Here be Socktoberfest progress.
Feather-and-fan socks in Mountain Colors Bearfoot for me mum’s Christmas present: one complete; one tenth of second done been knat.
Retro rib socks in Claudia Handpainted: four inches and counting.
It took me a while to find a good pattern for the Claudia sock yarn. As you can see on Lisa’s page, the browns and blues want to spiral around each other like a barber pole. I had intended to make Ann Budd’s Diagonal Rib socks from Interweave, but the right-slanting diagonal rib combined with the left-spiraling stripes was pretty awful. I tried a few basic rib patterns, but I really wasn’t digging the spiral that much at all. Finally, I tried Retro Rib, thinking the many purl stitches might help break up the striping. Viola! A nearly perfect blend of blue and brown. Huzzah!
Posted: October 21st, 2005 at 6:29 am
What beautiful socks!
Posted: October 21st, 2005 at 7:43 am
Eeek, I turned the heel to the retro rib sock today and just knit a couple of rows for the in step. Yikes. This sock is going to the frog pond. The splotting, spiraling action is just not cutting it for me. This yarn is too nice to be used for an FO I feel very lukewarm about.
I’m considering the Crusoe sock. I like the way the colors came out on yours.
I love how the colors are turning out for your retro rib. Pretty.
Posted: October 22nd, 2005 at 3:55 pm
Looking good so far, socktober is on!
Posted: October 22nd, 2005 at 4:03 pm
knat? voila? huzzah? Good grief, girl