Tonight I finished my first foray into sample knitting. I tried a couple of different yarns for the Senneh’s and was not pleased, so I was happy to have Hunter send me yarn and assign me the Senneh sock (after I volunteered to do sample knitting). The first yarn was too thin (Schaeffer Anne) and the second was too dark (Black Magic Woman). The third was just right…observe.

My sock took 1.5 oz. of Prism Merino Mia wool in Mocha. I must admit that I was more than half expecting orange when I opened the yarn package cause Hunter likes orange, but I like some chocolate colored yarn and have not yet knit brown semi-solid socks, so happy happy!…and my favorite socks that fit my feet so far were Prism yarn (the Froot Loops) so I was excited to use it again (positive associations don’tcha know).

On the yang side of things, this pattern had negative associations from all the false starts when I began it, but by the end of the first pattern repeat, it was growing on me. I learned to read the chart without having to look up definitions (three starts comes in handy) and cable without a needle proficiently. The word proficiently is important because I was doing it clumsily before, but now, I feel like I can do it and not sweat/be mentally reaching for my tiny crochet hook at the same time. By George, by the time I got to the end, I sure was pleased with the result. As usual, another nice pattern from the Silk Road Socks book. And if I’m being perfectly honest, the way this sock turns out with the pattern going down and across the foot felt a little like magic even as I was knitting it. Perhaps I’ll hunt down some “magic” yarn after all and knit myself a pair.

Ps. When the blog titles are longer and less vague I get less spam comments, so please pardon me if over time, my titles become increasingly lengthy and specific.
Pps. Hunter, if you’re reading this, I totally washed and carefully dried my foot before taking pics. :)