Even More Sock Goodness

Monday, April 17, 2006

This has suddenly become a sock blog.

This weekend the Easter bunny (me) left sock yarn in someone's Easter basket (mine). Presenting more Koigu, more Regia sock yarn in various crazy colors. These are from C0l0rful St!tches in Lenox, Mass. I had a gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket since Christmas. Only one skein of each color because I plan on making footies/ankle socks from now on.

Progess Shots:

Second Pomatomus and Jaywalker sock

Pair almost complete. The toes are different. On the finished sock I used short row shaping with wrapped stitches. On the second sock I used the Sherman short row shaping.

Again drastically different toes. On the finished sock I knit cuff down per given instructions. On the second I knit toe up, using short row shaping with wrapped stitches, which gave a rounder toe. So when I finish I'll have a matching pair that don't really quite match. Heh. The scallops are nicely mirrored though.

I do prefer working the Sherman short row over the usual wrapped stitches short row. More on that later.

Socks + Domesticat = BFF

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Monday, April 17, 2006 4:38:58 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I'm definitely digging the mirroring of the pattern caused by knitting one sock top-down, and the other, toe-up. And it's shocking to see how much of a sock knitter you're becoming!
Monday, April 17, 2006 8:19:41 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
heh he... i still remember that not so long ago you left me a comment saying something like you may not get into sock knitting etc etc.... look what happens now!
Monday, April 17, 2006 9:32:56 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Hee hee - socks, not just for breakfast anymore. Hmm, I'm really liking your Sherman toes...
Monday, April 17, 2006 9:36:49 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I too seem to have caught the sock bug...I've made peace with it though:)) Tell me, can you really make 2 ankle socks with one skein of Koigu?
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:22:32 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
and you thought you wouldnt like sock knitting :)
welcome to the dark side!
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:24:28 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Looks like you are hooked!
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:16:39 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I see you've completely gone to the dark side ;) just kidding. I'm glad you're having fun with socks, which look great by the way. But will you ever get back to sweaters? hats? anything not socks?

Lizard
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:42:54 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Pretty yarn! That Sundara stuff really does look good enough to eat - yum!
Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:41:06 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
It must be going around.. my blog is becoming a sock blog too. I just started my first toe up socks. I'm going to have to look into that Sherman toe.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006 11:15:20 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I love your blog. I fell in love with socks too. Your Sherman toes look a lot better than mine. I keep messing up on the knit side and leaving small gaps : (
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