Friday, April 18, 2014

Happy Feet 1 of 5

So I've been on a strange sock knitting kick (ha) these days... I think I decided to give it a try, remembering how frustrated I was with fingering weight yarn and the repetition of knitting socks (all those tiny stitches, a second matching sock) a little over a year ago...and decided this time I was going to give it a try. Back then I'd barely touched fingering weight yarns, but since then I've worked with them a number of times, and I was particularly thinking of bigger projects like shawls. So, yeah, I'm gonna try fingering weight socks again!

First up - Dream in Color's Everlasting Sock in Tidal (the blue with bits of green, purple, gray, etc) and Malabrigo's Sock in Chocolate Amargo (with some very subtle differences in the browns).

Notice how I always seem to have helpers when knitting?  That means there's always pet hairs in what I knit....more fiber!  ;-)


Top side of the sock, where I decided to go with ribbing for extra stretch, just in case it was needed...


Bottom side of the sock - plain old stockinette stitch....


And the finished product?  Fun in color, a bit masculine with the blues and brown...and definitely a bit baggy.  Will need to go smaller next time.  I like the stretchiness on top, but it wasn't really needed.  And I DEFINITELY made these guys too long up the calf - all future socks should avoid bordering on knee-highs!


Did I just say next time?  I thought I didn't like knitting socks, especially in fingering weight!?

And here's a link to the socks on Ravelry...

3 comments:

anne marie in philly said...

I always knit my shawls with sock yarn; hopefully I have been an inspiration to you!

Jeph said...

And do you have a preference for single-ply vs multi-ply? (I'm not even sure if I'm referencing them right) Like Madelinetosh Tosh Mo Light and Zen Garden Serenity Silk Single are single ply, but the Verdant Gryphon Eidos is twisted? Do you find multi-ply to be less soft/cushy?

anne marie in philly said...

ply doesn't matter to me, as long as it's superwash merino, and super squishy soft! :)

I buy my yarn from independent dyers on rav, like lizard toes or gnomespun.