I’ve been neglecting letting you guys know about my iPod sock. I finished it….about a week ago. I know, I know, that’s horrible of me not to let you guys know that it was finished yet, but in my defense, I’ve been busy. Too busy to take good pictures of it, and I wanted to make sure I showcased this just right. Well, here it is…
What do you guys think? I think it’s awesome. I gave it a nice sized pocket in front for my headphones. As you can see, I use the big headphones, not the little pods. I can’t use those in ear headphones because my ears are too small and they not only hurt me but they also fall out every minute or so. I use these for that reason. They’re big, but not too big, and the sound quality is outstanding! But I’m digressing here. As I mentioned, I used the pattern found on Chocolates & Vodka and I tweaked it a bit. I didn’t want to deal with seaming the pocket once I was done, so what I did was that I knit the pocket first, and then as I was knitting the actual sock, when I would reach the end of the row, I would knit the pocket into the sock using a SSK stitch and a K2Tog stitch, then when the sock was as long as the pocket, I knit both the live pocket stitch and the live sock stitch together. This was a nice, seam-free knit for my little iPod, and he’s happy with it.
I also started the second Pomotomus sock two days ago. I don’t have much to talk about with this one because I’m into the 5th row of the pattern. This is what it looks like so far:
It’s coming along. I also got inspired and decided to cast-on the pair of socks that are for a gift using the Lorna’s Laces Denim. I wanted to try to knit the two socks on circs, but this is what it looks like right now:
I don’t know if you can tell in this picture but one of the socks is super twisted with the needles and I don’t know what the heck I’m doing wrong. I need to do some more reading and maybe work a couple of rounds with the instructions in front of me. I know that once I do that, I’ll get the hang of it and the rest of the sock will just fly by.
I checked the Rockin’ Sock Club blog today to see what’s going on, and the packages are being shipped! I’m so excited I can hardly stand it! I know, that’s pretty crazy considering I have a pair of socks cast on, and a single sock that I’m actively knitting right now, but heck, it’s the Rockin’ Sock Club!
Well, I gotta get back to my other project. Here’s what I’m working on:
This is for my design class. I have my mid-term critique next Tuesday, and this is just one of the models that I have to have completely finished by then. This one is finished, for the most part. There’s just some finishing touches that I need to add, and that’s it. I started only pieces of the section model, that’s at a bigger scale, for this model and is supposed to be a super duper detailed model, so I better stop blogging and start modeling.
Great job on the Ipod Sock!
The ipod sock looks blooming fabulous
i like the ipod sock. wonder if i can tweak it into a camera sock?
Kat: I’m sure you can use this for a camera! It’s so durable and so easy to manipulate since it’s a tube with a pocket! AND it’s super stretchy. I’d go for it!
Finally! I meet someone else whose ears are too small for the ipod ear buds. Can you tell me what headphones that you are using instead? Because you mention that you like them so much, I might like to try them myself.
I like the ipod sock too. I think I will have to do one with all of the sock yarn that I have!
They’re a pair of Sony headphones, that I picked up at Toys R’ Us while Chirstmas shopping and they’re the best ones I think I’ve ever purchased. They’re kind of like these:
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…but with mild differences in the coloring, but the shape is the same. They’re like the big normal headphones that are supposed to have a “headband” but wrap around the ear instead. They’re $20 and well worth it. I haven’t had any problems with them, the sound is incredible (better then my boyfriends $100 headphones if you ask me) and they’re awesome for the iPod in that they’re still fairly small and portable, and can be used for exercising and stuff.