Wooly, You Were Right

On 12 Jul 2006 15:21:55 -0700, "hesira" spewed forth :

I don't know anybody who's actually made a complete pair and worn them. Most of my knitting cronies did as you did, as I did, as more people than I suspect are willing to admit did: rip and move on.

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I haven't knitted them... but from what I've read, the "successful" pairs are re-knitted on a bigger needle, to add width without adding stitches. Either that or bigger needle _and_ slightly thicker yarn.

=Tamar

I'll admit to having knitted about 2/3 of one sock using the larger number of stitches and 2.5mm needles. It measures about 7.5 inches around. When I tried it on, I couldn't get my heel through the leg part, - not much stretch to it at all. I'll rip it when I can get round to knitting much again (carpal tunnel syndrome).

Sorry to hear about the wrist Sue, miserable thing, I hope it's getting better, so you can get back to knitting

Love & higs Christine

Thanks Christine,

I just had a cortisone injection in it today, I'm hoping it will alleviate the symptoms a bit. I'm battling on slowly with knitting a top down faroese shawl which I think is nearly long enough now. The rows are upwards of 700 sts.

Hugs, Sue W in East Anglia, UK

7.5 inches would fit my foot. ;-) But seriously, I hope you get some relief soon.

Hi Jan, Thanks for the good wishes! Normally a sock that size would fit me okay too, but fully stretched this one only measures 10" which isn't enough to go round my heel.

LOL Mirjam, I don't think it would be easy!

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:28:59 GMT, "Midwest poster" spewed forth :

The "large" size Jaywalker sock knitted to gauge wouldn't turn my heel either. I wear a size 10 and my ankle is 9.375" in diameter whether I'm being fat or thin on any particular day. It isn't about size with these sox, it's about flexibility or stretch and lack of same.

I gave up quite some time ago on fancy patterned socks - nobody sees them anyhow so I spend that effort on sweaters and scarves. Opal and similar sock yarns are fast knits and make their own patterns - what more can a girl ask for?

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Well, they would be easy to knit, but I wouldn't want to put them on the bords!

Higs, Kather> LOL Mirjam, I don't think it would be easy!

Hahahahah Sue it wouldn`t be easy ,, but very interesting ,,, What was the name of the folk story where the girl knits something for her brothers who were turned into geeze ?????? mirjam

I love that fairy tale. I have a copy of it in a collection of Grimm's Tales and it's named "The Six Swans" (No. 49), but it may be geese in other translations. Here's the wiki on the story, for those who don't know it.

The wiki entry includes a link at the bottom to an annotated version of the story.

sue

I like to do a pattern just because it's more fun to knit!

Alison

And I think it must all go back to the Greek myth in which Leda was seduced by Zeus when he came to her as a swan. That Zeus had lots of girlfriends and lots of disguises.

Hesira

suzee wrote:

I think it was swans, and an Australian writer wrote a trilogy based on the story. Leda is the girls name. sue

In my Brothers Grimm collection.( Dutch translation) are notes for each and every story they wrote. For the Six Swans it states the following. The story is based on an old story that was found in a Latin work, a Dolophatos, written in 1190 by monk named Johannes from the Lotharingsche abby, Haute-Seille. At the time it was very common to hear stories where a ball of yarn will lead the way to an answer, as well as that there are demands made for the hero or heroinne to by silent for a period of time and is also not allowed to laugh, so not to break the spell. It also states that the same story lines were found in Arabic and Indian stories long before that.

Els

I am sure I remember this as The Seven Swans. The girl had to weave 7 shirts out of nettles, never speaking, to change her brothers back. After various story details (meeting prince, marrying prince, being accused of being a witch, being tied to a stake to be burned) she manages to finish all but half of the seventh shirt. The swans show up at the stake, she throws the shirts over each swan, and they turn back into men, but the last brother still has a swan's wing because she couldn't get it finished. I discovered that the Andrew Lang (British) version is Six Swans. And the Andersen version which I thought I was remembering actually is called Wild Swans and has 11 brothers. This is a great website for fairy tales: