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My first pattern! EarthForce Socks!
Sep. 24th, 2009 08:17 pmI originally posted this over at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
babylon5_love, but since this is my long-neglected knitting blog, I thought it should come here, too. Since it is the first thing I've "designed."
Why the quotation marks? Because socks are kind of already designed; I just came up with a bit of a stitch pattern for it. But I don't care, 'cause it's mine, all mine!
Anyway, here it is.
Okay, so it's my day, and I'm posting a bit later than I wanted, but... that's okay. I've got something that, while it might not be something for everyone, it's a first for me, and it was fun. Anyway.
I love knitting. I began knitting because of fandom (Hogwarts scarves FTW!), but one of my most beloved fandoms — this one — doesn't lend itself to a lot of straightforward knitting patterns. There are no iconic scarves or hats or jumpers or wacky socks. To knit something B5-related, I'd have to think outside the box a bit. But only a bit. For now....
So, I hereby present...
It seemed obvious that the first B5 knitted thing I should make should be knitted socks, because those can be made to be hand wash only. And because, well, it's about the only knitted thing I could possibly make!
So, I thought about what an EarthForce sock might look like, pattern-wise, and went from there. The final design is, I think, a subtle and rather believable design, if a military organization decided to have something other than plain, generic socks.
( I got socks to wash )
To download the pattern as a nice, printable pdf, click here.
Much thanks to my dad (right foot) for modeling with me (left foot).
ETA 2011-12-13: I just realized that I missed the heel instructions, so they're there now.
babylon5_love, but since this is my Why the quotation marks? Because socks are kind of already designed; I just came up with a bit of a stitch pattern for it. But I don't care, 'cause it's mine, all mine!
Anyway, here it is.
Okay, so it's my day, and I'm posting a bit later than I wanted, but... that's okay. I've got something that, while it might not be something for everyone, it's a first for me, and it was fun. Anyway.
I love knitting. I began knitting because of fandom (Hogwarts scarves FTW!), but one of my most beloved fandoms — this one — doesn't lend itself to a lot of straightforward knitting patterns. There are no iconic scarves or hats or jumpers or wacky socks. To knit something B5-related, I'd have to think outside the box a bit. But only a bit. For now....
So, I hereby present...
EarthForce Socks
"'I'm gonna live forever. You know why? 'Cause I never leave the barracks unless I know I've got something to do when I get back. The only kind of man who gets killed is the man who is done doin' whatever it is he's doin'. And I know I'm gonna come back alive 'cause I got socks to wash.'
"We all took a vow that, for as long as we were in uniform, we would wash our own socks every morning."
Season 5, Episode 1: "No Compromises"
It seemed obvious that the first B5 knitted thing I should make should be knitted socks, because those can be made to be hand wash only. And because, well, it's about the only knitted thing I could possibly make!
So, I thought about what an EarthForce sock might look like, pattern-wise, and went from there. The final design is, I think, a subtle and rather believable design, if a military organization decided to have something other than plain, generic socks.
( I got socks to wash )
To download the pattern as a nice, printable pdf, click here.
Much thanks to my dad (right foot) for modeling with me (left foot).
ETA 2011-12-13: I just realized that I missed the heel instructions, so they're there now.
