Sock-a-holic

Please stop with the snow. We, your residents, cannot take it anymore.

Extreme amounts of snow = me busy. The two other skeins of superwash BFL DK I dyed are done. The blue green one is Leviathan and the other one is Bauble. Leviathan is fluffy heaven. The Bauble has me feeling meh. I’ve dyed this up before and it’s looked better. Oh well. It makes for good gift knitting yarn.

I’m trying not to enhance my stash for a while. However, Funky Carolina had this luscious handspun. Carrie really outdid herself with this one. It is teal blue perfection that was worth every single penny.

The Embossed Leaves pattern has been in my “to knit file” since Interweave Knits released pattern. I’ve always been a bit intimidated by knitting charts. I don’t know why. I had no problem reading cross stitch patterns, which aren’t much different than knitting charts. I enlarged the teenie tiny chart (why can’t they splurge for some bigger charts - I’d pay a couple of extra bucks) and dug out some overdyed Cherry Tree Hill stash yarn.

I caught on to how the pattern worked and it is surprisingly easy. After a few repeats, I didn’t need the chart anymore.

I made some slight adjustments to the pattern. A purl stitch was added to increase the stitch count to 68 since I wanted to use size 1 US needles. I did a regular 1×1 ribbed cuff for 1″ and only worked the leaves pattern until the cuff measured 6″ total.

I did my linen stitch heel and the normal toe I always use.

The color is very fun and a great knit for the upcoming Saint Patty’s Day. I’m in the mood for a contest. Perhaps in the next blog post I’ll have something more solid worked out.