My sock focus was maintained until the weekend. More self-striping, a bit of Cookie A., and now I'm a cheatin' fool!
Plunge pair #37, as promised, were completed immediately after my last post. Lookie the girlie, stripey, goodness:
[I love them so. I made them too small for my canoes on purpose, so I wouldn't be tempted to keep them.]
#38, another "Millie" (shortened Millicent) in Sockina Colori. It reminds me a bit of the Silkie Socks that Rock in its colour runs, multi twisted with solid grey. Not as luxurious, but a sturdy, pretty, bright pair of socks. I love the asymmetry of the rib down the foot, which doesn't show so well in the photo.
Pair #39 started out as generic "socks for a dude", but as the striped poured from the skein, it became obvious these were colours for Mr. Pharm. A nice long sock, toe-up, plain stockinette, slowed down only by his request to make the leg of the finished sock a bit longer. In a show of my love for him, I unpicked the grafted bind-off and added the better part of a repeat. #2 will be done sometime today.
#40 is my laceless Thelonious in Tofutsies. I started the pattern as written. The combination of the colour runs, the wandering rib and the lace panels looked just a bit too fussy, so I ripped back and changed the lace panel stitches to a continuation of the established rib. I love the effect. The pattern is awesome exactly as written if you opt for a solid (like the recommended Louet Gems Merino fingering weight - I did mine in sage green), but I think this is a nice compromise.
[Eek! Someone needs a pedi!]
All of these socks had to inspire a cheat, so in the name of stashbusting, I took a bit of a sock break over the weekend.
Pomotamus cap in (finally) the last of my Knitpicks Mainline.
Emma's backpack just needs straps, finishing and felting.
And the beginnings of a Christmas pressie for my BFF Nancy. I started in Ravelry, surfing for any lace scarf/shawl I could find. Fed up with my inability to choose a pattern, I went to Google and entered "fingering weight shawl". The first result? Sivia Harding's brilliant Diamond Fantasy, which can be worked in a scarf size from my single hank of Lucy Neatby Celestial Merino.
Next up, socks. And cheating. In no particular order.
You amaze me. I have no idea how you can get so much knit in so short a time.
The socks look great, and the 'cheats' look like a bunch of fun, too!
Posted by: Nicole | August 20, 2007 at 12:53 PM
I like the new blog look -- very purple! The socks are looking awesome and seem to be multiplying like rabbits! LOL!
Posted by: heddy | August 20, 2007 at 03:31 PM
Nice new look. Very slick.
Good progress. I don't know how you do it. I have the DFS pattern too, and plan to make it in some black alpaca that I have in the stash perhaps...
Posted by: Terra | August 20, 2007 at 05:33 PM
You've been busy I see. I am absolutely in love with pair #37, they are awesome!!!
Posted by: Helen | August 20, 2007 at 09:54 PM
Oh, that is a whole lot of knitting. You are a knitting wonder woman! Everything looks great. I especially love the cap!
Posted by: Jen | August 21, 2007 at 11:18 PM
Wow, that's a lot of socks!
Posted by: Mary | August 22, 2007 at 12:59 PM
Where did you get the pattern for the pomotamus cap?
Posted by: Fredabeth | August 24, 2007 at 06:25 PM