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• 1 thorny // Aug 17, 2009 at 12:08 pm

  on your short row heel vs. heel flap; I find the heel flap method is a good one to use when knitting socks for someone who is not available for a “fitting”. the comments in the article are correct in that SR heel fits and conforms better, but if you’ve ‘misgauged’ the length of a recipients foot the sock just doesn’t feel right in the SRH.

• 2 megan b. // Aug 17, 2009 at 12:20 pm

  thanks for the jean hemming link! I have 3 pairs of designer jeans that I’ve had over a year and have never worn because they are waaay too long. God forbid i go to a tailor! I wish there was a “alterations 101” sewing class offered around here, instead of the beginning sewing class I took. I feel like those are the things that would be more useful…

• 3 Amy // Aug 17, 2009 at 2:49 pm

  I can vouch for the hemming technique. Works beautifully! I know that this sounds silly, but it will change your life!

• 4 Lili // Aug 17, 2009 at 3:11 pm

  The D&G bag is lovely! If you wanted to make a similar bag for yourself, Indigo Junction offers a sewing pattern with the same shape that you could easily alter!

  http://www.indygojunctioninc.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=127_148&products_id=275

• 5 martha in mobile // Aug 17, 2009 at 3:24 pm

  I could knit nice wool sweaters for the rest of my life for the cost of that D&G bag.

• 6 Melissa // Aug 17, 2009 at 5:20 pm

  I concur, the hemming technique works beautifully. One caveat though: if you’re hemming more than an inch off of flared jeans, it can get a little weird. (And I don’t know why, at 5’6″ I *always* have to hem jeans by at least 2 inches. It drives me nuts.)

• 7 kate // Aug 17, 2009 at 11:19 pm

  congratulations on the socks. i have a favourite way of doing heels – google ‘Sherman Heel’ or ‘hipknitism’. prepare yourself for the onset of sockobsession.

• 8 Debbie // Aug 18, 2009 at 3:12 am

  That D&G bag – I’m getting 2 or 3 (joke) Love coming over to your website, I never know what I’m going to find!

• 9 Becky // Aug 18, 2009 at 8:13 pm

  Your link to the Kitchener dog tag makes me think of those machines at PetsMart that engrave tags for your pet. They usually also do military-style dog tags and then you could make one with your own shorthand instructions that make sense to you. I might have to give it a try (beats the shrinky dink idea that’s been rolling around in my head for a while!)

• 10 Emie // Aug 20, 2009 at 8:55 am

  Thanks for the link on how to hem jeans. Being only 5′ tall I can definitely use this info.
  Love your blog and I read it every day!
  Emie

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