Second,the wonderfully generous and fleecy MamaCate deems me the winner of her oldest living WIP contest and gifts me with this beee-yyo-tiful Koigu.
Whatever it looks like on your monitor, its even richer and redder in person. I've never knit anything in Koigu. (I've also never won anything on a knitting blog. I am on a roll. ) It is sock weight. I'm not interested in knitting socks. Or am I? I browse the web for sock info, getting all- toe-up or down? Calculator or set pattern? Ribbed or sockinette? No lace, please. Where is a simple stockinette pattern that'll let me just knit 'round and 'round as the colors unwind?Third, I looked down. At my favorite fall shoes. Those plain socks. Its just not right.
Is there a conspiracy afoot ?
3 comments:
Go for it!
Conspiracy afoot, indeed! Pun intended?
One skein of koigu will only make a pair of small, short socks. If you can accurately divide the skein into two balls and do them toe-up, you'll make the most of the yarn. Also, making toes and heels with coordinating yarn will stretch it a little more.
Best toe up sock pattern I know is here:
http://www.knitlist.com/2002/ToeUpSock.htm
With an adaptation for different numbers of heel stitches here:
http://hipknitism.com/classes/basic_ribbed_socks/heel_numbers.shtml
I just ordered my first koigu, it is worth it?
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