Saturday 24 April 2010

Spring Fling


I finished my first pair of socks for the blog! Yay me! :) I would have finished earlier but I had a few yarn issues. I picked a lovely self-striping in bright crayon colors and paired it with black; it was sort of interesting but the stitch pattern got lost in the drastic color changes. I switched to a spring colored self striping and liked it much better... only thing is, I didn't have anything to pair it with so I just knit the socks without adding in the second yarn. I decided to go with a rolled cuff instead of the i-cord and I really love how it looks. The spiral afterthought heel was a blast once I got over my fear of unraveling the waste yarn. I haven't used a waste yarn that requires picking up both sides; once I figured out how to follow the yarn through the stitches, it was easy. Thanks for a great pattern and for allowing me to join in the fun. :)

4 comments:

Sandy and Steve said...

Congratulations on finishing your first pair! They look great!

Christine said...

They look great! Keep up the good work :-)

Tama said...

Nice job! They turned out great!

MariecusBruyn said...

Welcome, you knitted some lovely socks in soft colours.
They look fun to wear