Why yes, I wear socks and tights together with torn denim skirts on a regular basis, thank you! Don't worry, I put some very tasteful cowboy boots over them when the time came to leave the house!
And a close-up of the stitch pattern:
Photos courtesy of MY MOM. Who had very little patience for me bossing her around about how exactly the pictures should look. Go figure. Doesn't her camera take way sexier pictures than mine, though? That's because it's fancy and new!
Here's the specs:
These are the Embossed Leaves Socks, by Mona Schmidt, from the Winter 2005 issue of Interweave Knits. I started out on 2 US2 circulars by INOX, but switched it up to magic loop for the last portion of the second sock just for fun. (Woooo knitting fun!) The yarn is Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock (wool & nylon) in the Sherbet colorway.
I used a super-loose regular old cable cast-on instead of the funky one described in the pattern. I think I wasn't understanding it as written right off the bat and got antsy. Needless to say, even super-loose, my cast-on is pretty damn tight. Also, I had to block the bejesus out of these to get them to be long enough for my feet. I should have just come to terms with my huge feet and added a little length...
Next FO post: white cashmere headband! I'm also due for an update of some works-in-progress. But first, to update my sidebar...
2 comments:
Nice socks, and I like the photo you've got at the top there. Happy blog tinkering!
Alison - thanks, socks and photo! The picture is one I took on a road trip through Kentucky a few years ago. We kept seeing these really artificial-looking (but HUGE) hills with these crosses on them, RIGHT next to the highway. I think they were done by an artist, but I can't really remember... Perhaps I'll google now and figure it out.
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