Turns out, projects get finished when you work on them, opposed to letting them sit untouched in your project basket for days and weeks at a time. As of 3 days ago, I was still on the leg section of Sock 2, with 3 lace repeats to go before I could start the heel flap. Worked on it Wednesday and yesterday, and this morning, I finished off the toe decreases and Kitchener stitched the toe closed. And then my camera announced that the battery was almost dead, so I had to wait a couple of hours before I could upload pictures.
This was my first "official" pair of socks. I have a pair of Lion Brand Homespun slipper socks, but since there is no way I could ever wear them with shoes, I don't count them.
Although I took a long time to finish them, these were fun. Learned how to do a picot edge, learned that I will never again do socks one at a time...
As for overdyeing them, everyone I've talked to has said that they like the striping, so I'm going to hold off to see if they grow on me. I can always dye them later if I still want to, but I can't un-dye them. I feel like I can't really see the lace pattern; the pictures in the book look really detailed and delicate compared to mine, which look like striped socks with some yarnovers.
Pattern: Petticoat Socks from Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick
Yarn: Knitpicks Palette, overdyed with grape Koolaid
Needles: US 2
Done top down, with a heel flap (because I like Kitchener stitch and picking up stitches... because I'm weird)
Yay, Socktoberfest!
5 comments:
Congrats on the FO! They look really cute.
those are great! What's your next sock project?
I'm interested to hear more about the overdying.... what color was the palette yarn to begin with?
They came out so cute!
Both the yarn and the socks are lovely!
Purty. I'm working on a pair in Lorna's Laces Black Purl ... it's good to see another pair in variegated yarn
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