Does anybody remember that I said I’d blog every day in November? Yeah, that didn’t happen. My only excuse is that it’s assignment crunch time at uni. But here’s another pair of socks.
Cornucopia Caroline Dlugy-Hegwer knit with Sunshine Yarns Soft Sock Yarn in Buttermilk {More}
This is a pattern I’ve had my eye on for a while, and I could only picture it in this particular yarn. It’s a simple diagonal repeat, and I love the added texture of the purl stitches to the eyelet pattern.
As for the socks themselves, I’m pretty happy with them. The yarn is lovely to work with, but it’s on the skinny side. Personally, I prefer a more substantial sock yarn, but if you like thin yarns, I’d definitely recommend it.
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!
October was a very busy month for me knitwise, and I ended up with alot of FOs to show for it. The final count is fifteen single socks, eight completed pairs and one cowl. Here’s an overview of my sock-knitting activities.
Socktoberfest was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I love sock-knitting, and it was a great opportunity to really focus on knitting some of the patterns that have been sitting around my queue for a while. Towards the end, however, I got a stressed and my knitting time became devoted to finishing the pairs I’d started rather than actually enjoying the process. Of course, this is all my own fault. If I hadn’t been so goal-oriented and had been happy to finish half as many socks, I might enjoyed myself more.
I’ll post a bit more about each pair later, but for now, I’ll just say that it’s really interesting to see them all together. It’s so obvious where my colour preferences have been lately. I promise to aim for a bit more variety in the coming months.
Right now though, I don’t really want to think about socks. And since November means NaKniSweMo and sweater-knitting, I’m not going to. I’m really excited about my November sweater, and I’ve already cast on for it. My November sweater involves a bit of design work, and I’d really like to be able to report more on my day-to-day progress than I usually do. I’ve hinted at the sweater before, but I’ll go into more detail tomorrow. Tonight, I’m going to put on an episode of Buffy and continue knitting on the first sleeve.
So, I’m attempting to turn over a new leaf, blog-wise. Actually posting! Replying to comments! What a novelty. Anyway, it’s time to post about one of my favourite pairs of socks ever: my Twisted Flowers.
Twisted Flower by Cookie A knit with Colinette Jitterbug in Vincent’s Apron {More}
This is another of those patterns that I really didn’t like when I first saw it. It was too busy for me, and just looked way too time-consuming for a pair of socks. Then Claire knit them in a gorgeous daffodil-yellow, and I knew I needed a pair for myself. {More}
So, Socktoberfest and uni assignments have been keeping me busy for the last couple of weeks. So far, I’ve got seven single socks, and one and a half mate. Apparently, I’m pretending it’s autumn here in Australia too, because my colour choices are distinctly autumnal.
But, first, let’s continue reporting on the socks I’ve neglected to blog for months. Here’s my final Ravelympics pair, Fratello. {More}
