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July 16, 2007
Secret Stripe Socks
The socks aren't a secret. The stripes are. I got some lovely hand-dyed sock yarn from the folks at Green Mountain Spinnery Did I mention the retreat? There are only a few spaces left... It's gorgeous. I'm loving knitting it, but the 2 balls I had were slightly different. Seriously slightly. Look:
It's hard to say if that photo is accurate or not. In some lights the balls look practically the same. In some, one seems brighter. I could have knitted 2 socks and it would have been fine, but I decided to make my life more complicated. I always do, don't I?
I'm striping them. The feet have two round stripes and one round stripes in the leg. I should have done one throughout. Oh well. It's not like you can really tell. I would be working on my other socks, but I can't find them anywhere. My Beckett documentary socks are already up in the calf increases but they are MIA and my poor, neglected trekking socks (which have already had heels knitted and ripped) are who knows where too. One of these days I will actually finish a PAIR of socks.
Posted by kate at July 16, 2007 10:38 PM
Comments
That's just enough striping for me. I'm doing Mountain Colours as well, but that darned Clapotis caught my eye and stole my time.
Posted by: Angie at July 29, 2007 11:16 PM
A wonderful creative solution to something that would have driven me crazy! I will usually keep going, trying to convince myself I can live with the variation, and then end up frogging 2 or 3 days work.
Posted by: Ellene at July 22, 2007 12:22 PM
Nice socks! The retreat looks like it'll be fun!
Posted by: Meg at July 21, 2007 11:36 PM
i can feel that yarn through my computer, i think. gorgeous!
Posted by: mrspilkington at July 20, 2007 07:25 PM
Kate...that yarn is purdy!!
Posted by: stinkerbell at July 18, 2007 12:54 AM
Love that yarn!!!
Sorry your socks ran away. Just out for a summer jaunt!
Posted by: Cathy at July 17, 2007 08:03 PM
Love the subtle blues....I always come back to colours like that, especially for socks. They look great!
Posted by: Rippedoffknitter at July 17, 2007 05:53 PM
Perhaps your missing socks are hanging out with mine at the singles bar.
Posted by: Steph VW at July 17, 2007 01:20 PM
Beautiful colors! I can see the difference in the picture. They look great.
Hope your runaway socks come home soon.
Posted by: Tonia at July 17, 2007 11:34 AM
The yarn is lovely!
Hope you can find your missing socks!
Jill
Posted by: Jill at July 17, 2007 07:33 AM
