Here’s the full report on my first Socktoberfest pair of socks.
Stockinette socks knit in Sunshine Yarns Twist Sock Yarn in Reducto {More}
This yarn is part of the Harry Potter sock club, and when it first arrived, I really didn’t know what to do think. It’s about as far away from my usual style as you can get, a dark grey/purple base with crazy little specks of all kinds of different colours. Now, usually I prefer solids or semi-solids, and when I go for varigated yarns, they almost always have longer colour repeats. Still, after a while, the yarn grew on me, and I decided to go with it. Basic stockinette was the only thing I could imagine, and I’m happy with the way they turned out. I especially like the cute picot cuff, a feature I love for basic socks.
As for NaKniSweMo, I’m still plugging away on the basic stockinette of the first sleeve. I’d forgotten how slowly sweaters knit up when you knit at 8.25 stitches to the inch!
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I’ve seen those colorways, and your socks are way cuter than I imagined they could become. Congrats.
I’m having the opposite experience with my current sweater – I forgot just how quickly 4.5 sts/inch works up!
The socks are definately cute – and surprising, given what the yarn looked like in the skein!
Keep working away with the cardigain. It’ll be beautiful in the end!