Some have been toe up, some cuff down,
some bright colors, some subtle. My current pair (April's secret
socks) are nearing completion. Not fast enough, but.... I am already
lusting to start my next pair of socks, and the ones after that,
and....
Part of the problem with the current
pair of socks, is I don't really like cables—especially in socks,
(and these socks have 6 cables (12 to a round when knitting 2 at
time!) and I don't much like the color—as it looks knit up, that is. I loved how it looked in the ball.
It's Lion Brand's Sock Ease in color way toffee—which they call a deep grey with orange, yellow and white (so little white, it always looks like a mistake)--but the grey? Its more of a dark loden green, and some less dark loden, too. These are actually colors I rather like (This is the first skein of Sock Ease I bought—at the Lion Brand Studio, where every color was available!) but I don't like how they knit up (to much orange for one).
On the other hand, I love how the heel fits, and I love how snug and comfy the ankle of sock is—this is a style of sock I will make again.. just in a brighter yarn—or at least in a brighter color way.
It's Lion Brand's Sock Ease in color way toffee—which they call a deep grey with orange, yellow and white (so little white, it always looks like a mistake)--but the grey? Its more of a dark loden green, and some less dark loden, too. These are actually colors I rather like (This is the first skein of Sock Ease I bought—at the Lion Brand Studio, where every color was available!) but I don't like how they knit up (to much orange for one).
On the other hand, I love how the heel fits, and I love how snug and comfy the ankle of sock is—this is a style of sock I will make again.. just in a brighter yarn—or at least in a brighter color way.
Here are color swatches of my 4 secret socks (in stocking knit not in stitch pattern used)--
See? These last socks are, well blah—or at least they are to me. (Top left, Paton's Fx sock yarn, (Jan), bottom left, Paton's Ragg Effects(March). Top right, Lion Brand Sock Ease, (April), bottom right, Plymouth Happy Feet.(Feb) --It took forever to get the images centered and balanced, I gave up the effort to have them in order!)
AND I am about to embark on a BIG lace
shawl. The yarn is on the swift, it will be balled up today, and I
will get to work—soon.
It is the (Oh, so appropriate!) WeddingPeacock shawl. (there are a few different shawls with this name. —the
link is to the one I am making) I am knitting it in white merino,
but it might end up in a dye bath once it has been completed. The
color theme for the wedding is based on peacock feather (and peacock
feather are going to be used in the decoration) but I want something
simpler, and less color full—but spectacular all the same. The
wedding is in October, so I have plenty of time—but a big lace
shawl needs one, doesn't it?
As time come closer, and I chose a
dress, I will think about what color (if any) the shawl should be.
It will be easy enough to dye the whole knit shawl (I'll have to get
is wet to block, anyway)--and I have more than twice as much yarn as
required, so it will be easy to make up a swatch or two to test out
colors first.
