Even more striped socks
Just finished that pair of beautiful striped socks for Dan:
The yarn is leftover scraps of light and dark blue Knitpicks’ Risata, and a bit of Regia Bamboo. I split all three balls of yarn exactly in half (yay for Dan’s gram scale) so I could make sure the socks matched exactly. I really didn’t think I had enough yarn, and thought I’d have to finish the feet in yet another color, but I had enough and a little to spare of all three yarns.
They’re worked on 60 stitches on size 0 needles, knit firmly. They are quite snug on Dan’s feet; he says they are fine, but next time I would work them on 64 stitches for just a little more room. I worked in the tails at the color changes as I went, thanks to the Techknitter’s marvelous “overcast” method: http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2007/07/overcast-method-part-3-of-tails-and.html, so I didn’t have to do any tedious finishing. The stripes are six rows of light blue, three of dark blue, three of bamboo, three of dark blue, repeat.
I wasn’t sure they’d fit Dan, and I must confess I wouldn’t have minded taking such a lovely pair of socks for myself :) But I’m glad they fit because he really needs more thin socks for summer.
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Category: Blog, Handmade 4 comments »
June 18th, 2010 at 2:17 am
Darling!
June 20th, 2010 at 8:35 am
I don’t know what it is, but I’ve always loved that heel with the garter stitch.
June 27th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Your audio books are awesome! I enjoy them immensely, and just love the way you read! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I recently listened to Heidi, A Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and others. I’m now listening to The Story of the Middle Ages. You’re wonderful! Thank you again for the time you invested in this! I hope all my friends and family will get a chance to enjoy your reading! (I misspelled “your” above, and so rewrote the comment.)
June 27th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Aww, thanks Niel :) So glad you like my recordings!!