3 posts tagged “turquoise”

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

I did pick up a little bit of yarn in the Purlescence sale for some yarn I have wanted to try for a while. 

I bought two 50g skeins of Artyarns Supermerino in crazy colours which are possibly for a pair of socks for J.

Artyarns sock yarn

I also bought 5 skeins of Manos Del Uruguay in Olive which had about 1/3 off so that I can make myself another nice vest top like the cabled vest.

Manos Del Uruguay - Olive

I am very pleased with both buys especially the Manos.  I wouldn't normally buy so much because at full price it is nearly £10 a skein but this was far more reasonable.

I shall end with a gratuitous cat picture because it is so hard to get N00t in a good pose.

Cat in repose