I spent a good portion of November on my slate blue socks for a KAL and skated in just under the wire. only to realize that I’d accidently screwed up the pattern on the top of the second foot in my haste (and cockiness). I still have not decided if I’ll rip or not, but just now, I’m leaning towards the personal growth route and leaving them. (don’t ask me why being ok with substandard socks is personal growth. it just is.)


You know a pattern is lovely when there’s a big glaring mistake and the socks still look damn good. This pattern starts off slow, but you’ll be moving so fast by the foot of the second sock that you may make a careless cabling mistake. You’ve been warned.

Pattern: Delias eucharis Sock by Hunter Hammersen

Yarn: Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering (I was worried I’d run out of yarn, but my feet are size 7.5-8 and I had plenty.)

Colorway: Flying Atlas

Needles: 2.25mm (if you’ve got a sock knitter in your life, Signature Needle Arts dpn’s make a lovely Valentine surprise.)

As you may recall, these puppies gave me a bit of a problem.


But, I got them straightened out and they ended up looking nice AND fitting L after just a bit of work. Behold, “socks on fire”!


Pattern: Polyommatus argiolus Sock by Hunter Hammersen

Size: Large
Decreased foot by 6 stiches on bottom of foot. Per Hunter’s advice, decreased for toes on top every other row first until top and bottom of foot lined up for toe decreases.

Needles: 2.0 mm bamboo (one casualty)

Yarn: Blue Ridge Yarns Jubilee – Dragon’s Breath (I don’t love the way this yarn pools. It took a bit of doing to get an effect I was pleased with. I am not likely to use it again even though it is TEMPTING given all the compliments the socks in progress got.)

Let’s talk a little bit about ego. Last week started with me carrying around a very basic washcloth as my on the go knitting and having lovely luck. I was working on the Delias socks at home whilst watching tv and things were going swimmingly. Then, I got a little cocky. These socks are not THAT complicated and I think I’ve got the rhythm and I want to be making more progress. Into my purse they went. Wednesday, I worked on them during lunch with friends and while chatting/drinking a hot chocolate that evening. Then, I sat down to work on them and thought, crikey! The nice schwoop schwoop schwoops up the side looked perfect on one side of the sock and on the other side looked more like schwoop schwoop splat! I started tinking back just to see what went on and realized that in addition to that, I seemed not to have changed my row marker after row 4 (the cable cross row)! Unknit. Unknit. Unknit. Everything is straightened out except for the schwoops. I’m dropping stitches back to where the schwooping is perfect and then I shall go from there (in two different places). Can you see the mistake?



Now, the universe is back in balance and I can carry on.


A knitting friend said, “You need a project with lots of stockinette in your purse, so you can chat.” I responded, “Perhaps that is why the Yarn Harlot is always knitting plain self-striping socks.” She replied, “Yes. It’s not because she’s dumb.” I could only nod.

To see what others are working on, check out:
Tami’s Amis
Small Things (I’m listening to The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. It’s more well-written than I was expecting from a series called The Mortal Instruments. Her vocabulary is impressive and her comedic timing is spot on. I’m really enjoying it and am looking forward to the next book in the series…and checking out the movie on DVD in December.
Frontier Dreams