Thursday, January 29, 2009

Socks!!

I have three pairs of socks on the needles at the moment. I am working on a pair for Noo in Merino Bambino. They are a 2 x 1 rib and I am working them toe up, two at a time on my new 2.5mm circulars. She loves them and is constantly asking to try them on. I am really happy with how they are working out.


On the needles for me are some Sydney Socks. The Sydneys are kicking my butt at the moment. I am doing them on dpns because the pattern asks you to borrow a stitch from the next needle on half of the rows in the repeat and that just wouldn't be possible with circulars. I was having a lot of problems restarting the pattern after turning the heel and working the heel flap. I think I have it back on track now. They are working up really well, and I am loving the yarn. It is a beautiful colour with some subtle variations in the colour.


I am also working on the Pablo Blue Socks toe up. This has to be my favourite way to construct socks. I haven't finished a pair yet so I don't know about the bind off at the top, but I am loving the fact that I can try them on along the way. The Pablo Sock pattern is great. It is a really easy pattern to memorise and I haven't had to tink back too much, so I am pretty happy.


There has also been some sock yarn dyeing. More on that later when the yarn is dry and I can decided if it was a success or not.

1 comments:

Bogie said...

Sydney can be a challenge. Good to hear that you're back on track. Do try it on after you're a couple inches up on the leg... the redesign should take care of any issues you might have experienced with the first pattern that was published, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to try it on.

Thank you for choosing Sydney!

 

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