And if you are colorblind and squinting, they'll match

Whoo hoo!  Look at my socks:

The fact that they are two different socks from two different pairs is completely irrelevant.  I love them.  Where are my Birkenstock sandals?  Spring is practically here and nothing looks better than handknit socks with sandals, which yes, I do wear.  My husband thinks the look is more geriatric than funky and he would prefer not to be seen with me when I wear the combo, to which I always point out the socks aren't white, duh.  That would look bad.

This was the one I have been working on the longest, my Santa Fe sock, notice the Kitchenered toe:

And this is the one that made me cheat on the Santa Fes, the totally wonderful Sknitches sock in the Banana Split colorway (another Kitchenered toe):

I am knitting both pairs of socks in my generic sock pattern.  The sknitches are on size 2 needles.  I love size 2 needles so much more than size 1 (which the Santa Fe socks are on).  It is only with socks could the sentence "the knitting is flying on the size 2s" make sense.  The size 1 needles in bamboo are way too bendy for me, I am considering trying another type of needle in the future, but at this point, I have them in bamboo so I am using them.  I liked the look of the harmony needles at Knitpicks, but I wonder if they are bendy too.

I already have the second sknitches sock cast on, it only took me two tries to get the stripes to line up.

I hate having to frog back, it is so demoralizing, but these socks are totally worth it.  I completely get the idea of taking time to make something right, but every time I am forced to frog I can't help thinking about what a waste of good knitting it is. 

And finally, lest you think that I spend my days knitting only socks here is my top-down wrap cardigan.

I am finally finished with the increases and am just knitting the rest of the body for about 5 more inches, then it will be time for the sleeves.  I have a love-hate thing going on with this sweater.  I love it, I can't wait to wear it, but every row just takes FOREVER since every row is the total number of stitches to wrap around me.  And now that I have only about five more inches to go, it seems to go so slowly and the socks seem so much more enticing.

Comments

[mollie]

The socks are beautiful. I would think if you knit a sweater of both yarns, in stripes maybe, you could get away with wearing the socks as a pair...