Tuesday 31 July 2007

I tried!

Over a week ago I didn't think I'd be able to even start the Serpentine Socks pattern for July. July was a full of deadlines, I had to finish my Sockapalooza socks and I had to knit the sample for the August yarn4socks sock club. I thought that I would just finish up the what I had on the needles and start the August Sockamania pattern along with everyone else. But then I talked a bit with another member of the KAL and I just thought that I'd give it a try and start at one sock. At least that way I would have participated. So I cast on and this is what I have so far:

Serpentine Socks

I'm using some Louet Gems sock yarn. The contrasting color is Pink Panther and the other one is some I dyed myself with one of the Louet sock yarn dyeing kits. I decided to use a contrasting color for the toe, heel and cuff so that I could maybe use only one skein of the hand-dyed.

On the leg I'll be doing the cabling and ribbing only on the front, the back will be only stockinette as it is quite a bit of work all these little cables! But I do love the look of them, so I'm not complaining!: )

I'm making these socks for my mom, it will be the first pair I make for her. I hope she likes them!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, the socks are looking fabolous. Post a pic when they're done even if you've missed he deadline for the draw.

Monika said...

Love the colores you choose. The knitted fabric looks wonderful.

Anonymous said...

Your socks look great! I love the subtle color changes - it doesn't overwhelm the stitch pattern at all. Super!!

Jackie

I'm so jealous!! I only managed to get about 4 rounds on the toes done this month (sigh). I'll be starting up again with August's pattern.