Friday, May 7, 2010

Purple Haze


It seems the sock malaise has passed. I am loving the May sock! I am loving the May yarn. I look forward all day to the time when I get to pick these up again.

Theme of the month is cables. I chose a pattern I've been looking at for years, Brainylady's Basic Cabled Socks. They're coming out just right, and with 7 plain rows to every cable row, they move fast. The 2 x2 ribbing between the cables really pulls in, so I'm constantly having second thoughts and thinking about ripping out and casting on 8 more stitches, but when I try it over the very broad ball of my larger foot, it's fine, so I'm trying to stay calm.

The yarn is Dream in Color's Smooshy; the color is Visual Purple. I'm already thinking about what yarn to use for the next pair of these.

2 comments:

  1. Mmmmm, gorgeous colour! And cables on socks... not tried those before, might be tempted one day. Might!

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  2. I too have decided to knit a cable rib sock. I'm telling you right now, there is no way I will have it done by the end of May. I will leave SOM to you and Pat. Pat, didn't you say you are knitting the 'brainless' socks? I don't see that you've written a post about them.

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