So, enough about my pains and annoyances. This is primarily a knitting blog, and knitting there will be. Here are some socks, finished a few months ago, waiting for ends to be woven in so they can make rotation into the sock wardrobe. From Simply Sensational Socks, one of the stitch patterns for self-striping yarn. I mentioned in an earlier post that I hated making the heel, pictured lower left. I found the entire maneuver awkward, and was annoyed about grafting the last few stitches of the heel. It does make for a nice effect. For the mate, I used Lucy Neatby's garter stitch short row heel, pictured upper right. Less awkward to make, and no grafting. For the most part, these socks will be worn with shoes, so unless you read my blog, you probably would not notice or care that the heels are different. My thought is that hand knit socks don't need to match perfectly, any way. The yarn used was the Opal DK, which I'm going to keep an eye out for at Stitches. I have a little list going on in my brain about what to get at the Market. I'm also going to keep my eye out for Cherry Tree Hill Super Sport in Life's a Beach, because I have a little leftover from a baby project, and with one complete hank, I can make more socks. I did a little splurge at Arcadia today, and purchased some Berroco Ultra Alpaca to make my own version of the Playboy sweater, for me. Love the colors, a pink, my blue, a mint green, and a darker green, but I'm still wavering between making a vest or a long sleeved sweater. The garment will be a fusion piece, so hopefully completed quickly.
2 comments:
I'm a fan of Lucy Neatby's garter stitch heel, even though it's never survived to FO status for me. I think it works best in yarns like your Opal that have LOTS of color changes, or maybe solids. What do you think?
I've never done it in a solid, but I think it would look good. It's a comfortable heel. Lucy suggests you use 60% of the stitches instead of 50% like most socks, so it provides a little more coverage.
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