Plain vanilla socks where I reversed the stripes so they'd be fraternal mates.
Then I picked up this Regia yarn. The colorway is called Istanbul Mosaic and I purchased it here.
I love all the colors in this yarn and wanted to do something a bit more than a vanilla sock and found this pattern on Ravelry - you can see it here.
I tried and tried to get a picture that captured the pattern without success. Look at the pattern link for a clearer look. The pattern is a 4 row repeat. Row 1 - K Row 2 -K Row 3- K Row 4 - K1, P1 repeat till end of round. The link on Ravelry calls andalucian stitch. It makes a wonderfully bumpy texture which reminds me of an alligator's skin. Yeah... my mind wanders off in strange directions - LOL
I'm happy that I went back to my sock knitting. It feels great to knit a successful project and the weather is changing. I even wore a pair of hand knit socks the other evening and they felt sooooo good.
happy knitting-
carol fun
Wonderful socks. Kafee Fassett bright (forgive my spelling errors).
ReplyDeleteI love that those first socks...what great colors! :0)
ReplyDeleteYour completed pair of socks are wonderful, but I love, love, love your new pair. The colors are gorgeous! And thanks for sharing the links to the yarn and pattern. Putting your shawls in knitting time out is too cute!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see a picture of your sock drawer.....it must be fun to see all that gorgeous color in one spot. Now how do you decide which pair you'll wear?
ReplyDeleteI can not wait for the weather to change here. Love wearing my hand knit socks, so nice and cozy. Well done my friend.
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty socks! Someday I hope the weather cools off to need socks again. Maybe in another month...
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm way way behind in blog reading. Man, I love that Istanbul Mosaic. Pretty.
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