The stripes in this yarn disappointed me. I was expecting charming variation in the width of the stripes, and instead I got mechanical regularity. So I mixed them up. I used an entire 50g ball for each sock to see how high up the leg I could go, which was not as high as I hoped, but that has to do with the width of my foot and leg. These will be my hiking socks next winter.I joined Sockapalooza 4 and I hate deadlines, thus we have this:
The pattern is Go With the Flow socks from Interweave Knits Summer 2005, the yarn is Koigu, cause my sock pal loves it! I must say, it was quite a treat to work with after the stripey yarn. So soft and cushy! Such pretty colors! Too bad it wears out so fast on my big, bad feet.Here's a tip. This sock needed a blocker because the pattern is really stretchy. So I used a bent wire hanger. Cheap and adjustable and super fast for drying! I also use coat hangers for drying Fair Isle mittens.
Check out the innovative way Alison has coped with the horde of sock knitters. It's a knit Pligg! I just wish I had more time to browse through it. Go check it out for me.
And then, as I was knitting with pastels, I kept eying my Schaefer Anne in the Pirate's Cove color way and so this happened:
I'm in love with this. The colors in the sun just glow. For Mother's day, my boys took me for a beautiful walk in the park, followed by a picnic lunch and I enjoyed working on this simple sock with the wonderful colors.
I love the pirates cove as well. And really appreciate the sock that is already done.
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to have the pair done by the time I get back from my next weeks trip.
I don't understand. Why would you want to stop knitting socks? ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe Pirate's Cove looks great! All the Anne colours I've seen have been named after famous women. Is this a new series they've come out with?
How are the Go with the Flow to work up? I wasn't really knitting socks in 2005, so I looked at them and was a little put off (though I knit lace, so it was just silly).
ReplyDeleteLove all of the socks!
ReplyDeleteI know just what you mean about being stuck on socks. As wonderful as they are, it is good to branch out once in a while.
Beautiful hiking socks.
ReplyDeleteI loved those socks! But if you want varied width stripes, the Austermann striped yarn I've been using recently has lots of difference in width of the colors, and I really liked it. Oh! I almost forgot =) I tagged you for a meme, details on my blog, in case you want more blog fodder. Knit on!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the Pirates' Cove - and am off to order some RIGHT NOW.
ReplyDeleteI know - aren't socks addictive? I held out for ages and even blogged on how I couldn't understand the passion. Now I'm worse than anyone!
I know what you mean too about a yarn being too boringly predictable. I hate the stripes coming around so regularly. The only solution, Laurie, is to dye our own colour range. Don't know if I'm ready for that yet though. Are you?