Sock-a-holic

I hope everyone had a nice Easter weekend with lots of chocolate and sugar. Productivity abounded this weekend. I was dyeing like crazy. There may even be a shop update next weekend.

I also managed to start some Fleece Artist Parrot socks. I forgot how nice Fleece Artist merino knits up and how good it feels on the needles.

I am delighted with the way the yarn knit up on the cuff. The foot is another story (I’m about halfway down). It went all wonky on the gusset. I don’t know what happened; the yarn has gotten lighter since I’m almost to the middle of the skein. I’ll have to rewind the yarn cake backwards to make the mate match better.

I still enjoy the coloring and the basketweave stitch is easy enough to follow. This pattern doesn’t look like the swatch pair they have in the Sensational Knitted Socks book but it does look like the little picture above the stitch directions. It’s a nice switch for a ribbed pattern. I’m using size 1 US with 66 stitches.

I really need to stop browsing all the yarn sites and yarn search on Ravelry. I keep finding all these pretty yarns I have to buy. Madeline Tosh got me last week with her sky blue speckled beauty.

This is Victory Garden. It doesn’t look like this on her website so maybe this is a limited edition or variation of the colorway. I like the orange better than the muted mustard.

Not much else is going on. Just more cold crappy weather.