A byte is a unit of data that is commonly made up of eight binary digits. A byte is the smallest addressable unit of memory in a computer system. I call these Mitten Bytes because the hands are 16 sts. around, 8 sts per side.

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Occam’s razor (also written as Ockham’s razor and in Latin lex parsimoniae, which means ‘law of parsimony’) is a problem-solving principle devised by William of Ockham (c. 1287–1347), who was an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher and theologian. The principle states that among competing hypotheses that predict equally well, the...

P.D. Smith, in his book, City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age, mentions “the Street Observation Science Society, founded in 1986, whose objective was to document what remained of old Tokyo before it disappeared under a tide of anonymous concrete and steel. Their symbol was the sole of a shoe on which was drawn an all-seeing eye.” This descriptio...

January 2014

From my own summers in Michigan while growing up, I learned to hunt for and prize the local fossil stones found on the beaches and dunes of the northwestern lower part of the State. These socks use a small, rounded motif to hopefully mimic a Petoskey Stone. It seems counter-intuitive to decrease stitches by half at the beginning, but increasing...

ERRATA:This pattern has been updated to correct a couple of errors, including a note that has the charted motif beginning on the wrong round for the second sock. If you downloaded this file prior to 23 Sept 2013, please download it again. Thanks!

Toe up or top down, use your favorite toe, heel, and cuff to make these easy, carefree socks. Any multiple of four stitches will work.

“Whistle-Pig” is another name for a groundhog. When alarmed, they use a high-pitched whistle to warn the rest of the colony, hence the name. Groundhogs may squeal when fighting,are seriously injured, or are caught by an enemy.

I’m experimenting a lot with toe shaping lately. A friend asked if I would share this particular “pattern,” so here it is.