Anyhoo, I added 4 balls of Felici Self Striping yarn in Rainbow to the list. I wanted Rainbow knee highs.
BAD.
Lo and behold my mom picked the rainbow yarn, my mom rules everything. She's so smart.
What my sofa looked like during the holidays. Sorry family.
As soon as I finished my holiday knitting I decided to start on the Rainbow socks except my pattern disappeared. I decided to write my own. It was both harder and easier than I thought and educational. For now I'll leave pattern writing to the experts.
The socks turned out great. Here are some pics.
My laptop sometimes does double-duty.
I had to try it on. Disregard my dry ass legs, it's winter.
Who doesn't love turning a heel?
Detail of the decreases.
OMG. This gusset was the worst thing ever.
Hey look, they match!
It took me 4 seasons of The West Wing (how I measure time) to make these. I'm super pleased with them and I get compliments on them. There is nothing more satisfying than saying "Thanks, I made them."
Finished.
Those are REALLY nice! I've been holding off on trying socks, because so many patterns just look bad. These definitely do not!
ReplyDeleteSocks are addicting because they go so fast and are so comfortable. Once you get the hang of them they are all you'll make. I only knit socks for a year. I can probably write down the pattern for plain socks that I keep in my head if you want it.
DeleteI think I'll try a set during summer break. Anything more ambitious right now than a toy is beyond me with all the writing I'm doing for school. :)
Deleteamazing!
ReplyDeleteself striping yarn is the best. I couldn't fathom sewing in all those ends for all those colour changes.
The red at the heel required quite a bit of surgery. I was pulling apart yarn balls looking for the red bits.
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