You'll have to take my word for it that there really are two socks done in this pair. The photo showing the pair on my feet was so blurry I deleted it. No idea what I did to get that result. The cuff looks foreshortened. That's the angle I took the photo from, looking down from above. It's quite a reasonable length, really. If my grandchildren had seen me taking the photo, I'd have been in trouble. "Chairs are for sitting on, grandma, not tables." It was after 5:00pm when I took this and it was about to pour, so light was not good. I sat on the table on the deck to get myself up where there was a bit more light.
They are very combubble as Miss Three said a couple of weeks ago about the socks I made her. The fit is good, there is a lot of stretch in the easy, mock cable pattern. The wool was part of my Elann Essential stash, bought on special quite a while ago now.
Here comes a confession. These have actually helped purge Second Sock Syndrome for that wool. It's not something I normally suffer from, but about two years ago I did a Nancy Bush vintage sock from a free web pattern. I really like the result, but have never done the second sock. I suppose I could turn the pattern up again with a bit of searching, but have lost my copy. As I now don't have enough wool to do it, I can frog that first one and make more small socks for charity or grandkids. With the bit I have left and all of a sock with a long leg, I'll have plenty for that.
I'm not sure what I'll do next. I know I spoke about circulars. i still haven't bought another small circ. and I really like my dpns. It may never happen.
pass the slipped stitch over
1 comment:
Love the colour of these socks - I think you definitely need to use the old unloved sock and make something new out of it!
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