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Snowbound Knitting

Well, not really, but it snowed enough to give the general impression of being snowbound.

Yesterday afternoon, I did laundry, knitted, watched The Godfather (it seems like I have a compulsion to watch those movies whenever they come on), and then watched the unfortunate Bronco's game. Multitasking - nothing makes me happier.

I finished the Bearfoot socks:

These socks are beyond comfortable - they are just heavenly. They are hefty without being bulky; very warm; very soft; and they fit close to the foot and ankle without being tight.

Sadly, the one sock has a serious color pooling problem:

You know, these socks are so comfortable I don't even care about the pooling. Still, I'm a little disgruntled about the yarn changing so drastically midway through the skein. At $18, I shouldn't have to put up with that kind of problem.

Onwards and upwards to the next sock: the Koigu Diamonds pattern. I ordered this pattern from the Yarn Barn of KS. The author of the pattern has a website, www.heartlandknits.com. Although you can't order her patterns online, she has a nice selection of mostly modular knitting designs.

I have Vivian Hoxbro's book, and more than a year ago I tried a couple of her practice projects. It was interesting but for whatever reason I didn't pursue it beyond making a potholder. I'd heard that modular knitting can be addictive and now I'm here to tell you YES, IT IS! Woo-eee these socks are FUN.

I realized at just this point in the sock that I've been picking up stitches around the modular blocks incorrectly - I was picking up through one loop when I should have gone through both loops of the chain. So I'm going to start again and I'm not the least bit sad about it - it's just so mindless and fun to knit these little squares and assemble them together into the shape of a sock.

I'll check the gauge - the pattern is for a size 7 1/2, which would fit my mom just perfectly. My only concern is that these socks won't have as much stretch in them as I'd like. They might end up being "socks as art" as opposed to "socks as attire" but what the heck, I'll have hours of fun along the way.

Roscalie is still sitting alone, ignored. Perhaps once the sock fever has abated I will return to her first sleeve. Then I need to get on top of that baby sweater...

Comments

The modular sock looks so fun! What a great Koigu shade to show off the pattern.

Posted by: Lauren at November 29, 2004 03:58 PM

Socks as art! Well, I think yours are *smile*

Posted by: Patricia Tryon at November 29, 2004 09:25 PM