A bright shell in a dark wave.

Sunday, January 22, 2006

I finished these socks this morning and don't think there could be another pair like them anywhere. Well, that's because it appears something went wrong with the yarn but that's ok. They have their own personality and felt wonderful when I put them on. The yarn was Fortissima Colori 2425 and they were knit (if you care) on 2.5 mm wooden needles.

posted by Betty Ann at 12:18 PM |

9 Comments:

At January 22, 2006 12:38 PM, Becky

I love your socks! I think I have some Fortissima in the stash. Maybe it'll have to be moved up the list a bit...

At January 22, 2006 1:17 PM, Betty Ann

LOL. I can't promise yours won't match and be just too boring.

At January 22, 2006 2:25 PM, Betty Ann

Wow! I have socks with names. Very cool. This is much better than guys (maybe I've just seen this on tv) who name their trucks things like "Alice."

At January 22, 2006 2:52 PM, Becky

Thanks for coming to visit, and for the kind words. Think not that I am any more talented than you: I've seen your beautiful hat. You are pretty talented, yourself!

I hope to sell the Haley's Roses pattern, and donate the proceeds to neuroblastoma research. Watch my blog, or look for the pattern on AD days at the knitting groups.

At January 22, 2006 7:46 PM, Betty Ann

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At January 23, 2006 6:34 AM, christina

No one in the whole world has socks as cool as those!

P.S. I need to know your favourite colours (oooh, two 'ou' words in a row!) - more brown/beige, or reds or pastel or what?

At January 23, 2006 10:43 PM, Anonymous

Those are some cool sox!!! You will have to alternate which foot gets the sunny stripe because I think it may affect your feet's mood.

Feet's mood. Feet's mood. Say that 10x fast.

ta.

At January 28, 2006 9:50 AM, christina

I'm thinkin' you need to knit another pair of socks with this brand of wool and see if they also have a mind of their own.

Whatcha gonna knit next? An Easter hat would be amusing. You know - a nest on top with little knitted fluffy chicks and pastel eggs in it. I saw a fried egg purse once. Stunning.

(And pssst...you as blog owner have the power to delete any and all comments! Just click on the little garbage can! You can still see 'em but no one else can. It's magic.)

At January 29, 2006 9:00 PM, Dana S. Whitney

Yarnharlot laments the problems of pooling, puddling and some other term which escapes me at the moment. It is a hazard of knitting with yarn that is "space dyed..." sometimes the width of the knitting and the lengths of colors conspire to do weird things.... I bet you'd love self-stripping and self-FairIsle yarns! Good work.