I’m hoping I can keep up this pace so I have at least one pair to enter in each biweekly raffle… but we’ll see. Life could get in the way! (It always does.)
So the first pair of socks is done. For those on Ravelry, you can visit my project page for details and more photos. (And if you’re a knitter, crocheter, spinner or dyer and you’re not on Ravelry… what are you waiting for? Go sign up! NOW.) Anyway, here are the basics:
- Pattern: Spiral Eyelet Socks by Sandi Rosner
- Yarn: ONline Supersocke 100 Cotton Summer Color, colorway #1040
- Needle: Addi Turbo, 40″ circular, size US 1.5 (used magic loop technique)
- Construction: knitted cuff-down with a slip-stitch flap heel and tapered toe finished off with kitchener stitch
- Cast on 6/22/08, finished 7/3/08
I actually managed to get the stripes to line up on both socks without even trying that hard! The only place they don’t match up is at the toes; after I made the first sock, I realized it was a wee bit short, so I made the second one just about a half-inch longer.
As I mentioned in my previous post, I did have a little tinking to do. Actually, I did quite a bit of tinking on these socks. Never more than a row or two each time, though. It’s an easy pattern, but it’s also pretty easy to screw up! And sometimes you don’t discover you’ve screwed up until two rows later when you get to the next pattern row.
I really like the yarn, a cotton/wool/nylon blend, although the color I chose is not the best with my ridiculously pale skin — sometimes it’s a little tough to tell where the sock stops and my leg begins. But then, I’ll mostly be wearing these under pant legs anyway and you’ll only see a peek of the foot out of my shoe. Someone at work commented that the colors remind her of sherbet… I’d have to agree. It’s mostly a pale purply-pink, but there are very sherbet-y shades of green, peach and yellow running through in the stripes.
