Striped Setback
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
More stripy knitting continues. I’ve restarted the Mad Cows for the third time. As soon as I finished the insteps, I put them aside for a while. I really needed a break from them.
I’ve been on a maroon-and-gold kick lately. I plucked out two skeins from my stash intending to knit a hat. Once I sat down and cast on, I found myself knitting socks instead. I knew I wanted some kind of stripes, but I couldn’t decide: thin stripes or thick stripes? Inspiration struck when I finished the cuffs and changed to the gold yarn.
I alternated the stitch for each contrast round. I like how it looks, almost slouchy. The purl stripes add textural and visual interest. I decided to leave the insteps plain, because I didn’t wait to continue the stripes without the texture, and I didn’t want purl rows inside my shoes.
I didn’t notice a problem until after I had already taken this picture. Do you see it? The number of stripe repeats on the legs? Apparently I cannot count. I thought there were four and knit the second leg accordingly.
No problem! I have a plan!
Tags: airhead, buffy, knitalong, project-spectrum, socks
April 13th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Does your maroon & gold kick have anything to do with being a Harry Potter fan?
April 13th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
I like the way your mad cow socks are turning out.
April 14th, 2007 at 11:45 am
I wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t pointed it out!
April 14th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Oh, what’s the plan?! The suspense, the suspense…
April 14th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
No one would notice unless you tell them dear. Hm… those brown and yellow kind of represent Harry Potter kind of fashion.
April 14th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
That is so something I would do! The stripes are really cool.
April 15th, 2007 at 7:28 am
I like the mad cow socks, especially the mirroring. Hmmm… I am also very curious what the plan is….
April 16th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
I love the maroon and gold combination. Gorgeous!
April 19th, 2007 at 9:12 am
I love the mad cows :) Great name!