Nov 03 2009
Socktober Sock Success
This year, I finally busted out some socks for Socktober! I am on a sock kick this year. Since June, I’ve made 5 pairs of socks, and pair #6 has one done with its mate on the needles. For the most part it’s been plain-jane stockinette socks, something easy to bust out while at knit night or on the metro. It is surprising how much knitting time there is in a day when there’s always a pair of socks in your purse.
As a treat, I picked myself up some koigu in a happy rainbow colourway. My feet are now warm and luxuriating in colourful comfort:
Knitternaut’s Rainbow Socks (rav link)
Pattern: Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s Sock Recipe (rav link)
Yarn: Koigu Painter’s Palette Premium Merino, colourway P136
I’m kind of late to the whole koigu sock party, having just discovered how awesome this yarn is this year after hearing so many people go on and on about it. Late or not, I am enjoying the party mightily - this is my second pair of koigu socks in as many months, and I can’t get over how freakin’ comfortable they are. And there are so many beautiful colours are stuffed into the colourways - there is a red and blue in there that I wish I could get whole skeins in. I was a little bit disappointed at how the yellows and greens pooled in these socks, but it’s not so bad.
Next up: NaKniSweMo!
Such cute and cheery socks! Great job.