The Polly Jeans are done. I actually finished them a few days ago, but it has been so busy around here with Soldier being away that I haven't had time to get to the computer. I don't know how single parents do it!
Anyway here they are:
Pattern: Polly Jean by MJ Kim
Yarn: Patons Patonyle that I dyed with food colouring, I originally named it Cool as a Cucumber, but when I pulled it out when I had coffee with Donna she exclaimed that it was an Alien Green.
Needles: 2.5mm KP Circular Needle
These were knitted cuff down and the pattern allows you to decide whether you want to make a matching pair or a mirrored pair.
I went with the mirrored, so I knit them one at a time (not my preferred way) so I didn't get the pattern confused. Having actually knit them now, I don't think knitting them at the same time would have been a problem because it was really easy to see what I should be doing by looking at the row before.
One sock is more yellow than green and the other more green than yellow, but I think I can live with that.
I do have issues taking decent photos of my finished socks, but not to fear, it has been remedied as I will have my hands on some sock blockers from across the ditch in a few days.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
April's Socks
Posted by Melissa at 3:51 PM
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2 comments:
The finished socks look fantastic!
I'm glad that the pattern wasn't so difficult to "decipher". That was my intention - even though it looks "involved" you really should be able to tell your "next move" by just looking at the previous row, instead of having to check back the pattern back and forth (eats up knitting time!)
And also super excite to see that you've added few more stitches on the side! I wanted to (and still do) have the pattern available in 64, 68 and 72 stitches in width, however, sitting on the pattern for about a year.. at the point, I just felt that I wanted it "out", so I scrapped the idea of adding more sizes, figured this should be simple enough to modify by at least intermediate knitters. So yeah.. that's it - the tale of procrastination!
Regardless, the sock looks fantastic in that green! I know you went from cucumber to alien, but I'd call it "apple" a la granny smith!
They are awesome! I dont normally do green but they look so great with that pattern! well done.
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