Good night socks

I've told that I don't seem to update my blog anymore... That's because - *looking frantically for believable excuses* - I got abducted by terrorists from Absurdistan. Yep, many attempts were made to break and brainwash me, but I resisted and escaped. I escaped to bring you local stories from this wonderful place (I got told that this is what people want to read - aha...). I will also do any pending updates - I swear and promise. :D But not now I need to go to bed. But in order to have a reason to fill this post with a little more content here are pics from one of my current projects:





These are going to be my good night socks. See how nice they look with my pajama? You may notice that they are knit quit tightly (maybe even a bit too much), that's because for socks I like a snug fit. Pattern my own. More details when I have finished them, which is going to be sohooon! :D

P.S. "But in order to have a reason to fill this post with a little more content here are pics from one of my current projects:"
Ugh, this sentence doesn't make any sense at all. It was late, you know. :o

My first socks

Pattern: Garter Rib Socks from "Sensational Knitted Socks" by Charlene Schurch
Yarn: A merino/alpaca 4-ply sock yarn from eBay
Color: Pink
Price: 7.38 €/100 g
Amount: less than 65 g
Needles: 2,5 mm
Gauge: 5.5 stitches/inch
Dimensions: European shoe size 37
Modifications: none

It's a great book. With the help of this book I managed to finish my first pair of sock. I have tried it before, but somehow I never really understood what I was doing... In this book you will find very clear instructions for various combinations of these factors:

1. Foot circumference (5" - 12")
   
2. Gauge (5.5 stitches/inche - 10 stitches/inch)
   
3. Pattern with x stitches (4, 5, 6, 8, 12 stitch count repeats (or how do you say?), plus some Fair Isle and cabled pattern, etc.)
   
4. 4 or 5 dpns or two circulars

For example, I had a gauge of 5.5 stitches/inch, the circumference of my foot is a around 8.5 inches, I wanted to use a pattern with 4 stitches and knit with 4 dpns. It was all in the book. I only had to follow the instructions and got my socks in the end. Oh boy, that's so easy. :)

Some of you might have remembered my post about a racist article in Medical Hypotheses. I've decided to write to one of the editors, Mr António Damásio, and ask him for a statement. Why him? Because I happened to have a discussion about him on another blog, he is famous enough that I recognize his name (I had no clue who the others on the editorial board were) and he has a good reputation as a scientist, which in my opinion implies greater responsibility for the things that happen in one's name, because the impact on the public is simply greater. There's a difference between reading racist articles in cheap magazines and reading them in an academic journal with an editorial board consisting of scientists (and no, I don't care that it's not peer-reviewed). And finding a name like his on the board is even worse.

He used to work at the University of Iowa, but has moved to the University of Southern California. I got his contact information from here (I'm not saying that you have to contact him, but hey, if you happen to be a bit pissed off, too, and have his email address handy...? :D).