Three of her patterns and some luscious Fearless Fibers merino for the mitts. The fiber is soooo soft and I love the colors - can't wait to make them for ME!! The socks look like fun (I think Amanda made them recently) and the Starlight Wrap is amazing (although I will admit that I am a little intimidated by this one :))! Thank you, Anne, for reaching out to me.
And my newest love:
toe up socks in STR Lucy with a baby cable rib up the leg (pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks). These socks were really a lesson in pooling and gauge for me. I started out with my typical 72 stitches - the toe has nice stripes and then you can see the pooling that started in the lower sock. I tried the sock on and thought it was a bit loose. Since they were for me and they weren't that loose, I decided not to rip back, but to simply decrease by a few stitches. 4 to be exact. Look how the pattern changed - the stripes started to come back a bit. Then when I got to the leg and started the pattern, I was absolutely sure I would get stripes. Was I ever wrong! Instead I got those large blobs of color swirling up my leg. I LOVE these socks!
8 comments:
The socks look fabulous! Thank YOU for your lovely note. It's nice to have you back.
Those socks are really funky. I love 'em!
It's great to see you. I like your socks too! You can never tell what some yarns are going to do.
glad to hear your voice, I am in love with your STR socks too!
Yay! You're back on the playground ;o)
The socks look great -- pooling is certainly a conundrum. I try to plan ahead and deal with it accordingly but it has a mind of it's own.
Leah loves her socks! Yay you! And yay for the goodies from Anne!
i love the way the color pools on these socks—SO lucy! they really look like a cat, sort of . . .
have fun with your new stuff!
I've been coveting the Lucy yarn, your socks inspire me.
Isn't it great how yarn can fool us? The fiber seems to challenge us into trying to figure out the striping and pooling!
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