Or maybe just some pock marked socks.
I wanted something with texture... Even
though this nectarine inspired color way should be knit up as smooth
and glossy as that stone fruits skin.
So I went looking for texture. I
didn't want cables. I wore cabled knee high sock for many years in
elementary school—50 years later, I still hate them—or the idea
of them—enough that I have no desire to knit any.
I've done lace, and I've done ribs, I
wanted something different. Then I found this stitch. I supposed,
if I skied, I might see the texture as moguls. But I don't ski, and
snow doesn't come in these bright colors.
I think the texture is like a pock
mark. I am old, and started to travel young—I had a “routine”
small pox inoculation as an infant, and one again age 8, and again 10
years later. These were required by Health Dept. for over seas
travel. (A few years later,--in the early 1970's—small pox was
considered eradicated, and the inoculations were no longer
required-for infants or for travel.)
I know what pock marks look like—the
scars have faded—but I still can see the texture. (Should the
world erupt in biological warfare, I feel safe from small pox—I
might not be totally immune, but I suspect my immune system retains a
vestigial memory)
Pockmarked is just the word to describe
the texture of this stitch pattern. I am knitting pox marked socks..
So a Pox on Sox—to be cute. In brightly colored, hand painted yarn.
(Loin Brand Sock Ease—over dyed marshmallow color—part of a group of
yarns I dyed earlier this year.(see link above))
The cuff is a bit deeper than I usually
knit (1.75 inches vs the more common 1.5) and neatly feeds into the 6
stitch repeat of the stitch pattern.--D'oh--that's why I started with 3 X 3 ribbing.
The pattern feels a bit slow to
knit.. but I have made some progress.
The texture flattens out a bit when
stretched.. But it always retains some depth and texture. A success I think--The socks don't look nectarine-ish but I still like the color way and the texture.
