Saturday, February 11, 2006

Show off

"I hear you knit socks," someone said to me before a meeting yesterday. Now there's a conversation starter I can't resist. Kinda brings out the show-off in me too, and yesterday I was prepared: when she went on to say,"Have you seen the new Nancy Bush book?" I pulled out the pair of "Gentleman's Fancy Socks" that I'm working on.



In Mountain Colors Bearfoot, adapted to my preferred toe-up, two at once, Magic Loop method. I love the texture of this stitch with its little, staggered bricks. Simple too: 8 rounds of K2P2 rib, 2 rounds plain knit, 8 rounds of P2K2, and then 2 more plain knit rounds.
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3 comments:

  1. Calvin6:43 PM

    That is a very nice pattern and the socks look great.

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  2. yarmando7:29 AM

    Thanks, Calvin. The pattern looks better when the sock isn't stretched around a foot. When I put it on, it just looks like a checkerboard of knit and purl blocks.

    Nancy Bush's pattern recommends finer gauge and more stitches in the circumference than I did, so maybe in her version the pattern holds its flair even when worn.

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  3. Anonymous10:27 AM

    Don, Those socks look GREAT! I'm going to have to try them out now. Thanks for posting the pattern.

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    Kev

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