Knitting

Patterns, projects and techniques

Update on Jordana Paige Sale

by

jordana paige satchelIf any of you were hoping to score some great deals on Jordana Paige knitting bags (which I told you about yesterday), you might have noticed the sale was rather stop and start all day. That’s because the website experienced technical problems, and, as Jordana noted in a Facebook post, after spending five hours on the phone with tech support at her hosting company, she’s moving to new servers and will be relaunching the sale at a later date, which she hopes will be next week.

In the time that the sale was up, she raised $3,000 for the Preeclampsia Foundation, which is a really good start. Here’s hoping the next sale goes much more smoothly. I’ll let you know when I know when it’s happening!

[Photo by Jordana Paige.]

Next Pattern:

Comments

Have you read?

A Whimsical Sock Pattern to Blow Your Mind

You probably know by now if you’re a regular reader (and if you’re not, welcome!) that I love a knitting pattern that’s a little silly or a little different from the usual. Classic patterns are great, too, but sometimes you just want to make something with a bit of whimsy. And when it’s super functional, too, that’s even better.

That’s the case with the Bananen-Socken pattern from Susanne Shahin. These banana socks are one of those patterns no one seems to be totally sure where it came from, and this free pattern on Ravelry explains how she makes them based on how she learned it.

It’s a sock that’s curved and when not on a foot it looks rather like a banana. There’s no heel, and you can use whatever number of stitches you need to make it fit your foot. If you’ve knit enough socks to know how many stitches you like you can just use that number, or the pattern notes include sizing charts to help. (It needs to be multiples of 2 for the ribbing.)

After working a traditional cuff, the body is made with ribbing on the back and welts (or what the pattern calls horizontal ribbing) on the front, which is what gives it the curved shape. There’s no heel, but there is toe shaping, but for the leg and the foot you just keep working the same pattern as long as you like.

I’m a little skeptical about how these socks will feel with ribbing on the bottom of the foot, but I’m definitely intrigued and will probably give them a try. 

The pattern notes are available on Ravelry in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. If you head to the pattern page you can see a photo of what it looks like on a foot, and it just looks like a normal sock.

Have you ever knit banana socks or do you want to now? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

[Photo: Susanne Shahin]