Pair 27 - Lateral

This pair was made for my running buddy Charlene from Bushfield Joggers.
She  is a fab person who has been helping me at Parkrun overcome my fear of dogs and we have a great time running round together, putting the world to rights.

I thought she was worthy of a pair of my socks, so asked her to choose a yarn as I had this pattern in mind.

She chose a Flamboyance one- Box of Crayons which had been in my stash for ages.

The pattern is a Cookie A one, so I loved it anyway.

It was a really easy pattern to set and follow, although it did come out a bit baggy even on a 2.75mm needle.  I also used the magic loop technique on this pair which I am now converted to.

If I knit these again I will use a 2.5mm needle or even go down to a 2.25mm.

The colours are so vibrant and fun and pooled and spiralled in a pleasing fashion.

These were done after the Christmas distractions, so I could be back to some prolific sock knitting again.

Started 21 December 2013
Finished 10 January 2014

Pair 26 - Aquaphobia

This pair was a travelling pair and also a simpler alternative to other projects. 
They kept getting put on the back burner so took a while to complete.

The yarn was a fabulous Flamboyance one called Northern Lights which had been a sock club mystery yarn so I decided to use it for this pair for myself.

The pattern was a slip stitch one which created a very thick and cosy fabric.  The pattern was supposed to stop highly variegated yarns from pooling which it didn't achieve as the photograph proves.

The pattern was relatively easy to follow, but did need the odd tweak on the heel turn.

It isn't one of my favourite patterns for this reason.

Started 17 July 2013
Finished 4 December 2013

Pair 25 - Embers

This pair was knitted as part of the Knitting Army project organed by Easy kints- Jon Dunn-Balham.
The yarn and pattern was provided by Easyknits and I was also able to select an extra skein for my help:-) The finished socks and shawls knitted by volunteers will be photographed for a book he is publishing in 2014.

I chose a Lemon coloured one in the Twinkle range.

The yarn used was one of the Deeply Wicked range and was a pumpkin/orange colour which was a lovely vibrant shade.

The yarn wasn't so much of a pleasure to knit with. It kept splitting and untwisting which made knitting the socks less fun than other pairs.  I can only presume I had a rogue skein as I've had other yarns from this supplier and they have been lovely to knit with.

The pattern was relatively easy and straightforward to follow, consisting of 2 charts to follow simultaneously, but they had a shared number of rounds.

I was nervous knitting these and the socks were frogged several times in places if I felt they looked less than perfect.

They did use a lot of yarn and I was left with less than 2 metres at the end.

That said they did look fabulous at the end and I can't wait to see them in print:-)

Started 31 July 2013
Finished September 14 2013