sockapaloooza wrap up

and now for something completely different the details:

per usual, click to get full sized photos



Pattern: "Timberline Toes" from Lucy Neatby's "Cool Socks, Warm Feet" (yes, again...it's a handy book, and i seem to have good luck with her patterns :-))

Yarn: Toes, Heels, Cuffs: Louet Gems Merino Opal", Navy; Body: Gems Quartz, Hummingbird. this is sportweight, superwash wool...soft, warm, and a real pleasure to knit with

Special Techniques: 2 socks simultaneously on one long circular (addi turbos, US 3/3.25mm); garter stitch short row heel; garter common wedge toe; tubular cast-on

Notes: overall i liked making these (despite my fussing)...they turned out very "cushy", and i plan (once i find a missing presumed devoured by the resident black hole temporarily misplaced second skein of Gems Opal) to make myself a pair. the directions were easily followed and i like the feel (and look) of the garter stitch toes/heels.

my "problem" with them is based mostly on self-annoyance :-\ i futzed around too long finding the 'right' yarn, then when it was decided upon, i couldn't come up with a creative "design"--the marling of the Quartz yarn, while gorgeous (imho...i love the colors) didn't really lend itself to patterning, and so i ended up with what strike me as rather plain, not terribly interesting socks. :-(

on top of that, i have the sneaking suspicion that, despite thorough swatching, these are going to be way too big for my pal *sigh* i hope she likes them and that they DO fit...but she can always rip them out and make something more suitable with the yarn...

for good or ill, they're in the mail (or should be tomorrow--i doubt they went out tonight)...special thanks go to my 'mailmen' ;-) (i should hope they know who they are lol)

this was my attempt at a "glamour" shot...the socks are draped badly across a pot of pansies...said pansies were not amused and suggested the porch would be a much more effective backdrop ;-)