Pattern: Bi-Color Socks from Family Circle Easy Knitting, Holiday 2005
Yarn: KnitPicks Dancing (Swing) and Fortissima Cotton (#04), less than 1 ball each
Needles: Size 6 Pony Pearl dpns
Began: 5/18/06
Completed: 5/30/06
(The toes and heels were knitted with two strands of Fortissima, the rest of the sock used one strand of each yarn.)
A fun pair of socks but hopefully the last pair I’ll ever knit with dpns. It’s just so tedious. I followed the pattern’s recommended gauge (22 sts/4″). I’m not a sock gauge snob (i.e. the most sts/in, the better), but even I think that’s too loose.
I was surprised to see that I had quite a bit of yarn left over, especially the Dancing of which I have probably 1/4 – 1/3 of the ball left. I made these socks with one eye toward using up my existing sock yarn stash, so this is actually disappointing. Heh.
Very cute socks. They look comfy.
Yes, they are! I didn’t mean to sound so negative in the post. That’s what you get when you try to post something real quick before bedtime.