Cautionary Tales for Knitters Young and Old
Dear friends, if you at all cherish your socks, for the love of all you hold sacred, knit them toe-up so you don’t end up running short, discovering that the original store you bought your skeins at no longer carries the brand, and having to hunt all over Manhattan until you finally discover the same colorway in, of all places, HOBOKEN, but it doesn’t make a difference anyway because the dye lots are SO completely off that you end up with a chimeric oddity that mocks you with its mismatched stripes, leading you to wail repeatedly at your husband to look at the sock, until all he wants is for the crazy woman to stop making him check out her freaky sock. It is the PATH TO MADNESS, I tell you. MADNESS!
Yarn: Artyarns Supermerino in colorway SM115, 100 percent superwash merino, 104 yards (x 2.25 skeins)
Pattern: Embossed Leaves Socks by Mona Schmidt from Interweave Knits (Winter 2005)
Needles: Size 1 Addi Turbo circulars
Comments: Cuffs were 3 inches
Cara said,
April 2, 2006 at 2:22 pm
I’m sorry you didn’t have enough yarn - but from the great dof exposure you can’t tell at all that they are different colors! They are so nice! I pulled out my embossed leaves sock yesterday- then literally pulled it out some. Blasted sock. Wear yours well!
Robin said,
April 3, 2006 at 12:47 am
Oh, so sorry about the yarn shortage/mismatch! I used Koigu KPPM and finished with a bit to spare - but I think toe up is great, especially 2 socks at the same time with magic loop! That way you can use all your yarn and finish both socks at the same time. I hope you enjoy your embossed leaves socks despite your frustrations!