FO: Ugly/spring socks
Pattern: generic top-down sock pattern
Yarn: 1 ball of Sockotta, 5% cotton/40% wool/15% nylon, $9 from The Homespun Boutique, in Ithaca.
Needles: Inox 2, set of 5
Time to make: Started February 20, finished September 8
Not much to report–the yarn is kind of stringy, and the pattern rather ugly, but I actually really enjoyed knitting the self-striping pattern. I would definitely knit a self-patterning yarn again, though I do think the result is weird.
Ugly socks meet ugly shoes. My inner San Franciscan comes out.
Ugly socks without the shoes.
It only took me half a year to knit these socks! Here’s a flashback montage of the sock over the seasons.
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i was just going to say… that particular sock/sandal combo looks kinda Berkeley… now you just need a hybrid vehicle with 20 political/environmental/reproductive rights/etc. bumperstickers on the back.
Comment left on September 9, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
Gosh, and here’s me thinking only Portlanders wear socks with sandals!
Those socks look like they want to hit a hiking trail. I haven’t tried the self-patterning thing yet, but I may have to give it a try!
Comment left on September 10, 2007 @ 12:27 pm
yup, those are some west coast socks. you would be equally at home in them on the islands near vancouver.
Comment left on September 10, 2007 @ 4:04 pm