

In Which the Pirate Talks About Socks.
Posted by Pirate in brown regia sock, garter rib, sockFirstly, an awesome person from Ravelry was able to help me out with the Pirate Booty yarn. She has a whole skein but small feet, so she asked me to estimate what I needed and she'll mail it to me. How great is that? I did the math and came out with ten or twelve rows remaining, so I told her that I guessed 12 feet would be enough. I hope that's enough. I'm nervous now that it's not, but I didn't want to ask for more than I needed! Anyway, I expect that to come in the mail sometime next week, and then I can get this sock done.
Also, I am getting started on Pirate-Husband's Plain Socks. I'm using Regia 4-ply in a marled brown/brown/black colorway, and just doing plain top-down socks with a flap heel and gusset. I measured his feet yesterday and took a gauge swatch off some other Regia socks I made. 9 stitches to the inch, times 10 inches around his feet, minus 10% for ease, gives me 80 stitches (okay, 81, but 80 is a nice round number). These should go pretty fast! I'll take pictures when there's something to show.
