself) were made with three balls, not four. BUT: the reason I suggested getting 4 balls is that I just barely made it with 3, and I'm pretty short and small, with very short legs! Figuring most of you would be taller than me, I put down 4 balls. Worse comes to worst, you can return the extra ball if you don't use it (save your receipt!). If you are subbing in a different yarn for the Regia, I would suggest making sure you have about 700-720 yards of fingering weight yarn just to be on the safe side. I've seen people commenting that they might use knitpicks Gloss - I haven't tried it (so be sure to swatch) on this pattern, but it looks like a pretty good sub yarn if you're looking for something cheaper. You can also just sub some regular wool or cotton Regia, which is a bit cheaper.

2) Yes, I did make a mistake in the example socks! You caught me. You may have noticed in the photo at the bottom, of the sides of the socks, that there seems to be a strange extra-stitch thing going on in the top sock. I was rushing like mad to finish the second sock to take photos and make the knitty deadline, so I screwed up a bit. Hey, it's for luck! (But don't worry, that error is not in the instructions, so you should be fine.)

3) If you DO run into any problems, please don't hesitate to ask! As this is my first go at a public pattern, I'm sure there will be issues - and I'll do my best to help with any mistakes or alterations you might need to make. There are many ways to alter the pattern for various sized legs, and I'm sure you all will come up with many more.

4) FYI - I'm fairly certain the Regia Silk color is indeed #32 or #032, but it may be called something else in other parts of the country/world - in any case, it is the burgundy color.

Sock It To Me, Baby.

Spring Knitty is up and running! Woo-hoo-hoo. I hope you all enjoy Clessidra - it was definitely a love/hate relationship between me and this pattern for a while, but I am totally stoked that the pattern made it in! (And many thanks to the folks who left comments in the last post - I'm so glad to hear it's already getting good reviews!) This is my first "real" pattern, so it will be cool to see what people do with it.