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June 11, 2007
knitting issue
Acutally, this post contains knitting stuffs! Now, I am surprised that when I prepared these recent photos, I recognized I had no folder for May 2007 photos. That means I didn't take any knitting-related photos during the month(except the handdyed yarn). Not good.
And I have finally something to show you:
This is the yarn I chose for my Sockapalooooza pal. Sweet Georgia's "Willow". This is so brilliant and alluring, I just cannot resist to try it. I love the yarn but this is not my color. I have kept this beautiful yarn in my stash just for eye until now, and found this is my pal's color. so I dived.
And another photo... very, very slowly I knitted this recently and finished some days ago:
Do you remember this? It is my "Shifting Sand socks" FO! Since I have finished the first sock( see March 5 entry ), I didn't knit the second one for a long time. Finally that became a pair! I love this very neat looks, but this socks is very dense and don't have any elasticity. again the specs:
Pattern: My own, courtesy of Grumperina's Shifting Sand scarf pattern
Yarn: Sundara Yarn 's merino sock yarn, somewhat solid "Light navy over Pink"
Details: 75 stitches to cast on(40 for instep and 35 for sole), short-row heel, 3x2 ribs
Needle: US#1 Susan Bates dpns
And the diving photo just as of today:
My pal looks like liking textured sock but not lacy. The pattern I chose is Adrian's "Cable Twist Socks", and I REALLY enjoy knitting this pattern. For adjusting the weight, I followed Grumperina's(again! yes, I am big fan of Kathy)instruction(BTW, her sock also is green!). I would knit this socks for myself or DH or in-Ls one day for sure!
Posted by trico at June 11, 2007 10:33 PM
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What a perfect combination of pattern and yarn your shifting sand socks are! Lovely texture and not too busy.
Posted by: Peggy at June 14, 2007 10:46 PM
Everything is so beautiful! I love the shifting sands socks. The texture suits the color of the yarn so well. They are amazingly elegant looking. The cable twist socks are wonderful too! Thank you for sharing the handy instructions for conversion to sock-weight. I have two skeins of the same yarn in my sock hoard and always love seeing what people make with the same yarn. :)
Posted by: Marie at June 19, 2007 12:06 AM