I fell in love with these socks the first time I saw them.
I've been wanting to cast on to knit them ever since! The problem was finding a nice shade of green yarn. Sock yarn these days is all variegated or hand-painted it seems, at least in the shops. If you do find a single coloured sock yarn, it is either acrylic or a poisonous shade. What gives? I had some cotton yarn in a nice green, but it proved to be a little too thick for socks, and trying to knit it on smaller needles ended up with me constantly battling split yarn. No fun! Then, I found 'mood indigo' variegated cotton/bamboo yarn at the Sea Needles shop in Bethany Beach.
The owner there told me they rarely stocked solid colour sock yarns because it simply didn't sell. . . . Sheesh! In future I'll have to order sock yarn online, I guess. This colour looks nice with jeans, but also has black in it, which I wear a good deal more often. 
Anyway, I cast these socks on 3 different times in 2 different yarns and 3 different gauges before the 'three times is a charm' kicked in. One sock is finally done now. It's comfy. 
I'm still not crazy about these socks in variegated yarn; it disguises the really cool ribbing details. Look closely, past the wild colour flamboyance. 
I really need to make these in a solid colour.First, though, I have to knit another sock to go with this one! I've just cast on for sock number 2.
2 comments:
Those are really cool socks! I can't believe that you built your own castle out in the woods and you grow your own food. I've wanted to do that since I was a child. Glad to have found your blog - it's a lovely read. Thanks for sharing. :)
Cat, welcome! As you'll see, we're still working on the 'growing our own food' bit. . . . it was a tough summer and had we been limited to what we had grown, it would have been a lean [and boring] one!
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