March 13, 2010
Beautiful yarn = beautiful sock
yes, really.
gorgeous yarn (handpainted by Stéphanie)+
great pattern (Mock Wave Cable by Ann Budd from Favorite Socks) =
The pattern? so deceptively simple but very easy to make a mistake if you're not paying attention. I like it but I were to knit this sock again, I would make some subtle changes to it so that I have a perfectly symmetical instep.
the most lovely socks
The pattern came in small (60 sts) or large (80 sts). I actually did mine on 70 sts.
The yarn is just gorgeous... a deep, rich saturated blue ... love, love, love it.
March 08, 2010
Chart vs. Long-hand ...the results
I have to say, I was a little surprised by the results. As a group, knitters prefer charts to written instructions by a factor of roughly 4:1. (411 vs. 109). I wasn't that surprised that charts won out or that the upper age groups had a higher portion of knitters that preferred written to charts.
| 15 and under | 2:2 | |
| 16-25 | 11:3 | |
| 26-35 | 11:15 | |
| 36-45 | 101:19 | --> 5:1 |
| 46-55 | 114:31 | --> 4:1 |
| 56-65 | 96:33 | --> 3:1 |
| 65+ | 10:3 |
I was surprised that, so few people in the 26-35 category voted/read my blog. I didn't get enough voters in that age group to really draw any conclusions.
So, designers, make sure that you include charts and written instructions. where possible. You need to cater to 80% of the population and 20%, is rather a large population to not cater for!
