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December 14, 2004

Nice sock

I'm going to be late for work if I take too long so I'm writing this quickly.
My cousin got married in Scotland in September and most of the guys (my cousin, included) were in kilts and all that stuff. Part of the whole outfit is the kilt sock. Along with wondering who was a real man and who had chosen to wear underwear, I was checking out the kilt socks. Most looked machine made and just ok. Then there was Martin. His were lovely. They were handmade and his mom, also a knitter, had bought them in the Shetland Islands. I started thinking how I should make gorgeous kilt socks for my cuz and Martin started talking about how he wanted some new ones and asking me to make them. He just sent me one and I'm trying to figure out if I want the job. Here's me in my kilt tartan miniskirt modeling them.

They're actually pretty scratchy. I'm trying to figure out if I have time and the skill to do this. Here's my dirty knitting secret: I have second sock sydrome, BAD. Meaning I have started many socks, but I have only ever completely finished ONE, ever. And I've never designed one. Gotta run. I'll show you some of the sock details later.

Later: I'm not sure if I was clear since I was in such a rush, but here's the rest of the story. I would have to make 2 pairs of socks. One for the groom and one for the best man. He wants them in black. Any suggestions for a good yarn to use or what kind of yardage these would take? Judging by the scratchiness of these, I don't think he's looking for luxury yarn. I found out that I'm a big liar. They have sock yarn at Phildar, or at least something that could pass as sock yarn. It only comes in ugly colors and black. So that might work. I'm not sure I really want to work with it. It seems a little squeaky. If I want anything else, I'll probablly have to order it from the states. Here are some photos of details.

Oh yeah, and Anne Caroline's comment just reminded me that Martin said, "No need to worry greatly re holding up as we have the little elasticated clips to hold them up above the calf (we men also have our secrets!). We call them flashes..."

Posted by kate at December 14, 2004 11:07 AM