3 posts tagged “cable”

So far I am doing well on the Christmas Knitting.  I have 3 pairs of socks finished, 1 pair almost finished and a 2nd pair in progress and 1 cowl of my own design finished.

This means there is only 2.5 pairs of socks (ish) left to knit and I am done for Christmas Yay!

But I wanted to do a little post with some of the work in progress for that.

Firstly the completed socks from my father out-law now named A Sky full of Bees for obvious reasons (although J insists they are called a sky full of bananas).

Sky full of Bees Socks

These are the simple trekking socks pattern by Miriam Felton which I have used before and is simple and fun.  It was a good match for the yarn because it didn't compete with the crazy pooling.  I wasn't sure about these socks when I first finished them but they really grown on you and now I am going to find it hard to part with them!

Secondly I am working on some Komet socks for T.  This is a free pattern by Stephanie Van Der Linden from her Sockenkreativliste.  There were several amazing patterns put out on this list which I was dying to try and this is the first time I have finally managed to cast one on.  The pattern is interesting and intricate but not horribly complicated (although it looks it to people who don't knit!).  I am knitting it in Indigo Moon merino yarn which is nice.  The yarn is in a blue semi solid which is perfect for the pattern and it sort of plumps up during the knitting process which is great. It has a nice sheen and twist on it and is soft. This was part of the haul I bought at Socktopus back in the spring.  I would probably buy more of this yarn if the right colour came along but since I am trying to save money these days that won't be for a while.

Komet up Klose

Komet Socks 1

I shall definitely be trying out more of Stephanie's patterns in the future!

The second item I finished early in the holiday was the Heath's socks for J.  This was a nice simple pattern which I could knit happily in the car or watching movies etc. The final fit is good and I knit them using Artyarns in Turquiose and Brown.  I think that the pattern works well with the varigated yarn and both stand out on their own. I can't believe how fast I knit these up though, they took about a week when they should have taken two!

Heath's Socks

The yarn was fun to knit with and I hope that it wears well.  I don't think it is nicer than other high end yarns and annoyingly it comes in 50g skeins which I dislike since those skeins always seem to end up more expensive somehow.  I bought this yarn on sale from purlescence and I might get it again if it was on sale but the other colours didn't really float my boat in the same way as Easyknits or Socks that Rock do.

A knitter on Rav has posted a free pattern to commemorate the life and work of Heath Ledger.  It is a very simple sock with a single subtle cable down the side and it looks very elegant and plain but with a bit of interest.  Now I am not a huge fangirl but I have always enjoyed Heath Ledger’s films – like Johnny Depp he seemed to flit easily between Hollywood Blockbusters like A Knight’s Tale and Batman to more unusual film projects like Brother Grimm.  A few people were knitting these socks and I decided to join in, at least in part because the relatively plain design means that this is a good pattern for variegated yarn and I have some very loud Artyarns sock yarn in turquoise and brown (bought in the Purlescence sale) which I got for J when he asked for a pair of blue socks.

This pattern has been very quick to knit it took only four days to finish the first sock, I went back to knitting with my Brittany needles and I had forgotten how lovely they are after so long knitting with the Harmony’s.  Unfortunately I had also forgotten how fragile they are and snapped one but I can knit a sock on four dpns so it is not a disaster.  These are pretty good mindless knitting for watching the West Wing to as well.

Here is the first sock modelled by J, hopefully the second sock won’t be too far behind!

Heath's socks Heath'Artyarns Heath's socks