Inky Socks 2

I started with 4 balls of Knitting Fever Indulgence Cashmere in my stash that I had acquired a while back from a friend's destash. So given the success of Inky's first pair, I set out to make a second pair, but this time quirkier.

Yarn: Knitting Fever Indulgence Cashmere (discontinued)

Needles: US 2 / 2.75 mm

Pattern: Same basic design as before: cuff down, extra long heel flap, wedge toe

Since Inky was so delighted with the off-kilter stripes in the last one, we doubled down on the quirky. I used up the last of the first color before switching the the new ball in a a coordinating colorway of the same yarn that had some of the same colors. This meant that those very long repeat stripes moved in opposite directions. Fun!

Mind's Eye Yarns Relaunch

 

This weekend I was excited to visit Mind's Eye Yarn's new location in Arlington, MA.

They have been my LYS for a very long time, even across changes in ownership. So it was amazing to see them ready to thrive in this new location with lots of light and space.

Sparkle Red Rainbow Socks

My dearest Majes had his birthday this week, which was great motivation to finish these socks that I had been working on for basically forever. Ages ago his wife had acquired this yarn and asked if I could do the knitting of some extra sparkly red rainbow socks. She wasn't sure how much yarn that would take so she bought 300g of fingering weight sock yarn! This seemed like the moment to finally make those handknit knee length socks that he has been dreaming of.

Yarn: details lost to history, but it has a strand of silver sparkle and rainbow variegation in the red

Needles: US 1 / 2.25 mm

Pattern: 84 sts cast-on, cuff down, decrease down to 72 stitches for the ankle, heel flap, wedge toe

I am not going to lie, these socks were a slog that I put down and "rested" a lot. But I am really pleased with the result.

Summer Twilight Socks

Let's be clear, Salvbard does not need any additional socks. His sock drawer is quite full. But he wears them all the time, and it had been a few years since he had gotten any. So apparently this year he gets two pairs.

Yarn: ONline Supersocke 4-fach London Color in 1639 Black Grey Turquoise

Yarn Source: a friend's destash

Needles: US 1 / 2.25 mm

The yarn for these socks is the same as for his Totality socks, right down to the colorway. The fun thing is that they are different colors! The first pair has a deep blue stripe in the black, while these have more of a turquoise which nominally is the "correct" color. I started doubting my records that these were the same color way, but I did find a several inch section of this ball that was in the deeper blue color from the other pair. Guess it was just variation/odd lots!