Here we are a week later and a week closer to May and yet another major winter storm has descended upon us and if you can believe it, another one may be on the way this weekend……sigh. Yesterday the temps were so warm that most of the remaining snow had melted, but another 10-12 inches due to replace it today..aagghhh!
Ok….enough lamenting about the weather :-). All of this snow, usually makes for a good excuse to pour a hot cup of yummy Peets coffee (thanks Marisol!) and pick up the knitting needles.
A few days ago, I showed a picture of this yarn along with a glimpse of a pattern. The pattern is a Heartstrings pattern, called Heart Socks . I thought that the heart shaped lace pattern would be perfect for these hot pink socks. Unfortunately the pattern was written for a sock weight yarn and larger needles. I tend to knit on the loose side, so I took a chance at it, but quickly found that it would be too small once the first set of decreases took place, so I decided to change gears and look for another pattern as I really didn’t feel like fussing with making this one work.
I managed to find a pattern that called for the original amount of cast on stitches that the cuff had already been knit with, so I started again, using this cuff. The pattern is
A childs fancy silk stocking from Knitting Vintage Socks. This pattern does call for a different cuff, but given that I had already knit 2 inches previously and fell in love with the cushy feeling of the 2 x 2 ribbing, that I decided to just leave this cuff on and continue on with Nancy’s lace pattern.
The sock yarn is my hand~dyed Merino/Tencel. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this yarn, in fact I was convinced that I would probably prefer the bamboo blend, but I am finding as I am knitting with this that I may actually prefer the tencel blend. Of course, the true test will be the "on the foot" test. 🙂
Stay warm and dry….where ever you are 🙂
The Woolen Rabbit 
All that snow is just a bad joke. And here we had the first tornado warning of ’07 last night. The worst I got was hail though. A good time to be inside with the fiber and dogs. 🙂
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We’re also expecting snow today. It’s cold every where. At least we have knitting to entertain until it warms up a bit. The sock is beautiful!
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I feel so bad for you guys in northern New England! It’s bad enough down here in SW Connecticut, but we are warm enough at 35 degrees that it’s not snowing. I’m sick of it…I can imagine how you northerners must feel about now! Watch…it’ll go right to dead summer!
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Aren’t you clever to keep the ribbed cuff! We have buckets of rain right now but now snow.
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Send us some of that snow! We really really really need the water now.
Do you not simply adore Nancy Bush patterns? I can’t think of one I don’t like!
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Oh no! More Snow! Hey not that I am wishing for snow or anything but we could sure use some of water in these parts… We have been warned that we are in a drout out here in California! They are telling us to watch our consumption or we will be rationed!
Hey isn’t that cofee good? I had some this morning and already asked my DH to pick up another pound:)
The socks do look lovely –I like both patterns. That was pretty darn smart of you to look and find a pattern that you could just pick up and go from:)
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I love the socks either way. I am a beginner sock maker. I have two pair under my belt but they are the same pattern. I have the third pair on the needles, again with the same pattern. I am working up the courage to try and new pattern from a book. I have done some spinning with the Merino/Tencel and it spins like a dream. It’s very soft and was a pleasure to spin. Now if I could just get it small enough for a pair of socks…
I am so sorry about your weather. I saw on the news this evening that we are all getting a one/two punch. Winter’s last harrah!
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Oh, man! I’m sitting here “Me-Too!”-ing Carole and Marisol – you were wicked-clever to look for a pattern that would be compatible with the labor you’d already performed. I would have ripped out the entire cuff and started over. I’m definitely writing that one down…
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I can’t take much more of the snow.
The sock looks great. I just dyed up some merino/tencel and all I kept thinking was that it will be great for some of those Vintage Socks patterns. (I have the book, but haven’t dived in yet.)
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