Les chaussettes rouges

Published on Thursday February 2nd, 2006

I finished the Pig War socks…

…and I’m just crazy about them. I actually finished them at the Spiders party last Saturday. All told, the knitting time for these babies was about four days, making them the fastest pair of socks I’ve ever knit, by far. I love everything about them: the yarn, the colorway, the pattern, even my funkification of the chart.

Specs:

Yarn: Fleece Artist merino sock yarn in “Jester”, my prize from Lolly’s Socktoberfest, generously provided by Allison of Simply Socks. Seriously, this yarn is amazing. You should go order some from Allison right this minute.

Needles: US size 2 Addi turbo circs

Pattern: Nancy Bush’s Friday Harbor socks from Knitting on the Road, except that I screwed up the chart as previously discussed. (Pssst…want to knit your own Pig War socks? Repeat lines 1-20 of the chart instead of just 9-20.)

I’ll let them speak for themselves:

10 Comments to “Les chaussettes rouges”

  1. carrie m Comment Says:
    Posted: February 2nd, 2006 at 4:33 pm

    they’re beautiful! that color really is luscious.

  2. gleek Comment Says:
    Posted: February 2nd, 2006 at 4:59 pm

    they look fabulous.. and so fast! you’re the standard i must look to from now on 🙂

  3. Iraida Comment Says:
    Posted: February 2nd, 2006 at 6:38 pm

    They look great 🙂

  4. Lisa Comment Says:
    Posted: February 2nd, 2006 at 7:23 pm

    Simply gorgeous. I can tell you’re having fun with that new camera too!! See you tomorrow night at Joy’s party… I hope it’s not the last time I see you before you go to Europe though…

  5. colleen Comment Says:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2006 at 7:17 am

    Great photos, and great socks!

    Have fun in Europe. La France, peut-être?

  6. Ingrid Comment Says:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2006 at 8:47 am

    Great socks. Fleece artist colours are truely scrumptious!

  7. Marie Comment Says:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2006 at 9:28 am

    Those are gorgeous and in only 4 knitting days – sweet!

  8. Skylar Comment Says:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2006 at 9:49 am

    Lovely, just lovely. I have that book and may have to give this sock pattern a whirl, since I can’t seem to get into my Embossed Leaves socks or the 4th attempt at Jaywalkers.

  9. minnie Comment Says:
    Posted: February 6th, 2006 at 8:11 pm

    i never did hear why you left your job? enjoying your time offedness? wish i could quit (i need to ahve a discussion with certain people about taht) enjoy your time, and i hope i see lots of productive knits!

  10. Virginia Comment Says:
    Posted: February 7th, 2006 at 8:46 am

    Four days? You’re a knitting machine! beautiful job!