Showing posts with label vesper socks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vesper socks. Show all posts

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Vesper Algae Socks



Simple and straightforward. This is Vesper Sock yarn from Knitterly Things, in the Algae colorway. After months of begging, boringknitter finally sold it to me to get me off her back. Aren't the colors lovely?

They are knit in plain old stockinette, per basic instructions in Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch. I used my usual heel flap and gusset construction with a wedge toe. There is not much else to tell you about them except that I'm very happy to have my new pair of pretty striped socks!

I recently bought a copy of Sock Innovation by Cookie A. and have just begun a pair of socks from that book. I'll share progress once I have more than a cuff. I'm pretty excited about the patterns in this book, and all the sock design information at the beginning is fantastic. Stayed tuned for sock progress shots!

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

New projects

I'm still working on my first Leyburn Sock and seaming the Marseilles Pullover, but I've also started some non-purple projects.

Here is a plain stockinette sock made with Knitterly Things Vesper Sock yarn in the colorway Algae.


The light today is terrible for photos. You'll see it in all its prettiness when I'm done.

I've also started the Lucy In the Sky Cardigan from cosmicpluto knits.


I'm especially excited about this cardigan. I need more cardigans and I'm using one of my favorite yarns, Lamb's Pride, and I'm happy to be working on something less uncomplicated after the Marseilles Pullover. Which is not to say that it's easy - in fact, for every 4 or 5 rows I've knit, I've probably ripped back 2. It's just a series of knits and purls, but there's a chart and counting is involved which never goes well for me. It's coming out quite lovely so far though, isn't it?